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By Ben Watanabe
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Gabriel Rincones Jr. has had a mostly nondescript rookie season, and only the most diehard Philadelphia Phillies fan likely even realizes he's on the team.
The 25-year-old has a chance to live on in internet lore, though, thanks to a smooth move on a fly ball to right field.
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Rincones caught the eye of SNY's crew on Sunday by putting on his sunglasses mid-catch during the New York Mets' 6-1 win over the Phillies. Apparently, he didn't realize the sun over Citizens Bank Park warranted his shades until the ball was already in the air.
Fortunately for Rincones, nothing went awry, otherwise he might have lived on in blooper reels.
Rincones went 0-for-2 at the plate while his batting average fell to .167, so we advise him to do all he can to cleanly field every chance his way if he wants to stay in the lineup, because his bat surely isn't going to.
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