Yadier Molina breaks Cardinals Twitter with home runs on historic day
By Mark Powell
Yadier Molina and Adam Wainwright made history on Thursday, as they tied the Mickey Lolich-Bill Freehan battery for most regular-season starts together. All were with the Cardinals.
As if that feat weren’t impressive enough, Molina did NOT leave his bat at home.
The St. Louis backstop had two home runs in just as many at-bats, forever enshrining this day into Cardinals lore.
His first home run went to Big Mac land, if you can believe it. Evidently, Yadi was hungry.
YADI TO BIG MAC LAND 🍟 pic.twitter.com/v8NZlY8vsH
— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) September 8, 2022
The second was a bit more modest, but got the job done. His three RBIs on the day accounted for a fifth of his output heading into the game itself.
Juuuuuust a bit outside! pic.twitter.com/LgpU9fhRoz
— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) September 8, 2022
Cardinals fans break Twitter after Yadier Molina home runs
It’s been a lost season for Molina in many respects — he’s missed time with numerous injuries, and even returned home to Puerto Rico to root on his professional basketball team. He wasn’t always in the good graces of a fanbase which has high expectations entering September.
However, it’s tough to question how much he cares about the game, and the Cards as an organization. They’re the only team he’s ever known, and if he does get enshrined into Cooperstown, there will be a sea of Cardinals red to follow.
This is why fans freaked out on social media midway through St. Louis’ Sept. 8 tilt with the Nationals. I mean, how could they not? This is Yadi we’re talking about:
Yadi goes to 🍟BIG MAC LAND🍟 in first HR and then does his best #62 impression, Happy Anniversary pic.twitter.com/iapBvi91Ww
— cardinalsgifs (@cardinalsgifs) September 8, 2022
September Yadi has hit two home runs today.
— Derrick Goold (@dgoold) September 8, 2022
It's his ninth multi-homer game, first since April 2021, and naturally it comes the day he sets a #MLB record with his BFF -- Battery Friends Forever -- Adam Wainwright.#stlcards #Cardinals #MLB #SeptemberYadi
LITERALLY pic.twitter.com/SBO3r3Eb3V
— 12in24 (45-55) (@Yadi_4_HOF) September 8, 2022
Yadi with the trot pic.twitter.com/jwWaoDcqqn
— Karan (@KaranEsch) September 8, 2022
If the Cardinals win the World Series I'm getting a Yadi alien tattoo
— Jess (703) (@JessicaKTx) September 8, 2022
Honestly Yadi hitting 2 home runs today is more shocking than the comeback last night.
— Redbirds (@STLBirdos) September 8, 2022
OF COURSE YADI HOMERED TODAY
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) September 8, 2022
Yadi had a multi-homer game last April on the road, but this is his second *ever* multi-homer game at Busch. The last came on May 14, 2017 against the Cubs.
— Brenden Schaeffer🎳 (@bschaeffer12) September 8, 2022
Yadi smokin 2 homers already! What a beautiful day for some ball! #Cardinals #GoCards pic.twitter.com/wMV6rVFm2G
— Michael Posey (@mikepose_) September 8, 2022
Cardinals stats will surely tell me if I'm wrong, but my research shows this is only the 6th time a catcher 40 years old or older has had a multiple home run game.
— Carter Chapley (@CarterChapley) September 8, 2022
Carleton Fisk did it 4 times,
Rick Dempsey did in in 1990
Yadi today. https://t.co/bpfPNz4zEL
My father casually bringing the entire family group chat to tears over Yadi’s second homer #STLCards pic.twitter.com/eOrJFVrbWR
— Mo (@supersimmon) September 8, 2022
Yadi read all your tweets.
— Corey Miller (@corey_miller5) September 8, 2022
Mercy, what a day!
someone should check on the folks in big mac land after that yadi 💣 pic.twitter.com/JXi05TZIFj
— emo Mozeliak (@emozeliak) September 8, 2022
There were many more where that came from.
Molina broke social media, and for good reason. He doubled his home run total for the year, and showed exactly what he’s capable of come October.
Somehow, Molina always gets hot this time of year.
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