Damn You, Autocorrect! 'Baboon' Knocks Out Phoenix Power Grid

"Those crazy Arizona baboons..."

An ESPN reporter was victimized by a hilarious autocorrect on Monday after he tried to tweet an explanation for a game delay in Phoenix between the Arizona Diamondbacks and Texas Rangers.

Pedro Gomez wrote:

Some 100,000 people ― and Chase Field, where the Diamondbacks play ― lost power, but the outage was not caused by a rampaging baboon. Gomez clarified a few minutes later:

The Suns Gorilla, mascot of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns, took to Twitter with an alibi after the 22-minute delay:

The Phoenix Zoo also got in on the fun:

Gomez later said “that might be my all time best autocorrect.” The baboon tweet also led to this amusing exchange between Gomez and the Diamondbacks:

Here’s more reaction:

The Rangers would eventually win, 9-5.

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