MLBBy Matt Clapp on

The biggest trending video in the early going of the 2022 Major League Baseball season doesn’t feature a home run, an amazing pitch (though it’s sort of related), or a great defensive play. It features a player getting hit in the butt by a pitch.

In the first inning of Monday night’s game between the Oakland A’s and Tampa Bay Rays, Oakland’s Sean Murphy was hit on the butt by a pitch from Tampa Bay’s Chris Mazza.

A video– from Twitter user @PadresGeekster — of Murphy’s butt taking the hit-by-pitch already reached two million views and 30,000 likes in just four hours.

Here’s a look at how Twitter is reacting to the butt HBP:

https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/1513686823855435781

While Murphy’s butt is getting the most attention, the catcher also hit the first triple of his career — and drove in a run — in a 13-2 Oakland victory.

[Photo Credit: Bally Sports Sun]

About Matt Clapp

Matt is an editor at The Comeback. He attended Colorado State University, wishes he was Saved by the Bell's Zack Morris, and idolizes Larry David. And loves pizza and dogs because obviously.

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