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* In "The Greatest Pitcher in the World!" in ''Superman'' #77, an amnesiac [[Superman]], who is living as a hobo, is recruited as a baseball pitcher after he returns a fly ball and almost breaks the catcher's hand. |
* In "The Greatest Pitcher in the World!" in ''Superman'' #77, an amnesiac [[Superman]], who is living as a hobo, is recruited as a baseball pitcher after he returns a fly ball and almost breaks the catcher's hand. |
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* In ''[[Marvel Adventures]] Spider-Man'' #34, Peter Parker is recruited as a shortshop for his high school baseball team after he's seen using his super-powers to deftly catch and return a wayward ball. Team pitcher Flash Thomson is enraged because [[Drugs Are Bad|he suspects Parker's skills are due to illegal drugs]], while the Green Goblin wants to eliminate Parker so his son's rival team can win instead. |
* In ''[[Marvel Adventures]] Spider-Man'' #34, Peter Parker is recruited as a shortshop for his high school baseball team after he's seen using his super-powers to deftly catch and return a wayward ball. Team pitcher Flash Thomson is enraged because [[Drugs Are Bad|he suspects Parker's skills are due to illegal drugs]], while the Green Goblin wants to eliminate Parker so his son's rival team can win instead. |
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** Peter's skills are so accidental he can't mess up his game even when ''tries'' to. Peter deduces that his battles with super-villains have [[Damn You Muscle Memory|honed his reflexes so much that he can't help but react to the ball]]. |
** Peter's skills are so accidental he can't mess up his game even when ''tries'' to. Peter deduces that his battles with super-villains have [[Damn You, Muscle Memory!|honed his reflexes so much that he can't help but react to the ball]]. |
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== [[Live Action TV]] == |
== [[Live Action TV]] == |
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* "Waikiki Hockey", a ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch parodying [[Elvis Presley]] movies, featured a busboy who became the starting center for the Waikiki Kings after being spotted clearing the table with a hockey stick-shaped piece of driftwood. It helped that the busboy was played by that Saturday's host, hockey great [ |
* "Waikiki Hockey", a ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' sketch parodying [[Elvis Presley]] movies, featured a busboy who became the starting center for the Waikiki Kings after being spotted clearing the table with a hockey stick-shaped piece of driftwood. It helped that the busboy was played by that Saturday's host, hockey great [[wikipedia:Wayne Gretzky|Wayne Gretzky]]. |
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* Clark Kent in one early ''[[Smallville]]'' episode. |
* Clark Kent in one early ''[[Smallville]]'' episode. |
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* An episode of ''[[The Secret World of Alex Mack]]'' has one of these, where Alex is sprinting down the hallway of her school attempting to avoid being late to class and getting in trouble. She is still late for class, but instead of getting chastised she is instead recruited for the track team. |
* An episode of ''[[The Secret World of Alex Mack]]'' has one of these, where Alex is sprinting down the hallway of her school attempting to avoid being late to class and getting in trouble. She is still late for class, but instead of getting chastised she is instead recruited for the track team. |
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[[Category:Accidental Athlete]] |
[[Category:Accidental Athlete]] |
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