Jackie Bradley Jr. Robbed a Walk-Off HR in Mind-Blowing Fashion

Given the situation and degree of difficulty, this ranks up there with the greatest MLB catches in history.

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There are robberies, then there's what Jackie Bradley Jr. did to Trey Mancini on Wednesday night.

With the Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox knotted at 1-1 in the bottom of the 11th inning, Mancini smashed a drive to left center. It was on a path to clear the fence by a good 3 or 4 feet, which would've given the Orioles a walk-off victory. But JBJ decided he wanted to keep playing:

JACKIE BRADLEY JR JUST ROBBED TREY MANCINI OFF A GAME WINNING HR #DirtyWater #RedSox pic.twitter.com/xcxZ0yNILK

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There are robberies, then there's what Jackie Bradley Jr. did to Trey Mancini on Wednesday night.

With the Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox knotted at 1-1 in the bottom of the 11th inning, Mancini smashed a drive to left center. It was on a path to clear the fence by a good 3 or 4 feet, which would've given the Orioles a walk-off victory. But JBJ decided he wanted to keep playing:

Bradley Jr. channeled his inner-Spider-man for what very well could end up being the catch of the MLB season. Yet after the game, he made it sound like it was a can of corn.

"I just went back, tracked it and got a good jump on it," the 2018 Gold Glove award winner told MassLive.com after the game. "Timed up my footsteps the way I wanted to. I got up there and executed it."

The Red Sox homered in the next half-inning and went on to win 2-1.

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