The headline above is not a metaphor or whatever, as much as a scorched scoreboard is apt for a hard dinger hit off of it.
It’s literally what happened: Kansas City Royals outfielder Edward Olivares stepped to the plate against Chad Kuhl of the Washington Nationals and drove a pitch a whopping 452 feet. He hit it into the Kauffman Stadium scoreboard, knocking out some of the lights on it.
And as cameras captured, that left the damaged part of the scoreboard smoking, which I guess is an apt symbol for how hard that home run was hit.
Check it out:
THIS GAME IS TIED
A 452 ft 💣 for Edward Olivares! pic.twitter.com/qBuEDdtkD0— Royals Daily (@RoyalsDaily_) May 28, 2023
Edward Olivares absolutely SMOKED his 4th HR of the season on Sunday 😤
Actually, it was the scoreboard that was smoking after his 452-foot blast. pic.twitter.com/6QI2Q3pIBN
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) May 29, 2023
Wow!
