The ninja slide in baseball has made recent appearances via Anthony Rizzo and Charlie Blackmon, and it made another appearance Wednesday night from the Dodgers’ Justin Turner.
Dodgers infielder dodges tag to become latest master of the MLB ninja slide
Another clever slide by an MLB player.
Slide game strong. http://t.co/YkKjzhAlIu @KetelOne pic.twitter.com/cZjbMwSpZB
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) September 3, 2015 Turner's helmet works as a nice lead blocker as he becomes the latest baseball master of the ninja art. Once was a fun trick, twice was the start of something, but now with Turner also joining the fray, it's clear infielders are going to need to spend their offseason trying to catch a fly and work on their ability to tag these tricky base runners.
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