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

The Dude of the Week, man: Elly De La Cruz stole home like Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez!

While no-hitters, perfect games and triple plays are all pretty sweet, man, nothing does it for me than seeing a player steal home. It doesn’t happen very often, but when it does, I’m 12 again, playing ball with my best friends. I’ll never forget my grade school friend Hayden stealing home to win the game on one of our travel teams. It was every bit as cool as Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez’s.

Then, I saw what Elly De La Cruz did to the Milwaukee Brewers and I broke down and cried…

To steal three bases in an inning is insane. To do that on two pitches is unheard of. That is just the kind of player the Cincinnati Reds have in De La Cruz. It wasn’t that long ago that ownership nearly threatened to relocate the team to a bigger market. Now, they have the one player not on the Braves in the National League I would pay good money to see. He’s the next Ronald Acuña Jr.

Okay, I lied. These last two slides have been very sentimental from me. There have been a lot of really positive changes happening in my life, personally and professionally. I am truly blessed that I get to do what I do for you. Thank you for reading and putting up with my stupid, nonsensical b******t on the reg. You know I love the Braves. Maybe I’m starting to fall in love with baseball again?

Anything I see in real life that reminds me of The Sandlot and my youth will get me in the feels.

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