1 week Ago By Billy Heyen
Edmundo Sosa entered Tuesday night having played 953 professional baseball games. None of them had ever been in the outfield, not for the Phillies or in the minor leagues. But with Philadelphia looking for a way to get Sosa in the lineup, he was sent out to left field in Atlanta, his first pro start at any outfield position.
And it took just three batters for him to make a play most outfielders spend their careers dreaming about. Marcell Ozuna launched a high fly ball deep toward the left field bullpen. Sosa ranged back.
And like someone who'd been doing this all his life, Sosa plucked the ball out of the sky and brought it back from over the fence. EDMUNDO SOSA JUST ROBBED MARCELL OZUNA 🤯 📺: @TBSNetwork pic.twitter.
com/nMVDKAoFDx Follow The Sporting News on WhatsApp This shouldn't be easy. There's no way Sosa should've made that play. He's an infielder, and a good one, but positional adjustments at the major league level take time.
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