Kris Bryant Gets Pranked by an Undercover Greg Maddux in This Fun Stunt by Red Bull

Tables are turned for the Cubs' third baseman

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Red Bull doesn’t do a ton of prank videos. But it made a good one last March, when it got Chicago Cubs third basemen Kris Bryant, the National League Rookie of the Year the previous season, to pretend to be a college kid again—a midseason transfer to Mesa Community College, where his first batting-practice session blew his shocked teammates away.

In a new Red Bull video, though, it’s Bryant who gets pranked—by Hall of Famer and former Cubs pitching legend Greg Maddux.

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