via Fox Sports Southwest/Twitter
The human element was very much a factor during today’s Rangers-Rays game, as the fan above with questionable fashion sense (for real, cargo pants and a fedora?!) caused confusion in the fifth inning by interfering with a live ball.
As you can see in the video below, our Rays supporter committed two baseball sins in a 30-second span by reaching over the outfield wall to make a catch, and then going for a decoy ball in his pants to throw back. Suffice it to say that he was not smooth at all and was ousted for his actions.
WOW. WOW. WOW.
The hat was a very good decision – throwing THE BASEBALL YOU HAD IN YOUR CARGO PANTS ON THE FIELD…not so much.
CRAZY sequence in Tampa.. pic.twitter.com/7H40rWIrO1
— FOX Sports Southwest (@FOXSportsSW) April 18, 2018
Honestly I despise everything about this guy. HOWEVER, he ended up doing his Rays a solid with umpires ruling that hit a double and not a home run.
But the story doesn’t end there! Eagle-eyed cameramen for Fox Sports Southwest later spotted the guy back in the stands, but with a new Rays shirt and cap. The man clearly needed his Rays baseball on Hump Day:
CSI: Tampa Bay
You can run (in cargo pants) but you can't hide (in cargo pants), home-run stealing #Rays fan.. pic.twitter.com/OT87tQdKax
— FOX Sports Southwest (@FOXSportsSW) April 18, 2018