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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-06T16:59:00.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "MLB",
    "baseball",
    "heightism",
    "houston astros",
    "jose altuve",
    "los angeles dodgers",
    "Sad Whimsy",
    "shohei ohtani",
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  "textContent": "A sword, as defined by Merriam-Webster, is a \"weapon ... with a long blade for cutting or thrusting that is often used as a symbol of honor or authority.\" A sword, as defined by Rob \"Pitching Ninja\" Friedman and quantified by Statcast, is \"when a pitcher fools a hitter so badly that he forces a non-competitive swing, one where a batter either regrets his choice or can't stop himself from taking a hack that looks so ugly it ends up going viral on social media.\"\n\nBy Statcast's standards, the swing Houston Astros second baseman José Altuve made against a Shohei Ohtani sweeper Tuesday night, on a 1-2 count with two outs in the fifth inning, would not qualify as a sword. It was simply too high-quality: a good swing with pace, that only happened to be at a ball far, far off the plate. But if Altuve felt any good about the swing at its beginning, he regretted it by the end, when a likely chorus of thoughts such as \"No, no, no, _no, NO_ \" and \"Ah, shit\" had failed to stop him from following all the way through.\n\nThe official title for this video on Baseball Savant simply reads, \"Ohtani escapes a jam.\"",
  "title": "José Altuve Takes Mighty Rip At Pitch That Would Have Knocked A Lefty Batter’s Shoes Off"
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