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Andy Nesbitt

MLB Fans Rightfully Had One Problem With Bobby Witt Jr.’s Inside-the-Park ‘Home Run’

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Royals star shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. made some history Monday night when he raced around the bases for the fourth fastest inside-the-park home run in the Statcast era (since 2015).

While the play was a lot of fun, lots of MLB fans rightfully had the same question about the scoring: How was it ruled an inside-the-park home run when it clearly looked like an error by Mariners right fielder Dominic Canzone?

Witt hit a hard liner to right, which seemed like a playable ball but Canzone appeared to lose it in the lights at the last moment and Witt went on to circle the bases.

Check this out:

🚨Bobby Witt Jr. INSIDE-THE-PARK HOME RUN! 🚨 pic.twitter.com/oxPOnmvNhr
— MLB (@MLB) August 15, 2023

Not an error? Really?

MLB fans sure thought it was:

thinking back to that article on errors being classified as hits that didn’t bother me at the time but

this is clearly an error? https://t.co/3QPTnSPQh1
— Gage (@GageEHC) August 15, 2023

Whoever ruled this a homerun should be fired on the spot. This might be one of the most obvious errors of the season and they gave him a homerun https://t.co/8Gno3MYiSH
— Blake (@BatSpy) August 15, 2023

No errors? Really? https://t.co/yRbZNI93n4
— Dr. Dux Delendum Est 💉💉 + 💉 + 💉 (@Very_Stable_G) August 15, 2023

MLB scorers are so soft.. how is this not an error lmao https://t.co/pDuJWjG6bv
— tltautt (@tltautt) August 15, 2023

I mean that should be an error, no? Sam Haggerty is terrible. https://t.co/BjnkcEbK6a
— 🖖james.anderson🖖 (@jimbo_slice26) August 15, 2023

How’s that not an E9?! https://t.co/5uaTq0n96L
— Evan Branch (@tbrandsports101) August 15, 2023

I’m old enough to remember when we called this E-9 https://t.co/ztJcXTlEpA
— Dr. President Elect of New California (@_MWBC_) August 15, 2023

One error? Two errors? No errors?

You be the official scorer. https://t.co/kZpeI4sjTK
— Adam Jude (@A_Jude) August 15, 2023

You keep calling it a home run when it's clearly an error https://t.co/szAmWCkXLH
— Roy-Z (@yeahiroy) August 15, 2023

That’s an error on Canzone, I don’t care what anybody says https://t.co/DIV0dxkbrE
— sully (@sully_is_typing) August 15, 2023

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