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Los Angeles Dodgers star Joc Pederson put on one heck of an amazing display of power during the 2019 MLB Home Run Derby, going bomb-for-bomb with Vlad Guerrero, Jr. in the most epic round in the history of the event, before being eliminated in the second overtime round.
If you didn’t watch it Monday night when it happened, you should watch it now. It was incredible.
Epic, right? Pederson would end the night hitting 60 home runs in two rounds and didn’t even make the finals, but all Twitter wanted to know was what the hell was that on the back of his neck? Well, everyone but Magic Johnson who felt the need to tweet this important bit of information…
I just witnesssed the most exciting HR Derby in MLB history! Vladimir Guerrero and Joc Pederson both set HR records for the MLB All Star game with Guerrero edging Pederson out.
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) July 9, 2019
Never change, Magic. As for the rest of the Twitterverse…
Joc Pederson's neck is about to trend.#ASG2019 #HRDerby @MLB
— Bob Parks (@BAP_KC) July 9, 2019
And it did.
Is Joc Pederson’s neck trending yet? 😶 pic.twitter.com/iUgY18xhnU
— Slapdad (@Slapdad) July 9, 2019
Yes.
Is there a Joc Pederson's Neck account on Twitter yet?
— Mike Winchell (@mrmikewinch) July 9, 2019
There really should be.
Are we not going to ask questions about the clear circles on the back of Joc Pederson’s neck? Confirmed for cyborg.
— Collin Dunn (@cdunn1993) July 9, 2019
https://twitter.com/BobWaugh/status/1148414207416852481
What the hell are those circles on the back of Joc Pederson’s neck??! The way he just swung that bat they must be for his recharging dock. Dude’s a machine! ⚾️👀 #HomeRunDerby #VladimirGuerreroJr
— Chef Spence 👑 (@spencecooks) July 9, 2019
Joc Pederson’s clearly just been unplugged from the matrix, look at the back of his neck.. #HRDerby
— Lara (@LaraMarieNY) July 9, 2019
https://twitter.com/gwehby4/status/1148409438027563009
https://twitter.com/lancephillipsTV/status/1148394473891614720
WTF is on the back of Joc Pederson's neck? #HomeRunDerby #HRDerby pic.twitter.com/QWdcoax37L
— 𝐓𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐝𝐢 🇺🇸🇪🇬 (@tamer_hadi) July 9, 2019
https://twitter.com/raesobo/status/1148413649465331712
Ok, who can tell me what we’re the 6 circles on the back neck of Joc Pederson.
— Alexis Lathrop (@AlexisLathrop1) July 9, 2019
The only thing bigger on twitter than amazement at Vlady's show is wondering what the heck is Joc Pederson's neck. #HRDerby #HRDerby2019 #MLBAllStarWeekend pic.twitter.com/OLH8GHwTsx
— drewski (@_drewski) July 9, 2019
Can anyone explain the dots on the back of Joc Pederson’s neck? #HRDerby
— Carl Regolino (@Carl_Regolino) July 9, 2019
https://twitter.com/sbmont01/status/1148418411195785216
What was on the back of Joc Pederson's neck? It looked like something you'd plug into to get into the matrix?
— Choneeee (@eatmydrugs) July 9, 2019
Moment of silence for the real HR Derby winner – Joc Pederson’s neck
— Gus Garcia (@surfanimal) July 9, 2019
Live look at the back of Joc Pederson’s neck #HRDerby pic.twitter.com/Yj2XL1pm8K
— David Kristoph (@DavidKristoph) July 9, 2019
Pretty much.
There were literally dozens of more tweets about Pederson’s neck, but you get the idea.
According to the experts on such things over on Reddit, those things on Pederson’s neck were either where he plugs into the matrix, the hook ups for a TENS machine, nicotine patches, nipples for nursing his litter, Venom injection sites, or intracutaneous acupuncture needle patches.
I am guessing it was that last one, but I am not ruling out the possibility that he gets injected with Venom like Bane.
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