What made baseball fun this week: Elly De La Cruz stole home, All-Star shenanigans

Elly De La Cruz and Randy Arozarena certainly did their part to make baseball fun this week!

Making sense of all the nonsense baseball gave us this week through pop culture references!

Baseball was mostly about Elly De La Cruz doing extraordinary things on the base paths and Randy Arozarena being an MLB All-Star.

Hey now, you’re an All-Star. Get your game on. Go play. All that glitters was gold in the Emerald City, but nothing gold can stay, Ponyboy. Have I waited too long to find that someone who doesn’t play for the Atlanta Braves that just does it for me? Following other teams and players has been mostly Hit or Miss for me, but This Disaster of a human being is certainly trying, man.

Even for a game built around failure, Failure’s Not Flattering. And it feels like we’re at an All-Time Low when we strike out and head back to the dugout. There may not be many Head On Collisions at the plate, but today, you’re going to certainly ask yourself why I’ve never seen this side of you before, Buhler. The catalyst that insists to pull me down is called life. It’s All Downhill From Here.

On a more serious note, I have missed not having Braves baseball on the last few days. You don’t know what got till it’s gone. I hope the clock doesn’t strike midnight on the Braves’ fantastic first half of the season. More importantly, I hope you have enjoyed the first half of baseball as much as I did. I think the Midsummer Classic gives us all hope and inspires the joy we once had as children.

May you enjoy the final 80 or so games left because I sure know that I will, man. Let’s have fun!

Here are the segments that are definitely going to get us into the second half

• This. Is. Florida. Baseball!
• Just a bit outside…
• Chicks dig the long ball!
• The Dude of the Week, man

This. Is. Florida. Baseball!: Randy Arozarena steps up to the plate in Vince Wilfork cowboy boots

I didn’t watch the Home Run Derby, as I had more important things to attend to. However, I do regret one thing by not taking it all in. Randy Arozarena is the best thing to happen to the Tampa Bay Rays since Wade Boggs drank those Miller Lites on a cross-country flight. The last time I saw a full-grown man wear boots like this, Vince Wilfork showed up to Houston Texans training camp.

When I first came across this video, I thought I had cumin in my eyes. Not even delicious barbecued ribs cooked to perfection with the help of some Kingsford could have gotten me to take my eyes off Arozarena. To be fair, I didn’t think a human could be more obsessed with him than Jeff Passan, but I am about to put some product into my long hair and crank some got dam Pinkerton!

I’m a lot like you, so please. Hello, I’m here. I’m waiting. It is most definitely El Scorcho outside, ay carumba! Only in Dreams is it not 100 degrees on the reg. While we all strive to be on an Island in the Sun and having fun, Say It Ain’t So! I don’t care if your name is Jonas. It will take a Perfect Situation to make you half as cool as Randy Arozarena in boots. You look just like Buddy Holly!

Let’s say if you strive to take down the Evil Empire, you must Come With It Now in sweet boots.

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