Fenway Park’s infamous Green Monster played some impressive defense on Wednesday night as one of its scoreboard lights literally caught a ball.
It happened as a Kansas City Royals slugger popped a ball all the way to back left field as Boston Red Sox outfielder Masataka Yoshida chased down the hit for an out.
Well, rather than Yoshida coming away with the snag, the ball broke through of the “out” lights on the Green Monster scoreboard. Yoshida searched for where the ball went, but it wasn’t until he saw the busted light that he found the ball inside.
It counted as a foul ball, saving the Red Sox a run as a Royals runner had a clear lane to make it home without the Green Monster’s scoreboard save.
LOL pic.twitter.com/gW5RR7hBLO
— The Pesky Report (58-55) (@PeskyReport) August 9, 2023
Joe Castiglione is 76 years old, been calling Red Sox games for 41 years, and he just said he’s never seen this before. pic.twitter.com/XyyZFBNex0
— Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) August 9, 2023
This just doesn’t happen in baseball, much less an iconic baseball venue like Fenway Park. You can bet that the scoreboard light will be fixed immediately.
However, we’re all still very confused as to what exactly just happened.
MLB fans were so confused.
all-time (and completely understandable) reaction from Yoshida here https://t.co/rTgffHI2mz
— Céspedes Family BBQ (@CespedesBBQ) August 9, 2023
He hit this into a light that says “out.” That should be an out https://t.co/anplrdkvMn
— suss– 🥌 (@suss2hyphens) August 10, 2023
Green Monster with some Gold Glove defense https://t.co/csumg7yWBW
— Adam Drovetta (@ADrovetta) August 10, 2023
Never seen that one before https://t.co/kW15oWuO2r
— Nick Riccardi (@NickRiccardi) August 10, 2023
the royals are breaking our hearts AND the lights on the green monster??? c'mon that's not fair just pick one. https://t.co/W01PojM9dN
— Helen Elizabeth (@hesilf) August 9, 2023
Tbh, Kyle should get that piece of plastic. Would be a prized piece of memorabilia https://t.co/aCcfvZaX2u
— Ryan Heffernon (@RyanHeffernon) August 9, 2023
This is hilarious. Never seen this before at Fenway https://t.co/vsRqlT1S0w
— Mike Cronin Jr. (@MikeCroninWMUR) August 9, 2023
Something you’ve never seen before, or will ever see again at Fenway. https://t.co/aTr7OaEuO2
— Tony Moy (@TJM88) August 9, 2023
— Richard Martin (@Ricardo_Knows) August 9, 2023
ahahaha https://t.co/OysLd8C5PR
— MEIA VERMELHA #2 ⚾️🇧🇷 (@meiavermelha) August 9, 2023
This team can’t go one day without something happening 😭 https://t.co/7w5mC6YIrk
— JNSD ☘️ (@_jnsd_) August 9, 2023
Joe Castiglione said he hadn’t seen this ever happen in his 41 years of broadcasting 😅 https://t.co/dP8weoxE2C
— Zach (@zoidbergererer) August 10, 2023
This is wild https://t.co/Zwx9nPoeEk
— Jake VW (@wyckipedia_) August 9, 2023
This was so strange 😂 https://t.co/LIhimcBJkF
— Daniel (@sikldaniel) August 9, 2023
The beautiful game https://t.co/iagvaf8tZA
— Emily (@OffSeids) August 9, 2023
I… have never seen this before https://t.co/WGoLZBV6wc
— Leif Erickson (@ImLeifErickson) August 9, 2023
