Joe Kelly absolutely owns the internet after crazy inning with Alex Bregman
By Amy Kaplan
Joe Kelly absolutely owns the internet after crazy inning with Alex Bregman.
Is it too early to crown an MVP? Because we’ve got a front-runner in Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher, Joe Kelly.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, Kelly took one for the team he wasn’t even a part of in 2017 and absolutely beamed Houston Astros’ Alex Bregman and then taunted him after the inning was over.
So effing gangster.
The whole scene cleared both benches, bring the World Series cheating tension to the high we’d all been hoping to see and then Twitter did what it does best … unloads.
Dodgers fans were super happy
How Joe Kelly looking at the Astros pic.twitter.com/S2lPD2lWf8
— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) July 29, 2020
Astros fans in my mentions saying Joe Kelly ran to the dugout to get away from Carlos Correa. He struck him out. The inning was over. I know you just started watching baseball in 2017, but that's how baseball works.
— Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) July 29, 2020
Joe Kelly just won over the city of Los Angeles.
— Dylan Hernández (@dylanohernandez) July 29, 2020
Joe Kelly struck out Carlos Correa, taunted him walking off the mound and then told him to shut the fuck up. God, I miss that man.
— Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) July 29, 2020
I don’t think Joe Kelly was throwing at Alex Bregman, I think he’s just still working on that changeup pic.twitter.com/1p1YxqAf94
— Tipping Pitches (@tipping_pitches) July 29, 2020
I don’t think I’ve ever seen an athlete ingratiate himself more to the world than Joe Kelly did in about 10 mins worth of work tonight. He’s legit a hero to every baseball fan who doesn’t root for the Astros.
— KFC (@KFCBarstool) July 29, 2020
Me watching Joe Kelly hit Alex Bregman with 96 mile per hour fastball... #Dodgers #Astros pic.twitter.com/UBej0wG7Zy
— Mark Brockett (@Tuff_Overlord) July 29, 2020
Joe Kelly’s statue at Dodger Stadium already in progress pic.twitter.com/EjnTljf5JN
— ESPN Los Angeles (@ESPNLosAngeles) July 29, 2020
Joe Kelly is the hero we all needed! #Dodgers
— Dan Clark (@DanClarkSports) July 29, 2020
Joe Kelly wasn't a member of the Dodgers in 2017
— Blake Harris (@BlakeHHarris) July 29, 2020
He threw at Alex Bregman and Carlos Correa
He then struck out Correa and essentially told him to go fuck himself
Joe Kelly is a god damn HERO
Astros fans … not so much
Sorry, not sorry Houston.
Kelly might have been the most unlikely hero for the Dodgers but he’s ours and we’re keeping him!
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Many MLB fans were paying close attention to the Houston Astros vs. Los Angeles Dodgers game on Tuesday night due to the rivalry stemming from the 2107 World Series. That year the Astros secured their first-ever title by defeating the Dodgers, who were the favorites to win. But two years later that all came crashing down when the team was caught stealing signs through the 2017-2019 seasons.