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Toronto Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk watches the flight of his ball as he hits a grand-slam home run against the Tampa Bay Rays in the first inning at Rogers Centre on Sunday. Kirk finished with two home runs and six RBI.

Just after hitting his first home run on Sunday afternoon, Alejandro Kirk allowed himself to admire it a bit. Just for a second. No bats were flipped, but the Blue Jays catcher did linger.

To be fair to him, it was a grand slam. You’re not going to hit too many of those in your career in an almost-must-win game.

After his second home run, Kirk didn’t want to rub it in too much. Not just as he hit it at least. He celebrated during his jog around the bases. He highed all the fives in the dugout.

Then, at the insistence of his teammates, he popped onto the t

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