Rob Gronkowski Issues Perfect Apology For Denting Patriots’ Lombardi Trophy

Former Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski shocked the Patriots nation with his bunt behind the scenes at Fenway Park. But, Gronk knows how to say “sorry.” In his own way.

The former tight end apologized Friday for damaging the Lombardi Trophy at Fenway Park. Gronk thought it would be funny if bunts the baseball Julian Edelman threw prior to the Red Sox’s home opener. But, it left a dent.

So, Gronk took to Twitter to apologize.

What did the Patriots do? They had the most hilarious reactions.

 “You knew something was going to go wrong when you hand out the six Lombardi trophies, especially one to Rob Gronkowski with idle time,” cornerback Jason McCourty said. 

“Somebody had the bright idea to have Rob go be the hitter while Julian was practicing pitching,” backup QB Brian Hoyer explained. “Julian’s doing the wind up, comes back to the stretch looking like there’s runners on base, and he throws it. I’m watching the ball like it’s in slow motion.”

“He didn’t have a bat when he stepped up to the plate. A little strange,” Duron Harmon continued.

“You see Gronk with the trophy, and you see Julian at our fake mound. He’s at the fake mound preparing to pitch like it’s the World Series and Gronk is just the final batter here. He’s definitely not going to hit it,” Keion Crossen added.

Cole Croston predicted the disaster: “My first thought was if it’s Rob and he’s standing up there with the trophy, he’s not going to not hit that ball that Julian’s throwing. He’s definitely going to hit it. Julian isn’t throwing it real soft. He’s throwing it pretty hard.” 

“I see Rob standing at the backdrop where they’ve been throwing with the trophy, wielding it around like he’s getting ready to swing for the fences, but I say to myself, ‘Certainly that’s just Rob having some fun. He would never hit the ball with that,’” Matthew Slater said. “I saw the look on people’s faces like I see on my son’s face when he’s done something that he shouldn’t have, and Rob’s got a little grin. Then I turn to our fearless leader Stacey James. I see the look on his face, and it dawns on me, ‘Oh goodness. Something has gone awry here.’”

“It sounded exactly what you think a baseball hitting the Lombardi trophy would sound like,” Ted Karras revealed.