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
Still basking in the glow of his four-homer performance a few weeks back, Gennett connected on a
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."