Astros hold a funeral for Carlos Beltran’s glove (Photo)

The Astros have been dominant this year, but it’s nice to know they can still have time for some fun (or mourning) during their success.

Funerals for items in sports aren’t a very rare occurrence, as many sports teams bury a ball or piece from a loss or a bad moment that they want to forget about. However, it is pretty rare to see what the Houston Astros pulled off for Carlos Beltran on Monday.

Beltran. whose main role is stepping up to the plate as the designated hitter for the Astros rather than playing in the field, hasn’t played in the outfield since the middle of May. After a two-month stretch with no need for his outfielder’s glove, it looks like it was time for the team to take action.

On Monday before their game, the Astros dressed all in black, and held a funeral in the outfield to bury Beltran’s glove, and officially put Beltran’s days in the outfield to rest.

The best part of the whole situation is Brian McCann dressing as a priest and giving the eulogy for the glove while officiating the ceremony in front of the team.

The team has no need to put Beltran in the outfield, outside of any inter-league play they may have later on in the year if they make a run in the postseason. The Astros have George Springer, Josh Reddick and Nori Aoki as starters in the outfield in their lineup, and can still utilize Beltran’s bat skills at the plate.

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Hopefully the funeral service didn’t have too much of an impact on the Astros lineup, with a game to play against the Seattle Mariners on the very surface they buried their beloved friend’s glove on. On the flip side, how demoralizing must it be to have the team you’re playing against have an entire ceremony for a glove before they play you for nine innings?