It has to be so maddening to be given an error for a circumstance completely out of your control.
On Monday, Kansas City Royals first baseman Matt Duffy was given an error in the bottom of the first against the Cleveland Guardians for … having the ball tear through his glove. Yes really, Duffy had a ball go right through his glove on a throw to first, which allowed Steven Kwan to be safe at the plate.
On what should have been a routine play, Bobby Witt Jr.’s hard throw to first hit Duffy’s glove, but tore right through it and out the other side. It seemed as if the ball hit the webbing of Duffy’s glove and broke loose, causing it to fly past the first base line.
A hole in one. pic.twitter.com/0Axo3idi43
— MLB (@MLB) July 24, 2023
Talk about some real unfortunate luck there. Thankfully, the Royals were able to escape the inning unscathed, but Duffy did not deserve an error on that play at all.
