Twitter rips Desmond after blown catch attempt
Ian Desmond may have cost his Texas Rangers the opening game of the ALDS against the Toronto Blue Jays, and, as we've come to expect, the Twittersphere is letting him have it.
The shortstop-turned-center fielder completely misread a Troy Tulowitzki fly ball in the third inning Thursday, allowing the Blue Jays to score three runs on the triple to put them up 5-0 early:
(Video courtesy: MLB.com)
Here are some of the internet's no-holds-barred takes:
Ian Desmond going after that ball like#ALDS pic.twitter.com/XoBrRmkoEv
— Gabe (@925mlbfan) October 6, 2016
Ian Desmond is making $8 million from the Texas Rangers this season. Guess it's not enough to make him go into a wall for a ball.
— Don Brennan (@SunDoniB) October 6, 2016
Ian Desmond after the game when Jonathan Lucroy comes to his house pic.twitter.com/jBCVrCgjo4
— Dave Lozoctober (@davelozo) October 6, 2016
That was a Willie Mays-esque effort by Ian Desmond, in that Willie Mays today would have made an equally strong play
— Jonah Keri (@jonahkeri) October 6, 2016
For the first time I can remember, Ian Desmond looked like a shortstop playing CF. #postseason
— Robert Flores (@RoFlo) October 6, 2016
Yikes.
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