Reporter tweets horrible Sandy Koufax mistake as Clayton Kershaw reaction

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts set Twitter aflame on Wednesday afternoon, turning a frigid April game in Minnesota into a national flashpoint when he removed Clayton Kershaw seven innings and 80 pitches deep into a perfect game.

Spoiler alert, but the Dodgers were unable to complete the first combined perfecto in MLB history, as left-hander Alex Vesia held the lead but allowed a Gary Sánchez single in the eighth that ruined the party.

Not-so-fun fact: Roberts is the second manager in big-league history to remove a pitcher after seven perfect innings, following in the footsteps of whoever removed Rich Hill from a similar 2016 game.

Oh, wait! That was also Dave Roberts. Great. Perfect. Just … neat-o.

The ramifications of Roberts’ decision were near-endless, in terms of what it meant for modern baseball and generalized enjoyment of the game post-lockout, but one thing very few people were thinking was, “Gee, I’m sure Sandy Koufax is pumped! Now he’s the only Dodger with a perfect game!”

And one thing absolutely nobody was thinking, except sports reporter Chris Torello? “Sandy Koufax, who is very much still alive, is CELEBRATING KERSHAW’S FAILURE FROM HEAVEN.”

Dodgers pulled Clayton Kershaw, which makes Sandy Koufax…excited? Anyway, he’s still alive.

Where to begin? Not only does the tweet presume that Koufax, a Dodgers legend, is oddly vindictive for an 86-year-old, but that he’s also deceased.

From what we know of Koufax, he bleeds Dodger Blue, and was likely just as disappointed as anyone that the team’s modern great left-hander wasn’t able to ascend and join him on the mountaintop.

Not “ascend” in, like, a Heaven way. Just ascend metaphorically, but still on this earthly plane. Got to make that clear, apparently.

To be clear, Torello deleted the tweet … before re-sending another one that maintained the boneheaded idea that Koufax was resentful of Kershaw’s success. Like one comedian congratulating another through gritted teeth about getting on “Saturday Night Live”. Truly, what are those vibes?

Shoutout to the delicious Cofax Coffee, whose Instagram account alerted us to the errors upon errors that swirled around this ridiculous take.

In what was otherwise an error-free Wednesday of Dodger baseball, this Gaffe Fest took center stage all-too-briefly on Twitter. Let’s re-circulate it, shall we? Let’s make this linger.

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