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Jurickson Profar Tricked Everyone After Robbing Mookie Betts of a Home Run

Ryan Phillips

Profar robbed Mookie Betts of a home run in the first innings of Game 2 of the NLDS.
Profar robbed Mookie Betts of a home run in the first innings of Game 2 of the NLDS. / Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images
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Jurickson Profar is apparently pretty sneaky.

During the bottom of the first inning of Game 2 of the NLDS between the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers, Profar made a spectacular play. But he waited a bit to let everyone know just what he'd done.

With the Padres up 1-0 with one, Mookie Betts stepped to the plate and blasted the first pitch he saw from Yu Darvish down the left field line. It looked to be headed for the seats as Profar drifted back to the wall. He leaped into a crowd of Dodgers fans and ... well, no one seemed to know what happened.

Profar stared at the fans and jumped up and down a few times as the FS1 camera operator flashed back to Betts, who was rounding the bases. Whoever was in charge of graphics for the network announced Betts had hit a home run. But he hadn't.

Despite making the catch, Profar milked things for a bit before revealing he'd robbed a home run. Video is below.

That's a heck of a play and he was going to enjoy every moment of it.

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RYAN PHILLIPS

Ryan Phillips is a senior writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He has worked in digital media since 2009, spending eight years at The Big Lead before joining SI in 2024. Phillips also co-hosts The Assembly Call Podcast about Indiana Hoosiers basketball and previously worked at Bleacher Report. He is a proud San Diego native and a graduate of Indiana University’s journalism program.

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