Did You See This? Johnson’s Glove Flip

Indiana’s Micah Johnson knows how to flash the leather. The second baseman can get creative with the glove, too, evidenced by his highlight-reel play Saturday against Michigan State. On a soft grounder by Anthony Cheky, Johnson charged the ball, fielded it, and with his momentum taking him toward home plate, decided to flip the ball out his glove to first base. It’s never easy directing the ball out of the glove, but Johnson got it done. Watch the play now.

Fantastic glove flip by Indiana 2B Johnson barely gets MSU's Cheky at 1B. 2 outs, bottom 8th.—
Chris Solari (@chrissolari) May 26, 2012

@KKatIU Micah Johnson, you're one baaaad dude. Wow. #SCTop10 #B1Gbaseball—
Geoffrey Miller (@GeoffreyMiller) May 26, 2012

There also was this interesting take on the rally cap in the Indiana dugout:

One night after this version of the rally cap:

This wasn’t the only highlight-reel play from a second baseman during the Big Ten tourney. Michigan State’s Ryan Jones turned in this beauty to end Wednesday’s game against Nebraska:

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