--- title: This Forrest Gump Baseball Costume Knocks It Out of the Park description: Here's what to know about the guy wearing the Forrest Gump baseball costume that everyone is loving. canonical: https://time.com/5710521/forrest-gump-baseball/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-10-25T13:16:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:00:59.630Z og:title: Man in Forrest Gump Costume Running Off a Baseball Field Knocks It Out of the Park og:description: And he knows it og:url: https://time.com/5710521/forrest-gump-baseball/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta6c3df48200eb947/698a04da096a941c766a72e1/baseball.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2121 og:image:height: 1193 og:image:alt: Baseball players at sunny fence og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Man in Forrest Gump Costume Running Off a Baseball Field Knocks It Out of the Park twitter:description: And he knows it twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta6c3df48200eb947/698a04da096a941c766a72e1/baseball.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Man in Forrest Gump Costume Who Just Keeps Running Off of a Baseball Field Knocks It Out of the Park > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Oct 25, 2019 1:16 PM UTC  Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Oct 25, 2019 1:16 PM UTC It’s the season for the most dedicated among us to bring extra levels of excellence to [Halloween](https://time.com/5709912/halloween-party-snacks/) costumes this year — like this man who scored big by playing the [holiday](https://time.com/5413136/heidi-klum-halloween-party-celebrity-costumes-2018/) in a very high-key way. That is none other than one Kilgore sophomore baseball player named Ren Reynolds who raced across the field as Forrest Gump in Tyler, Texas on Wednesday. And the internet noticed. Boy did it notice. He commits. His moves hew very close to the relentless spirit and style of the titular character of the iconic film as is evident in this viral video that has understandably racked up more than 7 million views since its original posting from the game. “Highlight of the baseball [Halloween](https://time.com/5706040/halloween-2019-pokemon-pumpkin/) game! Run, Forrest. Run!!!” the team account captioned the clip of the [Forrest Gump baseball](https://time.com/4583304/tom-hanks-forrest-gump-graham-norton-show/) moment. > [](https://twitter.com/ApacheAthletics/status/1187096068082884613) He hits the ball, races to first base and then, in a not totally unpredictable turn of events, he just keeps on running until he comes to fence and leaps right over. The team uploaded a video of him in character, and the recognition was immediate so he got big laughs. But the antics didn’t stop there. On top of that, his teammate Tre Erwin went as an inflatable dinosaur, and wasn’t that much less mobile. > [](https://twitter.com/ApacheAthletics/status/1187103680660692993) Tyler Junior College has played an annual Halloween game for several years, so it wasn’t a surprise to see people with a true penchant for Halloween stunts upping their game. But it’s safe to say they may have outdone themselves this year. It’s like Forrest’s mamma never said, life is like a box of chocolates, but with this guy you pretty much know what you’re getting as soon as he steps up to plate. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5710521/forrest-gump-baseball/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5710521/forrest-gump-baseball/"},"headline":"Man in Forrest Gump Costume Who Just Keeps Running Off of a Baseball Field Knocks It Out of the Park","datePublished":"2019-10-25T13:16:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:00:59.630Z","description":"Here's what to know about the guy wearing the Forrest Gump baseball costume that everyone is loving.","url":"https://time.com/5710521/forrest-gump-baseball/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","onetime","Sports"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta6c3df48200eb947/698a04da096a941c766a72e1/baseball.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta6c3df48200eb947/698a04da096a941c766a72e1/baseball.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Baseball players at sunny fence","caption":"Baseball players at sunny fence","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5710521/forrest-gump-baseball/","name":"Man in Forrest Gump Costume Who Just Keeps Running Off of a Baseball Field Knocks It Out of the Park"}}]}] ```