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The Detroit Tigers defense is in spring training form, as is the official scorer in Port Charlotte, Florida.
A comedy of errors in the Detroit outfield alongside some generous Grapefruit League scoring led to a rare home run to second base in Sunday's spring training game between the Tigers and Tampa Bay Rays.
The beneficiary of the madness was Rays outfielder Kameron Misner, who has spent all but 30 games of his professional baseball career in the minor leagues. With the Tigers leading 9-4 in the second inning, Misner hit a seemingly routine pop-up to shallow center field off Tigers pitcher Calvin Coker. It ended up being anything but routine.
As the ball fell back to the turf, four Tigers defenders converged on it, but none of them secured it. Shortstop Andrew Navigato made the best of four poor efforts on the ball but missed it as he dove to the ground. He then sent it into right field with a heel kick off the turf that would make Lionel Messi proud — if it was intentional, that is.
It was not.
As Tigers defenders gave chase, Misner hustled around first base, then second, then third. He crossed home plate standing without a play at the plate. The ball had barely made it back to the infield.
The official scoring ruled the play a home run to second base. Somehow, the scorer did not determine that an error occurred.
Per MLB, here's what constitutes an error:
"A fielder is given an error if, in the judgment of the official scorer, he fails to convert an out on a play that an average fielder should have made. Fielders can also be given errors if they make a poor play that allows one or more runners to advance on the bases."
All of the above took place on the play. But Misner instead added a home run to his spring-training tally while Navigato avoided posting an E. Sadly for Coker, he had a home run, hit and earned run added to his pitching record.
The home run continued a Rays rally from a 9-3 deficit in a game that ended in a 9-9 tie.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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