{"id":669570,"date":"2026-04-08T04:18:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T04:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/669570\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T04:18:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T04:18:03","slug":"fan-accidentally-shows-full-moon-on-live-broadcast-trying-to-catch-a-foul-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/669570\/","title":{"rendered":"Fan accidentally shows full moon on live broadcast trying to catch a foul ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The full moon was out on a beautiful Tuesday night in Tampa Bay, but not the kind fans would have wanted to see.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago Cubs<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"mlb\" data-team=\"10000009\" data-name=\"Chicago Cubs\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Chicago Cubs\"><\/a> outfielder Matt Shaw<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"mlb\" data-athlete=\"10015639\" data-name=\"Matt Shaw\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Matt Shaw\"><\/a> was at the plate with two outs in the top of the 9th inning of what was basically a decided game at Tropicana Field in Tampa, Fla. The visitors were up 9-2 on the Tampa Bay Rays<a class=\"maisdio-link\" href=\"#\" data-sport=\"mlb\" data-team=\"10000011\" data-name=\"Tampa Bay Rays\" data-track-content=\"\" data-content-name=\"mai-sportsdataio-link\" data-content-piece=\"Tampa Bay Rays\"><\/a>, making Shaw\u2019s at-bat pretty negligible as far as the game goes.<\/p>\n<p>One fan\u2019s embarrassing moment woke up the broadcast and basically everyone within the right-field seating section. Shaw fouled off a 1-1 pitch that twisted right all the way to the seats in foul territory. <\/p>\n<p>The fan had a beat on it and slipped while trying to make a play, leading to him accidentally mooning the broadcast and everyone within his immediate vicinity. You\u2019ve been warned.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Full moon in the Cubs\/Rays game <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o0MAsvhWYV\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/o0MAsvhWYV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Luke (@EverlastingLuke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EverlastingLuke\/status\/2041688578632110306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 8, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Shaw ended up flying out to end the inning two pitches later. The silver lining for the fan was that the moment happened with a half-inning to go and virtually no chance at extras. Imagine botching a play like that in the first inning and having to sit there for hours longer.<\/p>\n<p>The fan at least got to keep the foul ball.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The full moon was out on a beautiful Tuesday night in Tampa Bay, but not the kind fans&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2377],"tags":[5,4,297,85134,2550,68,2551,2549],"class_list":{"0":"post-669570","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa-bay-rays","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-rays","11":"tag-rays-fans","12":"tag-tampa-bay","13":"tag-tampa-bay-rays","14":"tag-tampabay","15":"tag-tampabayrays"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116367160977847671","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}