The latest entry in baseball’s growing catalog of, “Why is this a thing?” arrived earlier today in Detroit, when the now-infamous Dirt Cam decided it, too, wanted to get into the game.

In the bottom of the 4th inning, the tiny camera embedded in front of second base popped loose and made a bid for freedom, halting play for several minutes while everyone collectively tried to process what they were looking at.

Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. took matters into his own hands—or, more accurately, his cleats—poking it, kicking it, and attempting to replant it like a stubborn weed. The moment was hilarious. The guys at r/baseball on Reddit offered the accompanying video commentary, which is a scream.

At one point Chisolm crouched down and tried to pat it back into submission, as if tucking in a misbehaving toddler. The grounds crew, meanwhile, took their time arriving, and Yankee starter Gerrit Cole stood on the mound wearing the universal expression that said, “This is not in the scouting report.”

One announcer summed it up perfectly: “Jazz is really into it.” That might be the understatement of the season. As a Yankees fan, I wish Jazz would focus more on hitting, but, hey, moments like this don’t come along often.

This little gadget—a camera literally buried in the infield dirt—has no business being there. When it pops loose, it turns the basepath into an obstacle course. Players shouldn’t have to worry about spraining an ankle because a piece of broadcast equipment decided to surface mid-inning like a mechanical gopher. Yes, no one has been hurt…yet…but relying on “yet” is not exactly a sound safety policy.

Even when it behaves, the Dirt Cam is hardly essential viewing. Its grand contribution might have been today and will likely wind up on late-night TV. But the thing typically offers only a shaky, dirt-level angle that adds little insight and occasionally gets coated in a face full of infield spray. Best case, it’s a novelty. Worst case, it’s a hazard that requires players to perform impromptu landscaping.

If Major League Baseball is serious about player safety, it can start by removing the tiny, unnecessary camera that occasionally tries to join the starting lineup. The Dirt Cam isn’t an innovation; it’s a gimmick. And not even a good one—more like something Barnum & Bailey might have rejected for being a bit too on the nose.

Let’s do what Jazz tried to do and kick this thing to the curb.