Dan Uggla makes backwards throw and still gets out (GIF)

One 2013's funnier plays happened during the Braves-Nationals game Tuesday night when Dan Uggla actually threw the ball backwards on fielder's choice to first, but the team still got the out at home.

Confused? Here's the breakdown:

Uggla whiffs on the throw, then picks up the ball. His relay throw to Freddie Freeman led to Denard Span being thrown out at home on a 3-6-4-3-2 double play. Or 3-6-4-4-3-2 —depending how you look at it.

Washington still won 4-0, though, and swept the doubleheader. They've now won 27 of their last 37.

Kyle Kendrick's amusing attempt to kick a fair ball foul (VIDEO)

Phillies starter Kyle Kendrick tried one of the oldest tricks in the book but — considering over 31,000 fans and one eagle-eyed umpire inside Nationals Park were watching the whole thing  — it's no surprise he didn't get away with it.

On a Steve Lombardozzi bunt, Kendrick deliberately — and obviously — kicks the slow-rolling ball foul and, although his planned strategy didn't work, it's still pretty funny.

Mets fan makes nice barehanded catch, then friend swipes ball (VIDEO)

A New York Mets fan made an impressive barehanded catch of a screaming line drive off the bat of Travis d'Araud and didn't even get to keep the ball.  After snagging the Citi Field souvenir — and saving a few people seated behind him — the dude's buddy yanked the ball from his blistered hands and put it in his pocket.

Bet that high-five hurt just a little too.

Watch two Marlin players slide into third base at the same time (VIDEO)

When you check out this odd play during Wednesday's Marlins-Nationals game, you might think you are seeing double. Don't call the optometrist just yet because it's only the Marlins' Logan Morrison and Donovan Solano both sliding into third base at the same time.

Morrison found himself retreating to third base — just as Solano rounded second to join him at the bag. Third baseman Ian Desmond placed a tag on both Marlin players but could only get one out.

Solano was ruled safe on his feet-first slide and managed to score in the next at-bat.

The Marlins may not be good, but they sure are funny.

Puig robbed of unbelievable 280-foot throw to get Bryce Harper out at third

Yasiel Puig continues to be the victim of grand larceny in his first five weeks in the Major Leagues.  After being robbed of a spot on the All-Star Game earlier this week, the Los Angeles Dodgers sensation had an incredible throw and tag out of Bryce Harper taken away by the third base umpire's terrible call Friday night.

Replays show Puig's 280-foot throw before the tag caught the speedy Harper on the foot before he touched third base on Jason Werth's long fly ball to Puig in right field.

Dodgers manager Don Mattingly came out to argue that the play was so good, it merited being an out.

Here's another angle:

Puig bounces off wall and still makes great catch

A lot of people thought Yasiel Puig was deserving of a spot on the All-Star roster after his phenomenal first five weeks in the majors. Now, in the Los Angeles Dodgers first game back after the Midsummer Classic, Puig continued to prove why he should have been there — this time from the field.

In the seventh, Puig makes a great running catch in foul territory before colliding with the wall in the right-field corner. A catch that  none of the players on the field — or the announcers —could tell if he made.

Better yet for the Dodgers, they beat the Washington Nationals 3-2 and moved one game above .500.  They were 12 games below the even mark on June 12.

Mets backup catcher makes pitching debut in blowout loss

New York Mets backup catcher Anthony Recker had only one regret after his major-league debut on the mound Sunday.

"I wish I could have gotten ahead of somebody so I could have thrown some off-speed stuff," said Recker, who allowed two runs in the final inning of the Mets' 13-2 loss to the Washington Nationals.

Recker stuck with fastballs, topping out at 88 mph, after being asked to mop up for the bullpen with the Mets hopelessly behind in the ninth inning. The Nationals scored six runs off Brandon Lyon in the eighth to blow the game open.

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That prompted manager Terry Collins to make Recker the first Mets position player to pitch since Rob Johnson on May 18, 2012.

"It was just funny," said Recker, who gave up a two-run homer to Ian Desmond before retiring the next three batters on flyouts. "I mean, it's different. I just tried to have fun with it basically. There's nothing else you can do."

Recker last pitched at Alvernia College (Reading, Pa.), where he experimented with a knuckleball. He didn't use it in the game but threw one in warm-ups, and it moved so much that it nearly struck catcher John Buck in the chin.

Buck said he's had plenty of experience catching position players. "Yeah, I played for the Royals, man," he said. "It was not my first blowout."

Recker would finish the game with three straight flyball outs and an 18.00 ERA.