Royals star shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. made some history Monday night when he raced around the bases for the fourth fastest inside-the-park home run in the Statcast era (since 2015).
While the play was a lot of fun, lots of MLB fans rightfully had the same question about the scoring: How was it ruled an inside-the-park home run when it clearly looked like an error by Mariners right fielder Dominic Canzone?
Witt hit a hard liner to right, which seemed like a playable ball but Canzone appeared to lose it in the lights at the last moment and Witt went on to circle the bases.
Check this out:
🚨Bobby Witt Jr. INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUN! 🚨 pic.twitter.com/oxPOnmvNhr
— MLB (@MLB) August 15, 2023
Not an error? Really?
MLB fans sure thought it was:
thinking back to that article on errors being classified as hits that didn’t bother me at the time but
— Gage (@GageEHC) August 15, 2023
this is clearly an error? https://t.co/3QPTnSPQh1
Whoever ruled this a homerun should be fired on the spot. This might be one of the most obvious errors of the season and they gave him a homerun https://t.co/8Gno3MYiSH
— Blake (@BatSpy) August 15, 2023
No errors? Really? https://t.co/yRbZNI93n4
— Dr. Dux Delendum Est 💉💉 + 💉 + 💉 (@Very_Stable_G) August 15, 2023
MLB scorers are so soft.. how is this not an error lmao https://t.co/pDuJWjG6bv
— tltautt (@tltautt) August 15, 2023
I mean that should be an error, no? Sam Haggerty is terrible. https://t.co/BjnkcEbK6a
— 🖖james.anderson🖖 (@jimbo_slice26) August 15, 2023
How’s that not an E9?! https://t.co/5uaTq0n96L
— Evan Branch (@tbrandsports101) August 15, 2023
I’m old enough to remember when we called this E-9 https://t.co/ztJcXTlEpA
— Dr. President Elect of New California (@_MWBC_) August 15, 2023
One error? Two errors? No errors?
— Adam Jude (@A_Jude) August 15, 2023
You be the official scorer. https://t.co/kZpeI4sjTK
You keep calling it a home run when it's clearly an error https://t.co/szAmWCkXLH
— Roy-Z (@yeahiroy) August 15, 2023
That’s an error on Canzone, I don’t care what anybody says https://t.co/DIV0dxkbrE
— sully (@sully_is_typing) August 15, 2023
