The Chicago White Sox game against the Milwaukee Brewers was all tied up at two in the top of the fifth Thursday evening.
That’s when everything that could go wrong went wrong for Chicago. Known more for his bat, star left fielder Eloy Jiménez horribly misplayed a fly ball off the bat of Christian Yelich.
What followed seemed to be something out of a Benny Hill sketch. I am not even kidding.
INSIDE-THE-PARK HR FROM YELI pic.twitter.com/zTwoL90nvS
— MLB (@MLB) August 7, 2020
Not only did Jiménez misplay the ball, he went over the wall in left field and got caught up in the netting. All the while, Yelich rounded the bases for the most improbable inside-the-park homer to break out of a season-long funk.
Needless to say, those watching this game had their reactions to the most hilarious blunder of the young MLB season.
It’s only a matter of time until Eloy runs onto the Dan Ryan trying to catch a fly ball.
— Write Sox (@WriteSox) August 7, 2020
Eloy fielding… pic.twitter.com/oCtRR2f1y2
— Laurence Holmes (@LaurenceWHolmes) August 7, 2020
Multiple people just tweeted at me about the Eloy Jiménez play so I guess I'll go watch and
— Mike Petriello (@mike_petriello) August 7, 2020
…
oh ..
oh no
Eloy Jiménez………what on earthpic.twitter.com/Z0jOKgrtxj
— Starting 9 (@Starting9) August 7, 2020
Eloy Jimenez with an incredibly tough look pic.twitter.com/ppe27JcC7E
— Red Line Radio (@RedLineRadio) August 7, 2020
Eloy Jimenez is an incredibly gifted hitter, who should be a force in this lineup for years to come.
— Sam Sherman (@SamSSHP) August 7, 2020
He is also a DH.
Live look at Eloy in the outfield pic.twitter.com/aYwagBGPHB
— Ali White Claw (@aliwhitesox) August 7, 2020
Eloy… What in the hell are you doing? That was beyond embarrassing.
— Aaron Leming (@AaronLemingNFL) August 7, 2020
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