MLB Rookie outfielder Jo Adell mistakenly knocked the ball over the outfield wall on Sunday, providing the opposing group a home run throughout the Los Angeles Angels matchup versus the Texas Rangers.
Nick Solak hit the ball hard in the bottom of the 5th inning deep into ideal field and Adell began backpedaling and appeared to have a beat on it. The ball, nevertheless, wound up bouncing off his glove and over the wall, costing the Angels a run.
Solak was initially awarded a crowning achievement but that was then altered to a four base error on Adell after official scorer Larry Bump spoke with the Elias Sports Bureau.
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Los Angeles Angels best fielder Jo Adell puts his hands on his head after a fly ball by Texas Rangers Nick Solak popped out of his glove and over the ideal field wall for a solo home run throughout the fifth inning of a baseball video game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020.
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“But if we desire to play, they are essential to limit infections and, if someone does evaluate positive, to keep the infection from spreading. The behavior of every covered individual affects the gamers and staff on his or her group, and on other clubs as well.”.
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It described changes to its 2020 operations handbook after outbreaks on the Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals led to 21 postponements in the first two weeks of a shortened 60-game season and more than 30 positive cases.
The blooper was reminiscent of an infamous occurrence in 1993 when a ball bounced off the head of slugger Jose Canseco, then playing for the Rangers, and over the wall for a home run.
This news comes as the rest of the MLB season still remains in doubt due to coronavirus concerns.
The league threatened to suspend repeat wrongdoers who break its brand-new COVID-19 protocols, in a memo sent to teams on Wednesday.
Los Angeles ultimately lost the video game 7-3 and stay in last-place in the AL West division.
” We acknowledge that these changes place additional concerns and limitations on gamers and personnel,” the memo, obtained by USA Today Sports, checked out. “But if we want to play, they are required to limit infections and, if someone does evaluate positive, to keep the virus from dispersing. The habits of every covered specific affects the gamers and personnel on his/her team, and on other clubs too.”.
Fox News Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.
