5. There’s a reason the professionals use gloves and not nachos
Rarely a week goes by that a fan doesn’t get so excited at the prospect of catching a foul ball that they do something crazy. But for every fan who secures a ball in their cup of beer, there are 10 who fail tremendously. This week’s bad foul ball attempt winner goes to the guy who attempts to make a catch with a cardboard box of nachos. Luckily for the spectators around him, it looks like he had already wolfed down most of it.
4. C.J. Cron must have had the sun in his eyes
The only reason this gaffe doesn’t rate higher on the list is because it happened in foul territory. In defense of Cron, it definitely was a bright and sunny day which must have attributed to the misplaying of an easy foul ball. But on the other hand, it was a ridiculously easy foul ball.
3. Bartolo Colon swings it, teeball style
There is not a Bartolo Colon clip on this planet that isn’t gold. In today’s version, the hefty pitcher misses the pitch on a swing so mighty that his helmet flies off his head. As if that wasn’t enough to bring joy to all the world, he manages to smack his helmet with his bat in the process
2. Throw in another error for good measure
When it rains at Wrigley Field, it must torrentially downpour. Logan Schaefer hits a routine grounder to Starlin Castro. Unfortunately, that was the last thing that was routine about that play. Castro’s throw to Anthony Rizzo ends up in the dirt. Rizzo trots after the ball and momentarily seems to think that the play is dead. By the time he realizes how wrong he is, Schaefer is on his way to third. In an attempt to save the play from his brainfart, he overthrows third and Schaefer heads home.
1. At least he caught the ball
Most blooper highlights don’t involve clips where someone cleanly fields the ball. This play took its’ own route to the number 1 fail of the week, however, when the ballboy nicely fields a bouncing grounder. Too bad for him that the ball was in play and his actions resulted in a ground rule double.