Tigers left fielder Akil Baddoo will probably never forget the time he tried to steal a base against the Guardians, only to fail in a spectacularly painful way.
This brutal moment happened in Monday’s night game in Cleveland when he took off for second base. Guardians catcher Mike Zunino fired a ball to the bag but it got away from him a little bit and hit Baddoo right in the groin. Making matters even worse for Baddoo, Guardians second baseman, Andrés Giménez, was somehow able to secure the ball in his glove and get the out.
This was just a total disaster for Baddoo:
2 balls and 1 out 😬 pic.twitter.com/aZKm5Lhii8
— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) May 8, 2023
Not great!
That was just a ridiculous play by Giménez:
Oh no Akil Baddoo pic.twitter.com/L3okN55UDk
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) May 8, 2023
MLB fans had jokes:
Pretty unusual to “get two” when there’s only one runner trying to steal https://t.co/EBiqjU4XmL https://t.co/EDYlFeYWsd
— Charlie McBarron (@CharlieMcB4) May 9, 2023
Positive stretch the last few weeks aside, this basically sums up how Tigers fans have been treated since Chris Ilitch took over https://t.co/Iroiwa5cId
— Brett Timmer (@BTimmer34) May 9, 2023
Ouch Town, population you, bro! https://t.co/GwNdGLz79G
— Brian Lefevre (@LefevreFever) May 9, 2023
Only Mike Zunino could do this https://t.co/xBgnQdLjAz
— Zeke Porta (@ZekePorta) May 9, 2023
How unlucky do you have to be https://t.co/2YIQkxl5ZZ
— . (@_Curt_2Dope) May 9, 2023
Double play https://t.co/rJSDUU5SyW
— El Cabron De Bayamon (@CoolStory_Marc) May 8, 2023
To get hit in the nuts with a baseball and get called out at the same time, gotta be a bad way to go out https://t.co/pHApOuOrRo
— Rich Ωue 🐶⚾️ The Equalizer🥋 (@iBaseball_1) May 8, 2023
— Tom Vecchio (@DFS_Tom) May 8, 2023
you'll never see this happen again https://t.co/zqNlQDWKUJ
— Blake Tapper (@BlakeTapper) May 9, 2023
Zunino also knows how to throw breaking balls! https://t.co/hhz1MqMI6h
— Matt Kelley (@mattkelley018) May 9, 2023
