Adrian Beltre has happy feet, inspires possible dance craze

There aren’t many baseball players as talented, quirky, and fun as Adrian Beltre. The Texas Rangers third baseman is still a great player at age 37 (and in his 19th year in the big leagues). He has a well-known aversion to having his head touched. And now you can add mid at-bat dancing to the list of cool things Adrian Beltre does.

In the top of the fourth inning of Sunday’s Rangers-Detroit Tigers game, Beltre was leading off against Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander. Beltre took a called strike on the first pitch, but the second pitch was inside and close to his thighs. In response, Beltre literally danced back out of the way, just as casual as could be.

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Beltre’s prancing didn’t go unnoticed. Tigers bench player Andrew Romine was particularly inspired by Beltre’s tap dancing, so he did his own version in the dugout.

He’s clearly trying to start a new dance craze, right? The announcers pretty much thought so, saying they thought Romine looked like MC Hammer. “All he needs is the parachute pants.” You be the judge!

Between Beltre’s happy feet and Yadier Molina’s push-ups from last week, is this the start of a new trend of mid at-bat antics? Let’s all hope so, because it would definitely bring even more joy and fun to the game we all love.

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