Baseball is officially back in action, and so are the shenanigans. On Opening Day of the 2021 Major League Baseball season, the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers and first baseman Cody Bellinger ran into an unusual — but hilarious — snafu against Colorado Rockies.
With Bellinger up to bat, the 25-year-old knocked a home run out to left field off of Rockies pitcher German Marquez. The ball just got past the reach of Raimel Tapia over the railing and would have given the Dodgers a 2-0 lead if not for a baserunning error by Justin Turner.
Turner, it seemed, thought Tapia caught the ball, and rushed back to first base before he could be tagged out. Meanwhile, Bellinger ran past him on the base path, causing confusion on what was seemingly a simple home run.
Cody Bellinger homers for the second out of the inning to score a run. Baseball! pic.twitter.com/VVxTBvrhLy
— Chad Moriyama (@ChadMoriyama) April 1, 2021
The official ruling turned into an RBI single for Bellinger, who was then called out on the play thanks to passing Turner on the basepath. A shame, really, as Turner was clearly the guilty party here by misinterpreting the home run as a caught ball.
A confusing play, but hey at least the memes have been funny!
— makenna martinđź’™ (@makenna_m19) April 1, 2021
Cody Bellinger rn. pic.twitter.com/3P0JkW47fq
— J (@JDodgersLA) April 1, 2021
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