While warming up during the Detroit Tigers game against the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday, August 29th, Michael Fulmer mistakenly hit the home plate umpire right in the dong.

I don’t really understand why the home plate umpire is standing behind the catcher while Fulmer is warming up, but he is.

Unfortunately, standing behind the catcher means the umpire’s crotch was right in path of Fulmer’s fastball. A fastball that the catcher didn’t end up catching.

The umpire was able to stay in the game, though. He’s a professional.

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