This guy somehow didn’t notice the bird-sized moth on his back

This bug on Ivan De Jesus’s back is so big it’s probably the reason he swung and missed.

Dan Gartland | Aug 30, 2016

This guy somehow didn’t notice the bird-sized moth on his back /

Insects have been making their mark on baseball recently, and I don’t like it one bit.

The Royals have adopted a praying mantis as their mascot and the White Sox found another mantis in their dugout in Detroit on Monday. But those bugs are adorable compared to the monster at Monday night’s Reds-Angels game.

Get a load of the moth that latched itself onto Ivan De Jesus.

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Gah! Both teams are so far out of the playoff picture they should have just called the game after that thing showed up.

Published Aug 30, 2016

DAN GARTLAND

Dan Gartland is the writer and editor of Sports Illustrated’s flagship daily newsletter, SI:AM, covering everything an educated sports fan needs to know. He joined the SI staff in 2014, having previously been published on Deadspin and Slate. Gartland, a graduate of Fordham University, is a former Sports Jeopardy! champion (Season 1, Episode 5).