Who among us can say they haven’t been in a situation where they’re doing something and their phone just fell out of their pocket?
Except … who among us was running the bases in a professional MLB baseball game with their phones in their pockets and had it fall out?
Can’t say I’ve heard of that until now.
Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Rodolfo Castro was sliding into third on Tuesday night, when something white fell out of his back pocket. And it was for sure his phone. The look on the umpire’s face when he pointed to it was sort of bemused, and Castro was later apologetic about it:
Seriously, this happened
This is a first… Rodolfo Castro's phone fell out of his pocket in the middle of the game 😅 pic.twitter.com/qaPd34qroF
— Bally Sports Arizona (@BALLYSPORTSAZ) August 10, 2022
Not exactly a call you want to be remembered for on your return to the big leagues 😅
Pittsburgh Pirates' Rodolfo Castro was caught with his phone flying out of his pocket during a slide into third base 📲💨#BBCSport #MLB #phonefail pic.twitter.com/ltt4GWnHix
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) August 10, 2022
Here's what Castro said about it
“I don’t think there’s any professional ballplayer that would ever go out there with any intentions of taking a cellphone,” Castro told Pittsburgh media members through an interpreter. “It’s horrible it happened to me. Obviously, it was very unintentional.”
Rodolfo Castro's explanation of what happened with his phone at third base, via team interpreter Mike Gonzalez.
Derek Shelton pointed out that Castro always has his sliding pad/oven mitt, so he probably didn't know he had it. No intent on Castro's part to use his phone in-game. pic.twitter.com/6ujP28VCFG
— Alex Stumpf (@AlexJStumpf) August 10, 2022
And here’s manager Derek Shelton, via the Associated Press:
“You stay around the game and you see things you haven’t seen before,” Pirates manager Derek Shelton told Pittsburgh media members. “This was just a kid who made a mistake. It’s just one of those things we move forward from and tell him, ‘You can’t do that.’”
“I thought the umpires handled it very well and did a good job,” Shelton said. “There was no intent to do anything. He made a mistake and kept his phone in the pocket.”
Some jokes!
Rodolfo Castro was safe at third, his phone was not 📞😅
(via @BALLYSPORTSAZ)pic.twitter.com/RS0QpB5mjw
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) August 10, 2022
"Let me text you back. I'm in the game right now," Rodolfo Castro, probably 🤣
Castro's phone fell out of his pocket as he was sliding into 3B. 😅
(via @BALLYSPORTSAZ)pic.twitter.com/6B4CpAF7O6
— Bally Sports (@BallySports) August 10, 2022
Rodolfo Castro on the Pittsburgh Pirates with his phone falling out of his pocket sliding into 3rd base, what in the world. Bad News Bears, Pirates edition pic.twitter.com/U7dm8XR4Pg
— Alex Micheletti (@AlexMicheletti) August 10, 2022
i'm gonna say it… I don't care that Castro had his phone in his pocket pic.twitter.com/ngXPqQnrNt
— Bucco Ball (@BuccoBallBlog) August 10, 2022
Imagine the conspiracies if the phone was in Jose Altuve's pocket instead of Rodolfo Castro.
— Jim Rosati 🏴☠️ (@northsidenotch) August 10, 2022
