Reds Announcer Had Perfect Response to Ump’s Terrible Call on Elly De La Cruz
Cincinnati Reds star Elly De La Cruz is must-see TV every time he takes the field. You want to see what he can do at the plate, on the basepaths, and at shortstop. So any time an umpire limits our chances of seeing him do something special, it hurts. That happened during Tuesday night’s game in St. Louis when home plate umpire Larry Vanover rang De La Cruz up on a pitch that wasn’t close to being a strike. That came after Vanover made an equally bad call on strike two.
The Reds’ announcer had the perfect reaction to the third strike: “Get out of here!,” John Sadak immediately yelled. “Come on, man!” Here are those bad calls by the ump, and the great call by Sadak:
Not cool, Larry Vanover. De La Cruz was able to steal two more bases in the game, raising his MLB-leading total to 64. So it wasn’t all bad for fans of the Reds’ star. Also, Cincinnati won the game, 3-0.
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Jackson Holliday, Paul Skenes among MLB stars reimagined as Garbage Pail Kids
Fanatics Collectibles — under the Bowman brand — teamed up with Garbage Pail Kids for a 2024 Bowman Chrome card set with ultra-rare inserts: 23 MLB rookies and rising stars reimagined as Garbage Pail Kids.
We’ve offered [the Garbage Pail Kids collaboration] as limited test product over the past few years, but this is the first time we are bringing the concept to one of our major releases,” said Clay Luraschi, senior vice president of product at Fanatics Collectibles. “And it’s the first time we are bringing it to Bowman, which has a focus on the top rookies and prospects in the game.”
The 23 players highlighted include rising stars such as Baltimore Orioles second baseman Jackson Holliday, Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz, Pittsburgh Pirates NL Cy Young candidate Paul Skenes. Los Angeles Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto leads other names part of the set.
“[The players chosen] fit with Bowman’s focus on top rookies and prospects,” Luraschi said. “The artwork was done by longtime Garbage Pail Kid artist David Gross; our Bowman team selects the players, we collaborated on the gags, and then we worked with David to bring them to life.”
