Red Sox’ Mookie Betts accidentally put a golf cart into a pond

Red Sox centerfielder Mookie Betts round ended early when he let the golf cart roll into a water hazard.

You might assume the Mookie Betts has above average hand-eye coordination and reaction time based on the fact that he is a major league baseball player. However, his latest escapade behind the wheel of a golf cart may have you thinking differently.

Betts and first baseman Travis Shaw hit the links for a day of fun that ended up soggy after the centerfielder somehow managed to put the cart deep into a water hazard on the course.

When Mookie drives..... (And yes that is a golf cart) @mookiebetts 😳 #howdoesthathappen pic.twitter.com/8giEYj71rI

— Travis Shaw (@travis_shaw21) February 14, 2016

Yea no more driving for me pic.twitter.com/vKyKI8qG3x

— Mookie Betts (@mookiebetts) February 14, 2016

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Betts wanted everyone to know that he did not drive the cart into the pond, but that it rolled in there on its own.

For the record I didn't drive into the pond. It rolled in there. Just clearing that up

— Mookie Betts (@mookiebetts) February 15, 2016

He expounded on the damage to WEEI on Monday.

“That was probably one of the most helpless I felt,” he added. “I don’t know how you want to say it, but there was nothing I could do. I couldn’t pull it out, couldn’t salvage anything — well, we got our wallets, didn’t get our phones, but got our keys. We didn’t really lose anything but phones.”

It is a shame MLB teams don’t use bullpen carts anymore, as that would give Betts an opportunity to brush on his driving skills a little bit.