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Someone should tell Ivan De Jesus there's a moth the size of a baseball on his back

Just a couple of weeks ago, viewers hoping to sit back, relax and watch some baseball were instead forced to sit back, relax and defeat the bug menace. There were insects everywhere: a grasshopper on a net at Wrigley Field, a spider in the broadcast booth at Wrigley Field, a mantis (no, not that one) in the Tigers' dugout. 
Thankfully, the night came to an end, and the bugs dispersed ... until Monday, when Ivan De Jesus came up to bat during the Reds' 9-2 loss to the Angels. And then the largest moth known to man showed up:

To be fair, once the bug flies away he'll have gained that much bat speed. 

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