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Scooter Gennett is the latest player to take a knee hitting a home run, a.k.a. the Adrian Beltre Special

Among the many on-field activities of the Rangers' veteran third baseman Adrián Beltré is his penchant for hitting homers on one knee. It's a phenomenon that has since been carried out by the Angels' Andrelton Simmons and now, as of Sunday, the Reds' Scooter Gennett.
Still basking in the glow of his four-homer performance a few weeks back, Gennett connected on a Tanner Roark pitch in the second inning of Cincinnati's 6-2 win over the Nats on Sunday and sent it to deep right field for a solo homer that added him to the aforementioned list above: 

How does one react to that unorthodox follow-through on a dinger? Well, like this:

Good work, "Slugger" Gennett. 
Asked after the game by MLB.com's Kyle Melnick if he was channeling his inner Beltre, Gennett replied:
"If I can copy anything that guy can do, I think I'm probably going to be well off. It was kind of how I'm just hitting the ball. In a sense it was a good pitch. It was probably going to be in the dirt. When you do already commit, it's important to try to stay down through the ball."

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