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This Rangers fan's amazing barehanded catch was written in the stars

By Gemma Kaneko

Some things in this life are just inevitable, like the changing of seasons and the next themed Cubs road trip. But some things seem to be simply preordained, written in the stars by the hand of destiny. 
Take, for example, this fan's excellent barehanded catch during the eighth inning of the Rangers' 6-4 defeat of the Reds on Wednesday. Watch it soar into his hand like it was magnetically attracted to it:

His look of triumph says it all -- he is The One Who Catches Foul Balls, and will never be known by another name. 

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