The most fun baseball play of 2020 might belong to Lin Che-Hsuan.
He’s an outfielder for the Fubon Guardians of the Chinese Professional Baseball League, and he’s now making headlines for a catch he made of a near-home run.
But it wasn’t the catch that was the most noteworthy thing about the play (although it was a pretty sweet grab!). It was the fact that he looked pretty sad, hiding the fact that he had actually made the catch … while everyone from the hitter to the fans to the actual broadcast was fooled into thinking he’d missed it.
Then, he revealed that he had the baseball:
THAT ONE IS GOOOOOONNN….
NOPE!!!! THAT ONE CAUGHT BY Lin Che-Hsuan!!!
The @FubonGuardians CF Lin Che-Hsuan (林哲瑄) robs a HR away from the Lions and keeps the score at 2-2!#CPBL #CPBLwithFans #TaiwanBaseball #富邦悍將 #ItsTime pic.twitter.com/XJLVzeC0Jg
— CPBL 中華職棒 (@CPBL) October 16, 2020
2020/10/16………..MAGIC……………..#LinCheHsuan #林哲瑄 Play a Magic play!!! @FubonGuardians #CPBL pic.twitter.com/h1QzhJSReM
— ELEVEN SPORTS TAIWAN (@ElevenSportsTW) October 16, 2020
“He caught the baseball! He deked all of us!” Yep, that sums it up. Even the umpire seemed a little confused. Amazing work right there.
