Player name typos happen, of course, but ESPN’s app delivered a notable one Monday night. In a notification about Miguel Sano’s walk-off home run for the Minnesota Twins, ESPN talked about Atlanta Braves’ outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. jogging in before the ball cleared the wall. Except they called him “Roberto”:
Hey guys when did we trade for this OF pic.twitter.com/w5ZGaElfRZ
— djbrohawk.bsky (@DJBrohawk) August 6, 2019
https://twitter.com/NickAlfidi/status/1158590613740281856
Damn it’s crazy to think the Braves have Ronald Acuña Jr. and Roberto Acuna Jr. in the same outfield we are so blessed pic.twitter.com/TbP2iXZFD7
— Alex Dinsmore (@Dinzleberg) August 6, 2019
@espn this is at least the third notification I’ve gotten about Roberto Acuna…..the fact that y’all can’t get the name of one MLB’s biggest stars right is truly pathetic pic.twitter.com/M6tWf6nx6O
— J.D. Weidhaas (@JDweid) August 6, 2019
Name mix-ups happen, but that’s an unfortunate one.
[Nick Alfidi on Twitter]
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