Weird, inexplicable things happen in sports all the time.
Thursday night in Cincinnati was one of those times. That's when San Francisco Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum – for the life of him – just couldn't find his footing on the mound, slipping, falling and repeatedly eating dirt. Groundskeepers checked on the mound, but it still didn't help the right-hander stand upright.
Check out how weird it got up there for Lincecum, who brought a streak of 15 scoreless innings into the game and left providing the Internet a slice of Vine nirvana that will seemingly live on forever.
Wowzers! Of course, upon seeing this, Twitter exploded with reaction. Here is some of our favorite tweets.
Tim Lincecum falls off the mound like a big dumb idiot https://t.co/lQSLa5Ps7m pic.twitter.com/sXomEtY2fB
— Bill Hanstock (@sundownmotel) May 15, 2015
Video: Tim Lincecum gets sniped and falls off the mound while pitching! Watch > https://t.co/JJYp6LZCo7 pic.twitter.com/e8h3nRnFXK — Top Sports Plays (@TopSportsPlay) May 15, 2015
VIDEO: Tim Lincecum: 'Mound got the better of me and that's my fault' https://t.co/PzQ9oLln76 #SFGiants #MLB pic.twitter.com/MM73kWb1BI
— Comcast SportsNet (@CSNAuthentic) May 15, 2015
VIDEO: Tim Lincecum hilariously loses balance on mound, throws wild eephus pitch. Oh, Timmy. https://t.co/2K85MBqZfV pic.twitter.com/LcGxVoJstB
— theScore (@theScore) May 15, 2015
Guys. I'm worried about Tim Lincecum. Something has happened to Big Time Timmy Jim. https://t.co/7o4cgKgyPp
— Keith Buckhout (@KeithBuckhout) May 15, 2015
Lincecum wound up allowing five hits and three runs over 4 2/3 innings in the Giants' 4-3 loss to the Reds.
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