Must See: Phil Hughes Snags An Invisible Baseball

[Parker Hageman]

During Wednesday night's game in Kansas City, the Royals' large catcher Salvador Perez launched a run-scoring double to the left-center gap.

 

Phil Hughes, the Twins pitcher on the mound at the time, apparently thought it was a hot shot back up the middle and reacted accordingly to an imaginary baseball. 

 

http://i.imgur.com/EybjiMT.gif

 

Some speculated on Twitter that Hughes was actually baiting the runner on base into thinking the ball was in the infield, but Hughes made it clear that he did not have a clue where that ball was. 

[Monkeypaws]

That is hilarious! 

[JB_Iowa]

1. Phil Hughes ‏@PJHughes45 5h

   @TwinsDaily ummm ya. I have no idea. That was embarrassing

[James]

Awesome.  That is all that can be said.

[snepp]

Funny, funny stuff.

 

 

Phil's a bigger man than me, I totally would have played up the "fool the runner" card.

[USAFChief]

I just assumed Andy trains all Twins pitchers to duck after every pitch.

[Monkeypaws]

Perkins had a funny tweet about it:

 

"This is from last night and I'm still laughing. Phil *almost* caught it. "

[JB_Iowa]

And here is Phil Hughes' take a la Berardino:

 

http://blogs.twincities.com/twins/2014/08/02/twinsights-phil-hughes-tries-to-explain-his-phantom-stab-in-kansas-city/