Rockies’ Hunter Goodman has the stupidest blunder of the season

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Rockies’ Hunter Goodman has the stupidest blunder of the season

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports
By Darryn Albert | Last updated Sep 8, 2026 11:04 PM ET

Hunter Goodman was somewhere on Jupiter during Tuesday’s game.

The Colorado Rockies catcher Goodman committed the absolute stupidest blunder of the year against the New York Yankees on Tuesday. In the first inning at Yankee Stadium in New York, N.Y., Yankees first baseman Luis Garcia Jr. had a two-out base hit to left-center.

Regrettably, Rockies left fielder Jake McCarthy ended up misplaying the ball and kicking it away from himself, allowing lead runner Cody Bellinger to take third base. McCarthy then lobbed a soft throw back into the infield … only for Goodman to be completely spaced out at the plate.

Goodman did nothing but stand and watch as the ball rolled by him. The throw was already halfway to the backstop by the time that Goodman reacted, allowing Bellinger to score and Garcia to end up all the way at third base.

Here is the ridiculous video.

#Rockies gift #Yankees a run in first inning. Jake McCarthy inadvertently kicks ball for error. Then lobs ball home and Hunter Goodman doesn’t see it. A second error. An embarrassing sequence in a series of outfield gaffes over the last two weeks pic.twitter.com/6DkGRsgALL
— Troy Renck (@TroyRenck) September 8, 2026

McCarthy did get that entire slapstick sequence started with the misplay, but at least the ball just took a bad hop on him. Goodman seemed to be at the plate twiddling his thumbs and thinking about the “Seinfeld” reruns that he was going to watch when he got home.

The two-time All-Star Goodman did somewhat redeem himself later in the game with a two-run homer during the ninth inning. But the Rockies still lost to the Yankees by a final score of 5-3, thanks in no small part to Goodman doing his best impression of Tyler Stephenson at the plate.

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