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Chapter 1

Greatest Moments Dynamic in the Dirt Nolan Arenado’s first seven seasons in the major leagues have been marked by performances never seen before in the history of baseball, laying the foundation for a career that appears destined to some day wind up at the Hall of Fame. The Colorado Rockies’ third baseman has turned in more great plays than Shakespeare, as his highlight reel of impossible-to-believe acrobatics continues to grow and amaze. Thanks to footwork that would make a ballerina smile, Arenado routinely glides to his left to gobble up would-be base hits, and he is equally efficient diving to his right to make backhanded stabs of balls hit down the third-base line. To top it all off, he possesses a lethal arm capable of making throws few can and in the process, sending hitters back to the dugout muttering in disbelief. Whether he’s kneeling in the infield dirt, bare-handing a slow roller in the grass, drifting backward, going airborne, or off balance on one leg, Arenado’s spectacular playmaking has announcers around the league running out of superlatives to describe his plays.

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