The scoreboard operator for the Milwaukee Brewers taunted an opposing player during Monday night’s game, but it did not take long for the graphic to backfire.
Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz nearly led the game off with a home run, but Brewers center fielder Joey Wiemer had other plans. Wiemer timed his jump perfectly at the wall and robbed De La Cruz of the solo shot.
When De La Cruz came to bat in the third inning, a graphic on the videoboard at American Family Field read “almost hit a home run in the first inning … but didn’t.”
So what did De La Cruz do? He blasted a 456-foot shot to right-center that had no chance of being kept in the ballpark.
When asked about the graphic after Cincinnati’s 3-2 loss, De La Cruz said through his translator that he did not see it.
The trolling would have looked a lot worse had the Reds beaten the Brewers.
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