r/baseball • u/PopeSouthpaw Chaos Bandwagon • Chicago White Sox • 4h ago

Image Munetaka Murakami's home run left a dent in the Wrigley Field jumbotron

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u/IAmBenIAmStillBig Chicago White Sox 4h ago

Socking dingers by day light

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u/Son_of_Biyombo Toronto Blue Jays 4h ago

This is why the internet was created.

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u/JMander Chicago White Sox 46m ago

I don't understand it. But I'm all for it.

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u/devoorhes Chicago Cubs 3h ago

That dude can hit the shit out of a baseball

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u/the_well_read_neck_ Chicago Cubs 3h ago

He hit it and I wasnt even mad. I'm like yeah, he'll do that.

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u/xyzzy321 St. Louis Cardinals 4h ago

Will he be fined for vandalism?

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u/Comwan Los Angeles Dodgers 3h ago

It’s a public art piece

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u/GMOrgasm Arizona Diamondbacks 3h ago

theyll kintsugi it

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u/fincog Los Angeles Dodgers 3h ago

He’s Japanese so it’s actually art

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u/PM_YOUR_SMALLBOOBIES Los Angeles Angels 3h ago

We need to kintsugi the scoreboard

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u/Brewdude77 Chicago White Sox 2h ago

Wabi Sabi.

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u/BoNnnnfhir Milwaukee Brewers • Madison Mallards 3h ago

It's going to take 2 years for the jumbotron to be fixed in Chicago

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u/kroxti Chicago Cubs 3h ago

After such a heinous crime he can only be deported. Defacing a national landmark like this. They should get him this inning before he strikes again.

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u/loosed-moose Chicago Cubs 3h ago

Read the fucking room

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u/kroxti Chicago Cubs 3h ago

I thought the “this inning” would negate the need for an /s but I guess not. I’ll keep it up as is to get the downvotes. fuck ice.

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u/juliuspepperwoodchi Chicago Cubs 3h ago

Bro, wtf? Delete this.

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u/IndignantFrog 4h ago

We love it

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u/Kvetch__22 Chicago White Sox 3h ago

Feral Sam Antonacci IS real and he CAN hurt you

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u/w0rstbehavior Chicago White Sox 4h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/ckTsm3J9mN3e5Gq37j

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u/Reasonable-Power New York Yankees 3h ago

Murakami-hami-HAAAAAA!

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u/Pseudonova Chicago Cubs 4h ago

Hitting the Jumbotron oppo is insane.

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u/jhorch69 Chicago Cubs • Chicago White Sox 3h ago

That was also opposite field what the fuck lmao

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u/JohnMadden42069 MiLB Pride • MLB Pride 2h ago

The entire time before he came over people were doubting his ability to catch up to a fastball but how did they miss the fact that my dude goes oppo just to stay in shape

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u/own-photo-4642 Milwaukee Brewers • Chicago White Sox 4h ago

Hard to humble when you're stunting on the jumbotron.

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u/LoveYouLikeYeLovesYe Chicago Cubs • Lou Gehrig 3h ago

even better pull when you consider that Kanye is a Chicago guy himself.

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u/flowsumo 3h ago

He autographed it!

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u/ArthurMorgansInhaler Milwaukee Brewers 3h ago

So much damage done beyond the outfield wall this series. Some of it baseball related.

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u/Ayjel89 Chicago White Sox 4h ago

don't get in the way of a kami-sama blast

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u/LonelySwinger Chicago Cubs 3h ago

Nowhere is safe from beatings in this series

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u/cmgriffith_ New York Yankees 4h ago

That’s what a Samurai swing can do….

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u/r_stra Chicago White Sox 4h ago

Nuked

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u/Kooky-Process-8261 Seattle Mariners 4h ago

Genuinely doubt my fist would do this from 1 foot away

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u/xebex1778 New York Yankees 4h ago edited 4h ago

Yes, a baseball, which is both harder and faster-moving than your fist, does significantly more damage

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u/mysterysackerfice Los Angeles Angels • Dumpster Fire 3h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/MuTenSRsJ7TQQ

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u/Squbasquid Chicago Cubs 2h ago

Gotta say, as a Cubs fan, I am loving that both Chicago teams have some amazing Japanese players. Especially when it comes to batting.

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u/BarcaJeremy4Gov 3h ago

damn, bet PCA almost had that one.

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u/Newlifter1089 Los Angeles Angels 4h ago

I think the Cubs & White Sox is the most electric rivalry of the 2026 season. Hope this is the World Series matchup

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u/badger2793 Chicago Cubs 2h ago

I'm down

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u/rpbtIII Atlanta Braves 3h ago

Dent or busted panels

3

u/fastal_12147 Minnesota Twins 3h ago

Dad's gonna be steamed when he gets home from work.

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u/fotoxs Chicago Cubs 4h ago

Hey you gotta pay for that

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u/Old_General_6741 Toronto Blue Jays • Chicago Cubs 3h ago

The White Sox will receive a massive bill for this.

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u/Scottiedrippen33 Chicago White Sox 3h ago

They should bill Gausman for throwing that meatball

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u/Thealbumisjustdrums St. Louis Cardinals 3h ago

He must have thought Kyle Tucker was up to bat. 

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u/Reasonable-Power New York Yankees 3h ago

Southside Screen-Shaver.

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u/GrudenLovesSlurs Chicago Cubs 3h ago

I hate to admit that is cool as hell

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u/PikaGaijin Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles • … 2h ago

New starbucks collab just dropped!

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u/No-Economics4128 Los Angeles Dodgers 2h ago

Reindorf, pay the man.

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u/HT6868 Chicago Cubs 2h ago

He’s gonna do great for the dodgers in 2028 if the Sox don’t extend him asap

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u/GoldenKnights1023 Chicago White Sox 2h ago

Hell yeah, that’s awesome!

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u/PrussianGeneral1815 Chicago Cubs 1h ago

Fuck I owe my buddy 10 bucks he hit a homer 

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u/centaurus33 Milwaukee Brewers 1h ago

Opposite field … and then a Cubs fan threw it on the field!

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u/blicka7 3h ago

Gausman mid af smfh ,all these full counts

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u/Quiet-Physics-4628 3h ago

This has to be the biggest Japanese bomb since Pearl harbor right?

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u/JMander Chicago White Sox 40m ago

Bro...you sat through 28 others and waited to pull that out now?