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Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton seemed so unfazed after getting hit by a pitch that sounded brutal

Stanton shook it off but he seemed so mad.

Besides having a reputation as one of MLB’s most feared sluggers, Giancarlo Stanton is known for being built like an absolute tank. Stanton stands tall at 6-foot-6 and 245 pounds — a stature that undoubtedly helps him mash for power better than most of his peers.

Apparently, such a Herculean build helps Stanton shake off seemingly very hard pitches to his arm, too.

As the New York Yankees took on the rival Boston Red Sox Saturday night, Stanton faced Boston’s Tanner Houck on the mound. And on a 1-1 pitch, Houck absolutely drilled Stanton (likely by accident) with a throw. Thankfully, the baseball hit Stanton right in his arm padding, taking the heat off a pitch that even sounded very dangerous when it made contact.

While removing some gear and taking his base, Stanton appeared to glare at Houck and seemed understandably quite unhappy, even if he avoided the worst outcome.

His general build aside, it’s great that Stanton had the requisite protection on his arm. That’s what that padding is there for! Nonetheless, I’d also probably be pretty upset at a pitcher drilling me with a throw in a rivalry matchup. These are the kinds of ultimately “harmless” moments teams like the Yankees and Red Sox don’t just forget.

Yankees’ Giancarlo Stanton stunningly broke the scoreboard after making awesome over-the-head catch

Looks like Stanton doesn’t know his own strength!

Giancarlo Stanton is known a lot more for having a powerful bat than for being a quality defender in the outfield. On Wednesday, during Game 1 of the American League Championship Series against the Astros (-1.5), he showed that he does have some defensive proficiency when he needs it. And in the process, he also showed he might be stronger than he thinks.

After Houston’s Yuli Gurriel launched a shot to left field, Stanton had to track back and make a difficult catch over his head. Which he did, and it was impressive. Kudos to him! But as he tried to stop his forward momentum on the back wall, Stanton accidentally broke Houston’s stadium scoreboard with his hand. (Note: Stanton is a listed 6-foot-6, 245 pounds.)

Uh, oops?

Huh. To be fair to Stanton, that scoreboard doesn’t seem very sturdy if it can fall apart the moment a player touches it with a small modicum of force.

Let’s see an angle of the unfortunate aftermath:

Credit to Stanton and Harrison Bader for at least trying to clean up the mess. Though it didn’t seem to work entirely:

I’m not certain we’ve ever seen a baseball player so strong that they actually break a scoreboard just by accidentally pushing on it. In the case of Stanton, I’m sure he’ll still take the awesome catch if it means he’s causing other general chaos in the outfield.

Giancarlo Stanton destroyed a 47 mph eephus pitch for a home run and MLB fans had jokes

Giancarlo Stanton absolutely destroyed this 47 mph pitch.

Giancarlo Stanton has missed a bunch of time this season with an Achilles injury and earlier this week he was pulled from the starting lineup after making a weird looking swing that had Yankees fans worrying about his health.

Well, Stanton was back in the starting lineup on Saturday and he made his presence felt with an absolute shot of a home run in a 10-3 win over the Yankees.

There is a bit of an asterisk here because his home run came against a position player – Rays catcher Christian Bethancourt. Oh, and the pitch was a 47 mph eephus pitch. But whatever, this ball was pounded off the foul pole in left field:

That poor foul pole.

Stanton had this to say after the game:

Twitter had reactions.

Fans marveled at Giancarlo Stanton literally squishing the baseball with his All-Star Game HR swing

He actually CRUSHED the baseball.

When the MLB All-Star Game stopped being used to determine homefield advantage in the World Series and returned to its rightful role as an exhibition game, it allowed Fox Sports to really experiment with the broadcast.

And honestly, a lot of it has worked. The mic’d-up players with live conversations have been great. But the enhanced camera angles have really made the viewing experience more enjoyable. There’s no better example of that than what we saw from Giancarlo Stanton’s two-run home run in Tuesday’s All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium.

With Tony Gonsolin on the mound, Stanton crushed a 457-foot home run to left field. And in the subsequent replays, we saw that Stanton literally squished the baseball with his bat. Take a look:

I mean, how?!

While reaction times would make it nearly impossible for anyone to look at the baseball at the point of contact, it’s impossible to overlook the compression of that ball in the photo. He crushed it. It was the hardest-hit All-Star Game home run in the Statcast era.

And, of course, fans could not get enough of that photo.

This ump cam view of Sandy Alcantara’s slider that froze Giancarlo Stanton in the All-Star game is too good

What a cool view of such a nasty pitch.

