Baseball samurai shows off his unique swing

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What’s more difficult -- cranking out a 400-foot home run or slicing a baseball in half?

Well, thanks to the wonders of the Internet, you can finally see what it would be like if a supposed master samurai swordsman were ever to step into a batter’s box. Sure, he’d never reach base with that swing technique, but at least he’d keep the folks over at Rawlings busy.

Of course, not everyone has the same response to this sword-swinging phenom (check out the different reactions from the guys in the red and gray suits in the video):

-- Austin Knoblauch