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MLB star run over by mascot riding scooter while wearing Santa outfit in bizarre footage

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Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Alek Thomas was involved in a freak accident with a mascot while on minor league duty this past weekend. Thomas, currently playing with LA’s Triple-A affiliate Oklahoma City, was running out of the visitors dugout on Saturday ahead of a game against the Sacramento River Cats. Thomas joined the Dodgers from the D-Backs in May but is currently in the minors Getty As he emerged, Sacramento’s mascot ‘Dinger’ came speeding downhill on a scooter, and collided with the MLB veteran. Both player and mascot were sent sprawling into the dirt. Fortunately, Thomas was fine after the accident, and went 0-for-4 in Saturday’s game. He didn’t play on Sunday, but in the days since, footage of the embarrassing moment has surfaced on social media. Baseball fans react to viral accident involving Dodgers star and minor league mascot More than two million people have watched the video on X in less than 12 hours, and many fans couldn’t believe what they were seeing. “To be compl

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