Boston Red Sox legend David Ortiz hasn’t played baseball since 2016. But given that he’s a first-ballot Hall of Famer, you’d think that Big Papi would be able to handle an underhanded toss with ease.
Guess again.
With Ortiz and his wife, Tiffany, expecting a child, the couple hosted a gender reveal party recently. And the thought was to have Papi reveal the gender by crushing an exploding baseball. It’s a popular gender-reveal concept amongst MLB players — and something Ortiz should have been able to handle.
Instead, we got ourselves an epic blooper.
Of all people, David Ortiz is the latest to swing and miss at a gender reveal pic.twitter.com/jqw6d1aV14
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) January 2, 2024
Tiffany’s toss was a bit high and inside (not where Papi typically liked pitches), but still, you have to at least make contact there. Tiffany must’ve read the scouting report.
Despite the swing-and-miss attempt, everyone was thrilled to see that the couple is expecting a baby boy. MLB fans also had jokes about the video.
This was how Twitter reacted
https://twitter.com/Scrappers2030/status/1742218441757532368
Wife read the scouting report. Lotsss of blue in the up and in region. https://t.co/ShMGJAEBuV pic.twitter.com/7In1LHNCGQ
— Robert Stock (@RobertStock6) January 2, 2024
Looks like he did in his last playoff games against Cleveland https://t.co/vCj20vZrNn
— Gage (@GageEHC) January 2, 2024
Mariano Rivera/Joaquín Benoit watching this https://t.co/rn43L4bJgl pic.twitter.com/sI2743cc0k
— Producer Derrick (@DerrickWilland) January 2, 2024
David Ortiz always struggled up and in https://t.co/3652xVR6To pic.twitter.com/96uVmp08J7
— BrooksGate (@Brooks_Gate) January 2, 2024
Ortiz always struggled with high and inside. Mom did her scouting report https://t.co/WH27RfWaqW
— RBT Collection (@CollectionRbt) January 2, 2024
Wifey got him with the Mariano cutter https://t.co/i7gy3p41fs
— Steve Armato (@Steve_Armato) January 2, 2024
They should have gotten any pitcher from the Cardinals 2013 World Series roster to throw it to him https://t.co/zSO4l6ykFZ
— Koltyn Tranbarger (@Kolt27) January 2, 2024
Just me saying again that the crowning athletic achievement of my life was my wife tossing me the gender reveal baseball for our first child and I tatooed it. She threw it high and inside, unlike this 1 lobbed perfectly
My wife didn't know up & in is my wheelhouse. Now she knows https://t.co/5COwpdtwHt
— Quincy Wheeler (@QuincyWheeler1) January 2, 2024
