San Francisco Giants Reporter's Laptop Gets Decimated By Postgame Gatorade Bath

I'm surprised this hasn't happened more often.

They often say a picture is worth a thousand words, but this picture from the San Francisco Giants' official social media account may be worth a few thousand dollars.

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Following their 7-2 win over the New York Mets on Thursday night, the Giants players decided to shower rookie Daniel Susac with a customary postgame Gatorade bath after his 3-for-3 night at the plate.

The only problem is that NBC Sports San Francisco reporter, Kylen Mills, got caught in the crossfire.

That's not unusual. Most reporters conducting postgame baseball interviews on the field are bound to get hit with some friendly fire from time to time.

The bigger issue is that Mills' laptop was front and center for the sports drink onslaught, and judging by the video from the broadcast, someone may have to notify the computer's next of kin.

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Look at that thing absolutely crumble!

I didn't know how badly I needed to see a MacBook get trucked by a stream of Gatorade until today, but I'm glad I was able to witness that.

As someone who has done a little bit of camera work for sideline reporters in my days at FOX Sports Southwest, this is a nightmare.

I'm sure NBC will provide Mills with a new laptop, but you never want your equipment to get ruined thanks to an easily avoidable occupational hazard.

I'm not sure why she had her laptop open and right in the line of fire, but I'm hoping she can expense that bad boy and get fully reimbursed for it.

Or maybe the Gatorade trigger man can chip in and get her a new one.

Either way, I'm surprised this hasn't happened more often, but with some solid "teach tape" out about where NOT to put your laptop during a postgame interview, I doubt anyone will make this mistake again.

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Austin Perry is a writer for OutKick and a born and bred Florida Man. He loves his teams (Gators, Panthers, Dolphins, Marlins, Heat, in that order) but never misses an opportunity to self-deprecatingly dunk on any one of them. A self-proclaimed "boomer in a millennial's body," Perry writes about sports, pop-culture, and politics through the cynical lens of a man born 30 years too late. He loves 80's metal, The Sopranos, and is currently taking any and all chicken parm recs.