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This Juan Soto Error Led to the Funniest Inside-the-Park Home Run I’ve Ever Seen
By Matt Schultz
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I’ve had a lot of fun watching the Mets this season. I’ve found some real, genuine joy in seeing them implode and crater and bomb in ways I didn’t even know were possible for a baseball team. I’ve written about it on this website more than a few times, and truthfully, part of me wonders if I should let it be. Maybe I should leave the poor guys alone. “Stop, stop, he’s already dead…” echoes in my mind…
But this Juan Soto error from Monday night may be this season’s apex for Mets hater-ism. I cannot ignore this little-league-ass moment. This was so damn funny:
What the hell happened here? What was Soto thinking? Why was he running so slow? Why did he run even slower after the ball got by him? Why did he do that casual little slap into his glove after he missed the ball, as if he missed a grounder during warmups? Did he not know he was in the middle of a game? And how did A.J. Ewing bobble the ball that badly? Was he so distracted by Soto’s error that he wasn’t feeling himself? Did Soto’s egregious error make Ewing lightheaded, and thus make it hard to even grasp a baseball, let alone throw it? When Soto finally got his hands on the ball, why didn’t he try to get the ball in quickly? Didn’t he realize he’d look way worse by just standing there and holding onto the ball and doing an “I give up” pose?
Surely Juan Soto had a good excuse for what happened there after the game, right?
“When you have an outfield like that, that it bounce a lot, you have to be aware because you can give up extra base hits really easy.”
Incredible insight. Incredible error. Incredible season. This Mets team rules. We’re lucky to get to watch them play 77 more games.
Matt Schultz is a comedy and sports writer from Philadelphia. He’s written extensively for ClickHole, The Onion, and Conan O’Brien’s Team Coco. His work has been featured in Vulture, Deadspin, The A.V. Club, Paste Magazine, and other publications. Much of his sports journalism can be found on college basketball websites that don’t exist anymore (PhilaHoops Heads rise up…) email: M.Schultz@sportradar.com