Mark Trumbo was on top of the world Sunday night. At least it felt like it, leaping onto home plate (“four inches” off the ground, he joked) to make his game-winning home run against the Detroit Tigers official. MLB.com posted the above photo on its Twitter account and Trumbo got an unexpected reaction from the Twitterverse.
“Tons of backlash,” he said.
For one thing, he said he wasn’t jumping as high as the camera angle and crouching teammates makes it seem “That image was completely skewed,” he said.
For another, he remembers May 29, 2010. Trumbo’s major-league debut was more than three months away, but he knows all about how Kendrys Morales broke his leg celebrating his walk-off home run in a crowd of teammates that day. No reminder needed. “That’s all fine and good,” he said. “I remember.”
Trumbo was uninjured in his celebration.
That’s a key point for the following Twitterers to remember:
@mlb @mtrumbo44 have the angels not learned from their mistakes of jumping on homeplate to celebrate. #kendrimorales
— Andrew Warwick (@smashercrasher9) April 22, 2013
“@mlb: The 13-inning wait was well worth it for this @mtrumbo44 celebration: twitter.com/MLB/status/326…” stop jumping, stop jumping! #morales
— Ryan Hodell (@rhodie34) April 22, 2013
Don’t need another kendrys morales “@mlb: The 13-inning wait was well worth it for this @mtrumbo44 celebration: twitter.com/MLB/status/326…“
— Louis Cifelli (@lrccolt4) April 22, 2013
Besides, how else was Trumbo supposed to do it?
“Running straight into” home plate, he said, “it’s kind of lame.”