Eduardo Nunez Whiffed So Hard on This Knuckleball He Fell Over

If you played baseball as a kid, you probably remember the first time somebody threw a knuckleball at you. This is because, as delightful as knuckleballs are for the pitcher and everyone watching, when you’re in the batter’s box, an incoming knuckleball is something you’re merely trying to survive without humiliating yourself.

It is sheer terror. Terror that you will wind up like poor Eduardo Nunez, who whiffed so hard on a knuckleball from Bryan Holaday that everyone in school is laughing and no girl will ever talk to him again.

Making the moment all the more special is that Bryan Holaday is not a pitcher at all. He’s the Rangers’ backup catcher, which makes sense because non-pitchers always spend a lot of time on their knuckleballs, in sort of the same way NBA players practice half-court shots when they’re just screwing around.

Godspeed, Eduardo.

(h/t SB Nation).