On the surface, baseball and ballet don't seem to have much in common. But in a game against the Chicago Cubs yesterday, SF Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner brought the two worlds together with a flourish, flying into a pirouette to make a play at first base:
His graceful move caught the attention of the San Francisco Ballet:
...which made us wonder what Bumgarner would actually look like at the barre. 30 minutes of Photoshop later et voilà! Feast your eyes on the newest member of the SF Ballet:
Bumgarner's en pointe is on point.
Get a load of that limb extension!
He believes he can fly. He believes he can touch the sky. He thinks about it every night and day.