It’s safe to say New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard is not a fan of the Miami Marlins’ home run sculpture.

The right-hander took to Twitter on Sunday night to take a shot at the beautiful, neon monstrosity that is the Marlins home run sculpture. The 23-year-old said the sculpture “burnt a hole in my corneas.”

It’s easy to see why the sculpture might elicit such a negative reaction as it’s entirely ridiculous. The $2.5 million piece of art was commissioned by team owner Jeffrey Loria in one of his many unnecessary expenditures at the new Marlins park. The sculpture is so ugly that it’s beautiful. It’s almost so bad that it doesn’t seem real. Yet when Marlins players hit home runs they have to witness this.

That sure seems like $2.5 million well spent.

Syndergaard had to witness the sculpture do its thing after giving up a home run to Marcell Ozuna in Friday’s 6-2 Mets victory over the Marlins. I’m sure the last thing he wanted to do was see the sculpture light up and hilariously wave Marlins around while shooting out water. It’s an everlasting reminder of giving up a home run. It can’t be forgotten. It’s why Syndergaard was so happy to leave Miami.

The good news for Syndergaard is that he only gave up that one home run while pitching seven dominant innings to earn a victory against the Marlins. The bad news, the Mets play the Marlins six more times at Marlins Park this season. Syndergaard isn’t done with the sculpture yet.

[Sports Illustrated]

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