AI-created content sometimes could look so real that even Mr. October, who always knew what was coming next off a pitcher, could get duped out of nowhere. The New York Yankees’ Reggie Jackson shared a video on X, and fans took no time recognizing it as AI-based content and had a field day.

“W-f awesome,” Jackson shared via his X handle.

The 14x All-Star shared a video of a woman leaving her seat at a soccer match. She walks onto the field and kicks a perfect long-distance shot into the goal. The players in the video were wearing Al-Nassr jerseys – the same team Cristiano Ronaldo plays for. Jackson was clearly impressed. However, fans didn’t waste any time in pointing out the mistakes in the video and that it wasn’t real.

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The details from the video show it was created by an AI handle “Ciri.” Creator used Seedance 2.0 + GPT Image 2 to generate the video. It had realistic details like natural arena lighting, detailed skin texture, sharp focus on the woman, slightly blurred background crowd, and an authentic live sports broadcast aesthetic.

However, looking closely at the video, the ball disappears just before it hits the net. The way CR7 was standing on the left wing-back and how there was no crease on the woman’s clothes – none of it felt real! Most importantly, do fans have the privilege and luck to walk inside the field from the stands and score a goal? We have seen security escorting fans away from players whenever they try to approach the field.

But it is easy to see why the video fooled Jackson. And it has been a growing trend.

Back in 2025, “hug a baby polar bear” video went viral on TikTok, gathering over 130 million views. Then, a woman standing on a whale to clear it.

But in Jackson’s playing days, sports were about physicality and skill, not AI.

His last MLB appearance was in 1987, long before the time of smartphones or AI. Moreover, Jackson is now 79, and so, he might have gotten carried away by the heroism in the video without digging deeper before posting.

Even though the Yankees’ legend may be lagging in the modern tech-savvy era, he was one of the best in business between the sixties and the eighties.

Reggie “Mr. October” Jackson set a record for World Series slugging percentage (.755) and became the first player to hit five home runs in a single World Series. He struck out 2,597 times in his career, averaging 100+ strikeouts in 18 of 21 seasons. His career 563 home runs ranked sixth all-time by the time he retired.

Jackson’s Mr. October tag well justifies his clutch moments.

In the 1977 World Series, Jackson was playing for the Yankees. He hit three home runs on three consecutive pitches, off three different pitchers in a single game against the Dodgers. Throughout his career with the Oakland Athletics and Yankees, Jackson elevated his performance in October, ultimately hitting 18 home runs and adding 48 RBI in 77 postseason games.

The 5x World Series winner is a legend, but he also fell for the trick in the modern era. Surely, this is something baseball fans would love to talk about.

Bronx Nation is having a field day with Jackson

Fans are all in Reggie Jackson’s post to correct him.

“I’m sorry, Mr Jackson, that s— ain’t real….,” one fan wrote. With social media platforms increasingly flooded with AI-based content, it is also getting easier to identify them. X currently has a dedicated tag for most of the AI-based content. This one also got tagged with an AI label to let the users know and restrict the spreading of misinformation.

The eagle-eyed fans came up with several points to let Jackson know the error.

“The ball disappears into thin air, friend,” one remarked. “It’s not even a goal, it sails into the stands above the net…,” another added.

The ball, after being kicked, flies towards the net, but then disappears without entering the net. This is a common glitch in AI-made videos where the computer can’t quite keep track of fast-moving objects.

“Probably a good time for a family member to take away your smartphone. You can still make calls with a flip phone!” One Yankees fan took a funny dig at Jackson. Still, Jackson has some stats that the current era players would struggle to achieve. If the best names of the current era, like Aaron Judge or Shohei Ohtani, hit home runs on three consecutive swings against three pitchers, those will be considered the best moments of the year.

But Jackson already is coming off with such stats from 1977. Mr. October might be losing in the AI game, but he won it all where it mattered the most.

“Wow, that almost looks real! Oh wait, no it doesn’t,” another added.

A careful eye might detect the vanishing ball or the woman’s hand movement, but other than that, the aesthetics seem taken out of a real game. Reggie Jackson got to know it brutally what it means to steer through an AI-based system.