THERE’S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL! … unless you’re Ronny Simon.
The infielder for the Miami Marlins had an absolutely abysmal game Tuesday night in terms of defense. In fact, it was so bad that it made him clearly emotional on the field at Petco Park.
Taking on the San Diego Padres, the Marlins had an exceptional start to the game as they quickly earned a 6-0 advantage in an explosive first inning. The Pads had starting pitcher Stephen Kolek on the mound. With that being said, San Diego came back to tie the game just innings later, and the main culprit for that was horrendous defensive play from Simon. (RELATED: Tigers Grounds Crew Member Suffers Injury, Escalates To Him Absolutely Violating Camera)
The first mistake came in the second inning after Padres center fielder Tyler Wade hit a ground ball that Simon was unable to make a play on. The play ended up being ruled as a single, however, Simon made the situation worse after a wild throw at home plate, which ended up allowing San Diego to score to chop the Fish’s lead down to 6-3. In the next inning, Simon flubbed up another ground ball, this time from Padres shortstop Xander Bogaerts that brought in two runs scored. Simon could’ve pulled a double play to end the inning if successful.
Fast forward to the fourth inning, and Simon made yet another error to lead off things, which allowed Wade to get on base again. On the next play, Simon screwed things up again with a throwing error. Not much longer after that, he was spotted crying while walking to the dugout, and to make it even sadder, he ran into the clubhouse where coaches and teammates had to follow him.
You can watch the video of the scene here.
After a tough game last night, Marlins second baseman Ronny Simón says that he heard from many current and former players after the game — including Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr., Luis Arraez, Robinson Canó, and Luis Castillo.
Some very insightful words from Simón: pic.twitter.com/OMjG8UMCrk
— Sammy Levitt (@SammyLev) May 28, 2025
Now I’m not usually the one for the sensitive stuff, but I can’t help but to feel for Simon here — those tears are straight up passion.