Elly De La Cruz continues to live up to the hype, and even when an opposing team questions whether his bat is legal or not, it doesn’t faze him.
That’s what happened Wednesday night. Davey Martinez asked umps to look at the knob on the bottom of De La Cruz’s bat, questioning the legality of something covering it. It was quite a scene but the game eventually resumed.
Then? De La Cruz hit a mammoth dinger … and he turned to the Nats’ dugout and pointed at the bottom of his bat before the ball had left the yard, which was quite the response:
Davey Martinez had the umpires examine Elly De La Cruz's bat before his at-bat in the second inning
He was told to remove the knob handle from his bat but was eventually allowed to put it back on after it was checked pic.twitter.com/3WXfR8aEtt
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) July 6, 2023
Don't worry about Elly De La Cruz's bat pic.twitter.com/Dg4ly08Ep2
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) July 6, 2023
Martinez didn’t love those antics:
Davey Martinez shared some thoughts about Elly De La Cruz pic.twitter.com/xLepzyBfuq
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) July 6, 2023
Whatever! I loved the heck out of the response, because baseball needs more of that.
