There are strong home-run celebrations, and then there are all-time home-run celebrations. This one falls to the latter.
Carlos Gomez hit a walk-off dinger off Minnesota Twins pitcher Addison Reed to complete a successful sweep of the Twins, and understandably had a lot of emotion. The Tampa Bay Rays outfielder had struck out three times before this final plate appearance—breaking his bat over his knee after completing the hat trick.
With the Rays trailing in the series finale (for the third straight game), Gomez completed the Rays' latest comeback with what might end up being the best home-run celebration of 2018.
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RELATED: This might not be the best home-run celebration we've seen, but this bat flip hasn't landed yet
It's tough to sell this anymore if you're Gomez. The bat flip, the quick turn to the bench, the hands in the air…plus the tongue in the air. The final straw—doing the Ray Lewis s..

Baseball players aren't known for their originality when it comes to pranks. There's the dugout hot foot, bubble gum on the hat, Icy Hot in a jock strap…real sophomoric stuff.
So we're not surprised that Derek Jeter's golf tournament broke out the “statue that comes to life” trick. However, even though it's uninspired, it still delivered the goods, indicated in these priceless reactions from unsuspecting victims:
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Biggest upset is Ray Allen's reflex. Man was as cool as they came on the court. That he jumped like he saw a python in his toilet almost ruins “He Got Game” for us.
Props to Jeter and company for pulling this off, although next year we'd like to see him roll out every hardball gag in the book, including a trophy ceremony that includes a shaving cream pie to the face.
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Getty ImagesRafa Nadal is the only man to have won the same tennis title 11 different times in his career. He is the only man to won a single tennis title 10 times in his career. He is the only man to have won a Grand Slam tournament ten times in his career. He is the only man who is so insanely good at tournaments like these that for the past two years, he has actually scared the greatest tennis player of all time away from said events.
What does all of this have in common? Clay. Sweet, red clay. As of Sunday, Rafa has no won 11 Monte Carlo titles, and he'll be going for no. 11 in both Barcelona and Roland-Garros (the Grand Slam) in the next two months. And just for kicks, he'll also be going for no. 8 at the Italian Open, and no. 6 in Madrid. Brad Gilbert, one of the smartest men in tennis, gives him a 40% chance of winning them all. Digest that—when given the choice between one man and the rest of the tennis world, over five tournaments, Gilbert thinks that the one man is ..

What you missed in golf this weekend: Landry strikes gold in Texas, and one of the craziest up-and-downs you'll ever see

SAN ANTONIO (AP) Andrew Landry won the Valero Texas Open on Sunday for his first PGA Tour victory, pulling away with early birdies and holding on with par saves.

The 30-year-old Texan parred the final seven holes for a 4-under 68 and a two-stroke victory over Trey Mullinax and Sean O’Hair. Landry finished at 17-under 271 at TPC San Antonio.

Landry took a two-stroke lead to the par-5 18th after Mullinax chunked a flop shot and bogeyed the short par-4 17th. Landry hit a 55-foot putt over a ridge to 3 feet for par on 17 and made an 8-footer on 18 after running a 50-foot downhill birdie try past.

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Mullinax closed with a 69 a day after breaking the AT&T Oaks Course record with a 62. O’Hair shot 66.

Tied for the third-round lead with Zach Johnson, Landry birdied the first three holes and added two more on Nos. 6 and 10. He bogeyed the par-4 11th before the closing par run.

Landry won in his 32nd PGA Tour start. He earned his tour card last year on the Web.com..

LOS ANGELES (AP) Moriya Jutanugarn knows patience. She’s had ample time to learn it while pursuing her first victory on the LPGA Tour.

Jutanugarn broke through Sunday in her sixth year, winning the HUGEL-JTBC LA Open by two shots to make her and sister Ariya the second set of siblings to win on the tour.

”I just work on what I have to do and just be patient,” said Jutanugarn, who was the picture of calm while her sister and mother got emotional.

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”They actually cried more than me,” she said. ”It was great. I’m always feeling the support from them.”

The 23-year-old from Thailand shot a 3-under 68 for a 12-under 272 Sunday at Wilshire Country Club in the tour’s return to Los Angeles after a 13-year absence.

Jutanugarn won in her 156th start after three career runner-up finishes, including at the Honda LPGA Thailand in February. She had 21 top-10 finishes before winning.

”I feel like not only her reach her goal, but I feel like our family reach our goal,”..

Kirk Triplett struggled on Sunday at the Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf, but came through big in a playoff to help him and partner Paul Broadhurst win the title

RIDGEDALE, Mo. (AP) Kirk Triplett holed out from a bunker for birdie on the first playoff hole Sunday in the Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf to lift himself and partner Paul Broadhurst past Bernhard Langer and Tom Lehman.

”Well, you’re trying to make it, but you know realistically it doesn’t go in very often,” Triplett said. ”You’re trying to give your partner a free run at it. You don’t want to hit it up there 20 feet past or do something silly. I’m just trying to hit it the right distance and get it on the right line.”

Langer and Lehman took it in stride.

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”You kind of learn to expect it,” Lehman said. ”These guys out here are so good and Kirk Triplett is a magician around the greens. The odds of making that shot are probably not good, but you certainly expect him to hit a great shot and he did and it went in.”

Lehman and Langer missed birdie putts after Triplett holed out.”

”I kind of felt like we both hit pretty good putts, misread them, both of them..

SAN ANTONIO (AP) Andrew Landry won the Valero Texas Open on Sunday for his first PGA Tour victory, pulling away with early birdies and holding on with par saves.

The 30-year-old Texan, busy at home in Austin with the recent birth of the family’s first child, parred the final seven holes for a 4-under 68 and a two-stroke victory over Trey Mullinax and Sean O’Hair.

”It was obviously a tough week this week,” Landry said. ”Going into the last few weeks with the childbirth and just really getting back out.”

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Landry played at Arkansas after starring at Port Neches-Groves High School east of Houston. Many family members were at TPC San Antonio on Sunday.

”Everybody was out,” Landry said. ”It was pretty special to be able to snag a victory with everybody being here to share it.”

Landry finished at 17-under 271. He earned $1,116,000 and a spot in the Masters next year.

”I didn’t even really think about it, to be honest with you,” Landry said. ”There’s a lot of ..

RABAT, Morocco (AP) Alexander Levy finished with a 2-under 70 Sunday to win the Trophee Hassan II in Morocco by a shot from overnight leader Alvaro Quiros.

One off the lead overnight, Levy made two of his four birdies in his first five holes to hit the front and stayed ahead for the rest of the final day at the Royal Golf Dar Es Salam course.

It was the 27-year-old Frenchman’s fifth European Tour victory and he will take winning form to Beijing next week when he defends his China Open title.

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Levy ended 8-under 280 overall, one ahead of Spain’s Quiros, who closed with a second straight 72.

With his chasers pushing hard, Levy kept his cool after dropping a shot on No. 16. He birdied the short, par-3 No. 17 and made par at the last.

Quiros birdied his last two holes to make sure of second place outright. He needed an eagle on No. 18 to force a playoff.

A group of four players finished in a tie for third, including Italy’s Andrea Pavan, who finished with ..