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Chase Field experienced a “half-blackout” when many of the stadium lights shut off during the D-backs’ game against the Texas Rangers.

ESPN reporter Pedro Gomez attempted to shed some “light” on the situation:

Come again? A baboon? Gomez quickly realized his mistake.

It wasn’t a baboon, but a “haboob” or dust storm that occasionally makes its way through Arizona:

Twitter then had some fun at Gomez’s expense:

Gomez was a good sport about his baboon blunder.  

And that’s why you always read your tweets before hitting “send.”