Giancarlo Stanton’s slow home run in Game 3 inspired so many memes

It probably wasn’t the best idea for the New York Yankees to send Giancarlo Stanton home to try and 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 found themselves down 3-0 early after a first-inning Freddie Freeman home run and a Mookie Betts sacrifice fly in the third put the Dodgers ahead.

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

Instead, however, Stanton was thrown out on a magnificent play by Teoscar Hernández, aided by the fact that the Yankees’ designated hitter was so slowly come 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. At all.

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

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