It’s not every day that a man becomes a meme. In order to turn a moment in time into an ongoing joke, you need the perfect recipe of a funny reaction, a great camera angle, and enough interest in the scenario for people to create significant chatter. David Robertson was able to accomplish that feat last October with a deflected pitch.
In the sixth inning of the 2017 Wild Card Game against the Minnesota Twins, Robertson’s pitch was tipped right into Gary Sanchez’s...nether regions. All of the powers of empathy inside of the Yankee reliever came bursting out at once, giving the internet a hilarious visual.