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:
Giancarlo Stanton just obliterated a 47 MPH pitch. 😳 pic.twitter.com/coxffYm6Gs
— MLB (@MLB) September 10, 2022
That poor foul pole.
Stanton had this to say after the game:
"They all count. If I would've struck out, that counts too."
Giancarlo Stanton talks about homering off a position player: pic.twitter.com/ruwE7cFYax
— Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) September 10, 2022
Twitter had reactions.
*future me hitting off my son in the yard https://t.co/JH4wWpCLx4
— Ben (@billysbrother21) September 10, 2022
I’m not a fan of the Yankees, but this is hilarious… 🤣 https://t.co/Kyah6DEtUY
— George Kirikos (@GeorgeKirikos) September 10, 2022
Even the Rays have sympathy for the struggling Yankees. We're just gifting them a couple extra runs so they can feel better about themselves. #RaysUp https://t.co/X2TdYIn6f1
— Milton E. Malespin, Esq. (@DIAC1987) September 10, 2022
Can’t hack it against actual pitchers anymore, needs to feast on position players in garbage time https://t.co/uVHvjbjbBA
— Doug Dimmadome, Owner of the Dimmsdale Dimmadome (@jalex_819) September 10, 2022
tf are the Rays using a position player to pitch down 6 runs? https://t.co/jqNRaugafb
— BWH (@BWH85) September 10, 2022
The Bronx Bombers are back!! -Yankees fans 😂 https://t.co/lRQU0IpenN
— juan medina (@medinajuan1996) September 10, 2022
Why is Christian Bethancourt throwing 47 lol didn’t we teach him how to pitch https://t.co/5r7XCmKIe3
— football szn (can wait) (@ArribaLosPadres) September 10, 2022
Man y he tried that w/ Him? 😂😂 https://t.co/YeihCJFyb4
— gLennOx (@big_Muddro) September 10, 2022
Not this slow pitch softball pitch….was he for real?? https://t.co/0DAd1m655X
— Certified Hoodie Thief 💍🏁 (@KryssyLaReina) September 10, 2022
Garbage time Stanton is BACK https://t.co/fZrojKbAve
— Lucas Luetge Resurgence Bandwagon (@LucasLuetgeRBW) September 10, 2022
Live recreation of what Babe Ruth faced https://t.co/cIazV9wUfz
— .. (@david_brelsford) September 10, 2022
This is incredibly shameless https://t.co/wufAtjSrQz
— StrosTalk (@TalkStros) September 10, 2022
Me when I play beer league softball https://t.co/ZM6Uw2uclR
— Lamar is Tier 1 (@tom_shifflett) September 10, 2022
