Your browser does not support iframes. Minnesota's Ben Revere is among the fastest players in Major League Baseball right now. No, we're not talking Billy Hamilton fast, but the Lexington, Kentucky native does have speed to burn. But his speed was no match for the defensive wizard known as Brandon Phillips on Saturday. Watch as the 3-time Glove Glover guns down Revere after coralling the bouncing ball with his barehand and then rifling it over to first to collect the out...all without the use of his glove, may I point it. Yes, just another day in the life of @DatDudeBP -- where appearances on Baseball Tonight's Web Gems and SportsCenter's Top Play are the norm.
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