Rangers' Chris Woodward Plays Down 'Joke' About Yankee Stadium

According to Baseball Savant, Torres' walk-off winner would have been a home run in 26 of 30 Major League ballparks.

In turn, it didn't take long before social media did its thing and Woodward became the laughing stock of baseball's most prominent Twitter accounts. Even MLB Network reporter and New York Post columnist Jon Heyman later referred to the Rangers skipper at "Chris Woodwhine."

In addition, Rangers outfielder Eli White hit a wall-scraper in the Rangers' 4-2 win in the nightcap of the doubleheader. Ironically, White's hit would have been a homer in only two of 30 ballparks.

Woodward was made aware of the shredding taking place on Twitter after the conclusion of Sunday's doubleheader, and played down his comments.

"It was a joke. Listen, I love this place. This is like one of the cathedrals in all of sports," Woodward said. "Everybody (knows) it's got a short right field. It was more of a joke than anything. We hit one of our own in this game, so I guess karma's funny that way. But no, I love this place; it's a beautiful ballpark."

Yankees manager Aaron Boone was asked about Woodward's comments and initially had no reaction. Seconds later, Boone responded with a short retort. 

"His math's wrong," Boone said. "99 percent is impossible. There's only 30 parks."