30 GIFs of Baseball's Biggest Bloopers

GameReax via FTW When one thinks baseball, one envisions the grace of Carlos Beltran, the strength of Albert Pujols, and the butt sliding of Jonathan Villar.

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When one thinks baseball, one envisions the grace of Carlos Beltran, the strength of Albert Pujols, and the butt sliding of Jonathan Villar. Err -- maybe not. But after all, baseball is a skill sport that tolerates some out-of-shape players. And for all its great athletic plays, it has an equal number of Miguel Cabrera-tripping-over-third-base moments. Here is the worst of the worst.

SLIDING MISCUES

Ian Kinsler making sure to cover every region of his ever-dirty uniform

Kelly Shoppach did, technically, avoid the tag

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The Butt Slide

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BASERUNNING DISASTERS

Marwin Gonzalez steps on a land mine

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Joe Kelly, safe but not unscathed

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Ryan Braun in a metaphor for his season

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Pablo Sandoval just wanted cake

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Manny being Manny in Taiwain*

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*An earlier version of this post incorrectly stated that Manny was being Manny in Japan; he probably has, but the GIF above shows Manny in Taiwan.

Gerald Laird gets a 10 for the self-effacing recovery

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Ben Revere impressively finding a way to remove his helmet with no hands

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THROWING WOES

Don't move, Felix, the throw is coming

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Dioner Navarro's hidden ball trick

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Clay Buchholz holding a runner at first

via Total Pro Sports

One way or another, they're all souvenirs

via Sports Grid

FIELDING FLUBS

Lawn Dart!

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That's one way to call someone off

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He took two pitchers out with one swing

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So graceful, but all for naught

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More Astros

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SWINGING GOOFS

Juan Uribe -- what swings hard must fall down

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You can tell CarGo isn't asked to bunt much

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Jose Constanza isn't so much swinging, as walking toward the pitch

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PITCHING PROBLEMS

The problem with perfect mechanics is how bad they fall apart when done wrong

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So, this is a team problem for the Giants

via Total Pro Sports

Chad Qualls gets snagged by invisible tripwire

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MISCELLANEOUS

"Yeah, I think we should get Jim back on the stationary camera"

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THE TARP MONSTER IS RELENTLESS

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Carly Rae Jepsen... juuuuust a bit outside

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Last, but definitely not least: the time a sniper picked off a Mets fan

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