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Charles Curtis

Hunter Renfroe’s jaw-dropping no-look snag might already be the Catch of the Year after Opening Day

See that photo above? [Record scratch] That’s Hunter Renfroe. The baseball is in his glove. Dude caught that.

Here’s how he got there: In the Los Angeles Angels’ loss to the Oakland A’s — that’s right, Shohei Ohtani pitched a gem, and the Angels still lost, it’s another Tungsten Arm O’Doyle game! — the outfielder saw Jace Peterson hit a line drive toward right field.

He started running backwards, but you can see that the route he took wasn’t the most ideal. So as he continued to jog he turned — not the right way, but WITH HIS BACK TO THE PLAY — put out his glove AND CAUGHT IT.

Fans were in awe, calling it the no look catch:

Fans were in awe

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