SAN FRANCISCO — It was the earthquake, Joey Votto said. That’s what forced him out of the game.
“I was feeling pretty good and then that earthquake hit and all of a sudden everything got thrown off right around 7:18 p.m. in the middle of my first at-bat,” he said.
So he felt the earthquake?
“Oh, I got taken out of the game because of it, are you kidding me?” he deadpanned. “I’m a sensitive soul.”
There was a mild earthquake in San Francisco, and it happened during Votto’s first at-bat. Votto did leave Monday night’s game.