Angels' Jo Adell receives 'tip the cap' message from Cal Raleigh after robbing three HRs

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The Los Angeles Angels might not have the same postseason hype as a team like the Seattle Mariners this season, but there is still plenty of reason to tune in to what this Angels team does every night.

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For the most part, it's about the offense with Mike Trout, Zach Neto, and Jo Adell. But, against the Seattle Mariners on April 4th, there was a lot more focus on defense, and specifically Adell and his three home-run robberies.

One of those robberies came against Cal Raleigh, who, after the game, according to Daniel Kramer of MLB.com, gave Adell a tip of the cap for his once-in-a-lifetime feat.

Jo Adell gets tip of the cap message from Cal Raleigh after HR robberies

"You just tip the cap," Raleigh said. "I don't think I've ever seen a guy rob two homers in one game, much less three. So it's just one of those things where baseball can amaze you night in and night out. You can see something you've never seen before."

A player robbing a home run is a highlight-worthy play, but over the course of a 162-game season, there are bound to be a few robberies every year.

But two in one game, by the same player, is incredibly rare. It's only happened a handful of times in MLB history, and it happened to Adell through eight innings against the Mariners, including Raleigh's first-inning would-be-homer.

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However, in the ninth inning, to preserve the 1-0 lead, Adell robbed J.P. Crawford of a home run, making an incredible leaping catch before tumbling into the stands, and triumphantly holding the ball up in his glove for the world to see something they may never see again.

Robbing a home run is incredible on its own, but to rob three in one game, in a game where Adell and the Angels won by just one run, is nothing short of heroic.

The third and record-breaking robbery was jaw-dropping in a vacuum, and with the context of it being his third robbery of the night, all the Mariners could do was simply tip their caps and move on.

Adell's night might be one of the single-greatest defensive performances in one game in MLB history. Three home-run robberies in a 1-0 win. It doesn't get much better than that.

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