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Max Muncy had an error that allowed some other dude named Max Muncy to score a run

Max Muncy and Max Muncy not only share a name but a birthday as well.

Something strange happened on a professional baseball field when Max Muncy scored after a throwing error committed by Max Muncy.

It wasn’t a case of cloning or anything strange like that. It was more like when Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Will Smith hit a home run after off former Atlanta Braves relief pitcher Will Smith during the 2020 MLB postseason.

The latter Muncy is the one that you have probably heard of before today. He is a two-time MLB All-Star and a former World Series champion and he has played for the Dodgers (who clearly have an affinity for players who share a name with other players) since 2018.

He was playing the field for the Oklahoma City Baseball Club, a minor league affiliate for the Dodgers, on an injury rehabilitation assignment before he returns to Los Angeles.

We will refer to him as the major league Muncy for the remainder of this article to avoid confusion. Fascinatingly enough: Both of these professional baseball players also happen to share a birthday, August 25.

The minor league Muncy, who plays for the Las Vegas Aviators, scored after a throwing error from the major leaguer.

For what it is worth: The minor league shortstop was actually a first-round pick by the Athletics in the 2021 MLB Draft. He is considered one of the ten best prospects in the organization, so he could potentially make his major league debut sooner rather than later.

At that point, we will have to find another way to differentiate between the two guys named Max Muncy born on August 25.

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Max Muncy said that the Cardinals ‘bullied’ umpires into making bad calls all weekend

Muncy was ejected on Sunday.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are set for a road series against the first-place Atlanta Braves this week, and it’s pretty clear that they were thrilled to get away from the umpiring crew in St. Louis.

The Dodgers dropped three of four games against the struggling Cardinals, and much of the on-field frustration had to do with how the umpires were making calls. In Saturday’s game, the Dodgers saw their chances in the ninth inning end on a missed strikeout call. On Sunday, Max Muncy was ejected after he complained about inconsistent calls and pointed his bat towards the third-base umpire Paul Emmel (who missed the aforementioned call on Saturday night).

Though the strikeout call on Muncy was correctly called a strike, an earlier pitch in a similar spot was called a ball. He explained that he was especially upset when catcher Willson Contreras complained about a call and then got a call in his favor. Typically, umpires don’t expand their zone when a catcher complains, but Muncy felt that the umpiring crew buckled to the Cardinals catcher all series.

He said:

“I think it was a weekend-long frustration that was building up. For me, it wasn’t about the call. These guys are human. They’re going to call the games how they see it. And to me, that’s a beautiful thing about this game. For me, it was how the calls were happening. The pitch before was almost the exact same location, and whether it’s a ball or strike — I don’t care. He called it how he saw it. He called it a ball. And for the catcher to sit there and tell him that’s a terrible call and he missed and he needs to be better. And then the next one, he gives it to him. That to me was where the frustration was coming from. It felt like that was happening all weekend long. I felt like they were getting bullied, and they gave in to it.”

The Dodgers ended up losing the game, 10-5. According to Umpire Scorecards, home plate umpire Nic Lentz had a decent day behind the plate with a 95 percent accuracy. But Muncy had seen enough.

Max Muncy got ejected after he appeared to call out ump Paul Emmel about Saturday’s missed call

He really wanted to vent about Saturday’s call.

The Los Angeles Dodgers were understandably frustrated after Saturday night’s loss to the Cardinals. It was a game they had a legitimate chance of tying in the ninth inning, but a blown strikeout call from home plate umpire Paul Emmel abruptly ended the potential rally.

Those frustrations boiled over to Sunday, and Max Muncy apparently wanted any excuse to have words with Emmel. He had himself a short day at the ballpark as a result.

Batting in the fourth inning with the Dodgers already down two runs, home plate umpire Nic Lentz called a ball on a pitch that appeared to catch the bottom of the zone before eventually ringing Muncy up on a similar pitch. While both pitches should have been strikes, a frustrated Muncy was not pleased about the inconsistency in the at-bat.

As he walked back to the dugout, he made eye contact with Emmel — who was working third base on Sunday — and pointed his bat at Emmel and back at home as if to complain about Saturday night’s missed call.

And before Muncy could really get his point across, Emmel had ejected the Dodgers slugger from the game. After he was tossed, Muncy went towards Emmel to continue complaining about the calls. Of course, Muncy — who went into Sunday batting 1 for 10 this series — could have been taking out his own frustrations on the umpires.

But either way, you know Muncy is going to be thrilled to get out of St. Louis and away from that umpiring crew.

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The Twins’ plan to intentionally walk Max Muncy backfired in the worst way

These kinds of strategies are usually executed A LOT better than this.

In a nailbiter extra innings showdown Monday night, it looked like the Minnesota Twins would continue pushing the Los Angeles Dodgers.

After already trading shot for shot in an 8-8 barnburner, the Twins were interested in extending this matchup by intentionally walking Max Muncy. Such a gambit loaded the bases but ultimately put Minnesota in a potential position to send this battle to the 13th inning with two outs.

Unfortunately, Minnesota pitcher Jorge Lopez couldn’t fulfill the second half of his bargain on the very next batter. Rather than get a harmless ball into play, he accidentally walked Trayce Thompson, sending the automatic game-winning 9-8 run by Chris Taylor over the plate.

Truly, it was the worst of outcomes after intentionally walking someone.

Look. An intentional walk to try and get the bases loaded is risky in itself. If you’re going to do it, my advice would be not to walk the next batter. For a May regular season game, this is a blunder Lopez and the Twins won’t live down.

Max Muncy’s reaction perfectly summed up Fernando Tatis Jr. hitting a homer out of Dodger Stadium

LOL

Fun fact: Before Thursday night, a baseball had been hit out of Dodgers Stadium four times.

Now, Fernando Tatis Jr. sent the fifth ball out of the Los Angeles Dodgers home in the San Diego Padres’ loss.

The superstar shortstop joined Mark McGwire, Mike Piazza and Willie Stargel (who did it twice!) with the feat thanks to a 467-foot blast that went off the top of a pavilion and out.

So how do you sum up that dinger? Let’s go to Dodgers infielder Max Muncy, who had the perfect reaction of awe and disbelief at the same time.

But first … the home run!