Tropicana Field and its catwalks can lead to some odd and confusing moments. Sometimes they result in mass confusion among the umpires. Other times they result in a hilarious scramble as players try to figure out what is going on. The latter occurred Friday night and it was wonderful.
A home run off the catwalk led to our favorite MLB photo of the year
Strike a pose. http://t.co/DqbGf7llq1 pic.twitter.com/61CX8ZW8C5
— MLB GIFS (@MLBGIFs) August 29, 2015 Tampa Bay Rays centerfielder Kevin Kiermaier was tracking, tracking, climbing the wall to try and rob the homer and ... the ball hit the catwalk and landed 20 feet in front of him. The play proved to be fairly uneventful as it was simply ruled a home run, but it did give us the gift of this outstanding photo from Will Vragovic of the Tampa Bay Times.
#Rays Kiermaier on the wall as Nava tries to get under #Royals Morales' 2-run HR that hit the catwalk in the 3rd. pic.twitter.com/MtIsWExFfT
— Will Vragovic (@willvrag) August 29, 2015 That looks less like two people playing baseball and more like Kiermaier is deathly afraid of a spider on the ceiling that Daniel Nava is trying to kill.
It’s been an eventful couple days for Kiermaier and Nava on defense. Earlier, they collided then celebrated with high fives.
