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Ketel Marte lost control over his bat and it got so much air it almost went over the protective netting

Sometimes at the plate, a player will lose control over his bat, sending it flying. Sometimes the range of said bat can cover a lot of ground, but in the case of Ketel Marte, he made a bat fly so high it almost traveled over the net.
In the bottom of the second inning during Friday night's Giants-D-backs game, Marte swung at an 0-1 pitch and well, this happened:

The bat got some serious air, flying up into the top of the protective netting -- before having quite the fall.
Luckily, nobody was hurt and Zack Greinke made sure to protect himself -- he reacted quickly:

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