The MLB All-Star Game last night in Los Angeles wasn’t the highest scoring game in the history of the world but there were a bunch of fun things that happened during the American League’s 3-2 win, including every time they showed the view from the ump cam.

Seriously, this ump cam should become a thing that we get to see more often.

In case you missed it, the home plate ump had a camera on his mask and FOX would use those views to show us just how nasty some of the pitches were.

This slider by Miami’s Sandy Alcantara was one of those sick pitches and it just so happened to freeze Giancarlo Stanton, who was later named the game’s MVP, at the plate for strike three.

Check this out:

I mean, come on! We need more ump cams in every game.

Twitter loved it.

Aaron Boone lost it on the umpire after Giancarlo Stanton struck out on 3 incorrectly called strikes

Three missed calls in ONE at-bat.

The New York Yankees don’t lose very often, but if there’s one thing that gets the entire team frustrated, it’s bad umpiring. We saw that in Sunday’s game against the Red Sox.

With the Yankees down a run in the seventh inning and Giancarlo Stanton at the plate, the Yankees slugger was called out on strikes despite all three “strikes” missing the zone. As the inning came to close on the called third strike, Stanton stood there in disbelief. And that was when Yankees manager Aaron Boone got in on the action.

The ESPN broadcast showed Boone as he was shouting from the dugout, telling home plate umpire Tripp Gibson that he had just missed six calls.

Boone was almost immediately ejected for arguing balls and strikes, but as you can see, he had reason to be upset.

According to Umpire Scorecards, Gibson missed 15 calls on the night and posted an 82 percent called-strike accuracy. That’s not going to get it done, and no wonder MLB fans understood Boone’s outburst there.

Yankees’ John Sterling hilariously botches home run call: ‘It’s gone! but caught.’

This ball was high and far but it was definitely not gone.

It’s not a stretch to say that John Sterling might know Yankees baseball better than anyone alive. The play-by-play radio broadcaster has called over 5,000 games for the Bronx Bombers over the last three-plus decades. There has been no shortage of iconic moments since then.

Sterling was there for Derek Jeter’s flip during the 2001 ALDS against the A’s. Sterling was also there when Alex Rodriguez socked an RBI double to cement a 3-1 World Series lead over the Phillies.

Fast forward to the present day, in Game 6 of the 2022 regular season against the Blue Jays (+100), Giancarlo Stanton rocked a ball into the stratosphere. When that ball eventually fell harmlessly into the glove of Raimel Tapia — Sterling was, still, there.

In a hilarious development, even he couldn’t resist the temptation of a promising fly ball.

Stanton’s fly ball was most certainly high and most certainly far, and it was most certainly not gone. But caught!

That said, listen to the excitement in Sterling’s voice. Hear him shift to resigned defeat on a dime the very moment it’s clear the ball is still in play. What a legend.

Hats off to you, Mr. Sterling. I’m fairly certain that the Yankees will provide baseballs that are actually high, far, and gone in the coming months.

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Everybody from ESPN’s announcers to Giancarlo Stanton thought his very long single was a home run

Oops!

The Green Monster fooled everyone during Tuesday’s AL Wild Card game between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees.

In the first inning at Fenway Park, Giancarlo Stanton stepped up to the plate and hit what probably would have been a home run at every other stadium in the majors.

But as we know, not every stadium is Fenway — the ball hit near the top of the Monster and fell into play, and because Stanton admired it a bit, it was maybe the hardest hit single you’ll see.

Everyone — from Stanton to ESPN’s broadcast to longtime Yankees radio play-by-play man John Sterling — thought it was gone:

Oops. It happens! Heck, it looked gone off the bat!

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Phillie Phanatic destroyed a Yankees helmet, and Giancarlo Stanton was not impressed

The Phillie Phanatic strikes again.

The Phillie Phanatic is unquestionably one of the wilder mascots, and it was even recently voted the most obnoxious mascot in Major League Baseball. And to be fair, it’s been known to mess with opposing players and coaches, play practical jokes and, in 2020 when fans couldn’t attend games, it had some fun with cardboard cutouts in the stands.

It should come as no surprise that the Philadelphia Phillies’ mascot isn’t a huge fan of the New York Yankees, and the Phanatic made that clear Saturday during the first matchup in a two-game weekend series at Citizens Bank Park.

After the fifth inning, the Phillie Phanatic took the field looking stylish in a tuxedo — presumably dressed as Frank Sinatra — while New York, New York played at the ballpark.

And after riling up the Phillies fan base, it absolutely destroyed a Yankees helmet.

Yes, New York superstar Giancarlo Stanton was not impressed by the Phanatics’ antics, but a lot of baseball fans (who don’t root for the Yankees) loved it.

Forget the final score; the real winner Saturday was obviously the Phanatic.

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