Blue Jays' Alejandro Kirk did something remarkable for the first time in his 532nd MLB game

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Blue Jays' Alejandro Kirk did something remarkable for the first time in his 532nd MLB game

It's hard not to be a fan of Alejandro Kirk.

He's listed at 5-foot-8 and 245 pounds, and he might be shorter, and he might weigh more. The Toronto Blue Jays' catcher is, in some ways, the epitome of the beauty of baseball. It doesn't matter what you look like. It matters what your body can do.

On Friday night, Kirk's body did something for the first time.

It was his 532nd MLB game, and through 531 of these things, he had never stolen a base.

It's logical, of course. Kirk hadn't even attempted a steal. Who's giving him the green light?

But in a first-and-third situation vs. the Rangers, Kirk took off from first. And, with the risk of allowing the runner to come home on t