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What Do Fifth Base, A Botched Robbery And A Henchman Have To Do With This Game?

The answer is nothing. And yet, those things somehow came up during the bottom of the eighth inning of the Rangers-Padres game last night. Texas announcer Dave Barnett went wacky for a moment — though he ended up having a pretty good excuse.

Things were going fine for Barnett up until this point, and after this he would finish the game without further incident. But for a moment, he seemed to have no clue what the hell was going on. Check it out:

So for the record, that’s: “A 2-1 game, the tying run at second on a leadoff single by Chase Headley. The go-ahead run … is at fifth, on what Adams is insisting on calling a botched robbery. What actually happened was his henchman took a piece literally out of …”

And that was that. Just a brief moment of insanity, right? Turns out, it could be part of a larger issue for Barnett. From CBS Sports:

The team confirms that Barnett believes a migraine is the cause and says he will miss the final two games of the series in San Diego. The Rangers also say Barnett will “undergo an evaluation over the next few days.”

Indeed, this strange series of non sequiturs brought memories of other on-air personalities having seemingly hilarious meltdowns that turned out to be symptoms of something serious. Hopefully, Barnett will be feeling better soon, and then we can rib him in good fun for that time he made a total ass of himself on TV, talking about fifth base and shit. That was hilarious, Dave.