Whether it is a never seen before achievement or a never seen before blunder, baseball never disappoints. Something similar occurred last night during the game between Washington Nationals and Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park. The Nationals’ baseman committed a gross error, resulting in laughter erupting in the ballpark.
First baseman Dominic Smith’s good day turned terrible, eventually becoming one of MLB’s funniest bloopers.
Washington Nationals will be more careful from now on!
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Smith has played over 500 games in MLB, yet his career never brought him to Seattle. However, when he eventually did come, the day became memorable. Even if Smith tries to forget it, the baseball world might never let him. As the first baseman stepped onto the plate for the first time in this stadium, he hit a solo homer off right-hander Luis Castillo in the second inning. But the blooper came in the fifth inning when Teoscar Hernández singled a ball off reliever, Cory Abbott.
The ball then went up, landing right before Smith, who ran toward the mound. At the exact moment, Smith thought he had a chance to nab Hernández and threw the ball at first base. Surprisingly, no one was present except Hernández, who stood first shocked for a millisecond and safely reached the empty base.
A very nifty throw to no one pic.twitter.com/vjHfTWNILn
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) June 27, 2023
After throwing the ball, Smith realized that he just threw the ball at an empty base, and a smile appeared on his face. As it happened, even Hernández could not help but laugh at this error of Smith. Shortly after, when Jomboy Media posted the clip of this blooper on their social media, laughter erupted at the iconic moment-making in the baseball world, making them remember the one and only John Cena.
Baseball fans might always remember this moment!
Moments like this one happens once in a while. And last night’s game at T-Mobile Park was the perfect example of such moments. For those unversed, 13x WWE Champion John Cena, among other things, is famous for his iconic phrase, “You can’t see me.” Hence, when Jomboy Media saw the perfect opportunity of using this phrase, they leaped at it.
Take a look at how the baseball world is reacting to the Nationals’ Dominic Smith’s first game in Seattle:
John Cena was covering first pic.twitter.com/MBpzqQ67IO
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) June 27, 2023
Who the hell did he think was gonna be there??? Lmao
— Aron (@TheDudeAbides_x) June 27, 2023
He had to smile about it 🤣
— W.Northernn (@wnorthernn) June 27, 2023
Dude forgot he was the first baseman 🤣
— Timothy Holcombe (@thulk18) June 27, 2023
John Cena at first
— Eldrick’s Burner (@eldrick15majors) June 27, 2023
Here comes the “Ghost infielder.”
You’ve heard of the “Ghost Fork”, now it’s the “Ghost Infielder” https://t.co/EVvxrzmiI4
— Jason Alan McLain (@JasonWFD) June 27, 2023
Maybe it’s what happened!
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That muscle memory does things https://t.co/pYSakpwp30
— Jacob Lintner (@lintnermedia) June 27, 2023
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