It probably wasn’t the best idea for the New York Yankees to send Giancarlo Stanton home to try to score a run here.

On Monday, the Yankees hosted the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 of the 2024 World Series, looking to cut the series to a 2-1 deficit after two losses in California. However, the Yankees trailed 3-0 early after a home run by Freddie Freeman in the first inning and a sacrifice fly by Mookie Betts in the third put the Dodgers ahead.

The Yankees put guys on base but left them behind for the entire middle innings. In the fourth inning, with Stanton on second base and two outs, Anthony Volpe hooked a ball into left field. It wasn’t a deep ball, but the Yankees sent Stanton home anyway, hoping to get on the board for the first time.

Instead, Stanton was thrown out on a great play by Teoscar Hernández, helped by the fact that the Yankees’ designated hitter so slow coming home.

Stanton absolutely should not have run there and the Yankees third base coach absolutely should have stopped him. While Stanton is an absolute monster in the batter’s box, he isn’t exactly known for his speed. Not at all.

However, baseball fans on Twitter couldn’t help but make memes at Stanton’s expense for his slow run around the bases during Game 3.

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