Haboob - not baboon - to blame for Arizona League Reds postponement

Dave Clark | Cincinnati Enquirer

Congratulations if you knew what a haboob is before Donald Lutz, former Cincinnati Reds outfielder and current bench coach of the Arizona League Reds, Tweeted on Monday that the team got "haboobed out."

A haboob is defined as an intense dust storm, and many of the dust storms that pass through the Phoenix, Arizona, area - as one did on Monday - are considered haboobs.

ESPN reporter Pedro Gomez won Twitter when he was describing a delay during the Rangers-Diamondbacks game, and "haboob" apparently autocorrected to "baboon."

@Rangers and @Dbacks delayed in downtown Phoenix because a baboon went through town and overloaded the grid, knocking some lights out. — Pedro Gomez (@pedrogomezESPN) July 31, 2018

Haboob. Damn autocorrect. — Pedro Gomez (@pedrogomezESPN) July 31, 2018

Can confirm our baboons are safe and accounted for. #haboob https://t.co/Y2SgaYZDoA — Phoenix Zoo (@PhoenixZoo) July 31, 2018

Pretty sure @pedrogomezESPN meant to say Haboob, which is an intense dust storm. However, he might be privy to info the rest of us don't have. https://t.co/CJUNHnPHOJ — Steve Gilbert (@SteveGilbertMLB) July 31, 2018

Those crazy Arizona baboons... — Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) July 31, 2018

To the bottom of the 9th. Desperate times call for desperate measures. #RallyBaboon pic.twitter.com/oGaMiLRZAv — Arizona Diamondbacks (@Dbacks) July 31, 2018

That's one hell of a baboon. https://t.co/tsW0j6DkaP — Dave Burns (@Burnsy987) July 31, 2018

Wait a second... upon further review, you're right. pic.twitter.com/tlsgVwIiaD — WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) July 31, 2018

Everybody owes @pedrogomezESPN a great deal of thanks. He has won twitter tonight and really for the week. — Evan Grant (@Evan_P_Grant) July 31, 2018

Goodnight all and thank you for a very positive experience on Twitter, not always easy. — Pedro Gomez (@pedrogomezESPN) July 31, 2018

Haboob rolls into Phoenix Haboobs are sandstorms that frequent Arizona. Watch this one roll into the city and devour the Phoenix skyline.

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