Phrasing, Cody Bellinger!
The Los Angeles Dodgers slugger and former MVP played hero on Thursday night after an uneven regular season, delivering what ended up being the game-winning RBI in the ninth inning with a single that scored Justin Turner before Max Scherzer closed out the game against Wilmer Flores (who might not have swung).
Then, while speaking to TBS after the win, he complimented opposing pitcher Logan Webb by saying this: “Huge props to Logan Webb, man. He was really hard to hit. He shoved it up our butt twice.”
There you have it. Quite a quote to end the series on!
"Huge props to Logan Webb… he shoved it up our butt twice" – Cody Bellinger pic.twitter.com/ggqQdknBxw
— Internet #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) October 15, 2021
Cody Bellinger on Logan Webb:
“He shoved it up our butt multiple times”
Kudos to him for keeping that PG and not saying the a** word
— Ben Verlander (@BenVerlander) October 15, 2021
Apparently — and I’m just learning this on Friday — the phrase of “shoving” is a good way of saying someone pitched well — see (the Washington Post in 2017). Bellinger even went back to it after the game, per NBC Los Angeles:
“Webb shoved it again,” said Bellinger. “Huge hats off to him. He pitched his butt off two times this series and it’s not easy to pitch against a team after you just faced them and he continued to what he did tonight.”
Learn something new every day!
