Oakland A's player Sean Murphy's buns are definitely not made of steel.
A slow-mo clip of the player taking a wild pitch to the backside during Monday night's game proves Murphy is a 'more bounce to the ounce' kind of guy. And it has Twitter captivated.
Buns of Steel could never.
The clip:
pic.twitter.com/t6hM4Cdpel— \ud83c\udf6a (@\ud83c\udf6a) 1649717887
Let's get into some context, shall we?
Murphy's Oakland A's played against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday. The Rays starting pitcher was injured during the first inning forcing relief pitcher, Chris Mazza, into the game several innings (and hours) earlier than expected.
Mazza had little opportunity to warm up before entering the game; which can mean stiffer muscles, slower movement, and decreased ball control.
Mazza's first pitch—to Sean Murphy—was way off target... unless the target was Murphy, himself.
The pitch cut well into the batters box, and straight for Murphy's side. He could have moved out of the way, but instead chose to hold his ground and arch his back, letting the ball hit and bounce off of the side of his meatier rump/round region.
For you non-baseball fans out there, if the pitcher hits you, you get a free move. Murphy wasn't just taking bruise-inducing balls to the butt for fun.
At least not his fun, anyway. Twitter is having a blast.
pic.twitter.com/O47swKzXfR— Parker Molloy (@Parker Molloy) 1649726036
Dancer at Rest, Hands Behind Her Back, Right Leg Forward, by Edgar Degas French, modeled ca. 1895, cast 1920pic.twitter.com/IDm7F0BQ0T— ArtButMakeItSports (@ArtButMakeItSports) 1649728312
I wrote a poem about this pitch called 99mph Assball pic.twitter.com/tu6CDyzAKV— bradypoems (@bradypoems) 1649740254
I\u2019m not sure how many times is too many times to watch this video but I\u2019m well over the limithttps://twitter.com/padresgeekster/status/1513652643289190405\u00a0\u2026— Joseph LaMagna (@Joseph LaMagna) 1649816770
If I made this into a card you guys think Sean Murphy would sign it?pic.twitter.com/PfAIEmpRY5— Gabriel Hernandez (@Gabriel Hernandez) 1649873974
Murphy lookin thiiiicccpic.twitter.com/RDq5T10aS6— \u26a1\ufe0fAZ_BOLTGANG\u26a1\ufe0f (@\u26a1\ufe0fAZ_BOLTGANG\u26a1\ufe0f) 1649726431
Man has so much cake he rebounded it like one of these https://twitter.com/PadresGeekster/status/1513652643289190405\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/OKwstsB9Ot— The Texan Tanuki \ud83d\udd1cBLFC (@The Texan Tanuki \ud83d\udd1cBLFC) 1649732906
that pop and lock at the end??? bro sean murphy KNOWS he's cheeked up and he KNOWS his ass just got him a free basehttps://twitter.com/PadresGeekster/status/1513652643289190405\u00a0\u2026— fj\ud83c\udf4erd (@fj\ud83c\udf4erd) 1649723854
pic.twitter.com/8dS8Rf6JcJ— dalek earnhardt jr (@dalek earnhardt jr) 1649723889
Me, this morning: I'm going to manage my time well this week.\nMe, at 12:45 a.m.: I'm still finishing my radio station newscasts because I spent three hours looking at Sean Murphy butt memes.\n\n#Athletics— Michelle Milliken (@Michelle Milliken) 1649749632
Seriously guys this is why you train those glutes. Literally steel buns save lives. If it was you your hip would have shattered https://twitter.com/padresgeekster/status/1513652643289190405\u00a0\u2026— ALHDZ (@ALHDZ) 1649732607
The first time that I saw Sean Murphy's butt was in a Mystikal music video when I was like 14, I'm sure of it— Kyle Reis (@Kyle Reis) 1649733151
Murphy is very aware that him being double cheeked up on a Monday evening is breaking the internet, and honestly he thinks it's hilarious. He talked about the hit-by-pitch and social media's reaction to it during a brief interview with NCS.
Murphy even congratulated the camera person for a great shot!
Sean Murphy on the viral video of his HBP on the butt:\n\n\u201cGood job by the camera\u201d pic.twitter.com/yYJKwjO6Nb— A's on NBCS (@A's on NBCS) 1649901189
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We wish Murphy's likely-bruised badonkadonk a speedy recovery.
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