Pablo Sandoval has become a basketball trick-shot master

When Pablo Sandoval chose to leave the San Francisco Giants for the Boston Red Sox in free agency, he talked about wanting “new challenges.” Maybe that meant hitting homers over the Green Monster.

But maybe it also meant hitting half-court basketball shots from his butt:

This appears to be part of his offseason training regimen, and apparently it’s repeatable, because Sandoval did it again the very next day:

Yes, the Kung Fu Panda has apparently become some sort of basketball trick-shot master since the Red Sox made him a $100 million man. Maybe he’s spent his need-new-challenges winter watching Dude Perfect videos. You know, their slogan is “five best friends and a panda.”

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