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Yankees: NYY troll Brett Gardner in locker room after oppo homer

Adam Weinrib
Adam Weinrib

Yanks Go Yard

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 31: Brett Gardner #11 of the New York Yankees hits a two run eighth inning home run against the Boston Red Sox during their home opener at Yankee Stadium on July 31, 2020 in New York City. The 2020 season had been postponed since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner got trolled for his incredibly rare oppo home run.

Yankees left fielder Brett Gardner just doesn’t go out to the opposite field.

But maybe it’s all part of the learning curve, you know? The long con.

For a while, after all, Gardy didn’t go deep anywhere. He smacked singles to all fields, sure, with his weird little open-armed presentation of a swing. Then, he started rocketing the ball out to the far reaches of the second deck at the stadium, and his career reached the next level. When the zooming rocket ball was introduced (probably in 2019?), he took one final step, hitting a career-high 28 homers.

The simulation was officially broken on Monday night against the Phillies, though. That’s when Gardner learned there was a first time for everything, poking an outside pitch over the fence to the opposite field. We were shocked. We were floored.

Only former Yankees starter/reliever Phil Hughes was able to properly express himself after the momentous occasion.

It’s true.

This is the literal first time Gardner has ever gotten a baseball over the fence to that part of the field, and he … how you say … did not hit this one with great authority.

He’s got one other oppo shot, but that was a dunker that rolled around for an inside-the-parker against the Twins in 2009. Without that looper, his chart would be fully deranged.

Chilling stuff. Empty-stadium baseball really does bring a different surprise daily.

Luckily, Monday night’s rain delay allowed the entire thing to come full circle.

Some joker with a downpour’s worth of time on his hands printed out Hughes’ snarky tweet, and placed it on Gardner’s clubhouse chair for the original Savage to find himself.

https://twitter.com/PJHughes45/status/1290461445877112832?s=20

Really great work, folks. We can all go home now.

Seriously, but can we, though? This is an official game with a tropical storm bearing down upon it.

The Gardner oppo homer and troll job is as good as it can get this evening. Just accept it and warm yourself during the monsoon with a hearty clubhouse laugh.

Adam Weinrib

Adam Weinrib

Adam Weinrib is a Content Director on the FanSided network, and has been the co-editor at Yanks Go Yard for 6 years. He also co-hosts The Baseball Insiders Podcast thrice weekly, alongside FanSided MLB insider Robert Murray, as well as the Yanks Go Yard Podcast. Previously, he was a Senior Editor at 12up.com, and has been covering MLB and NFL for 10 years. He was also a headline and features contributor at ClickHole and Onion Sports, as well as the Associate Producer of the ESPN 30 for 30 film "Believeland". An avowed fan of the New York sports teams -- specifically the Yankees -- as well as the North Carolina Tar Heels, you can find Adam complaining mid-game on Twitter, as well as on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn if the game goes really poorly.