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Elly De La Cruz

Elly De La Cruz in sunglasses

Elly De La Cruz planning interesting move with Shohei Ohtani at All-Star Weekend

Elly De La Cruz is about to show off yet another one of his many talents — multilingualism. The Cincinnati Reds shortstop De La Cruz, who was just named to his first career All-Star team, revealed this week that he is planning an interesting …

Snoop Dogg in a jacket

Snoop Dogg had the best response to Elly De La Cruz’s awesome play

Snoop Dogg made an unexpected appearance in the Milwaukee Brewers’ broadcast booth on Saturday, and he had a great reaction to an outstanding play from Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz. Snoop was very confident that Brice Turang had an …

Paul O'Neill smiles during batting practice

Paul O’Neill brutally butchered Elly De La Cruz’s name during broadcast

Paul O’Neill struck out 1,166 times in his MLB career, and he added another one from the broadcast booth this week. The retired former All-Star O’Neill, who is now a television broadcaster for the New York Yankees on YES Network, was on …

The Chicago Cubs third base coach sending a runner

Cubs’ 3rd base coach commits big blunder in loss to Reds

A deranged send by Chicago Cubs third base coach Willie Harris did not end up paying dividends on Friday. The Cubs were trailing 5-3 in the bottom of the ninth against the Cincinnati Reds but had runners at the corners with just one out and …

Elly De La Cruz in sunglasses

Did Elly De La Cruz make the fastest throw in MLB history?

Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz may have set a new MLB record on Tuesday night on a play that produced a negative result for his team. De La Cruz fielded a ground ball off the bat of Xander Bogaerts during the bottom of the ninth inning of …

Elly De La Cruz during an interview

Elly De La Cruz surprises fans with latest interview

Shohei Ohtani is not the only MLB star doing away with an interpreter. Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz surprised fans this week with the latest interview he did. For the very first time, De La Cruz gave his interview entirely in English and …

Elly De La Cruz during an interview

Elly De La Cruz making big change to his swing this offseason?

Elly De La Cruz appears to be gearing up for his encore next season. Cincinnati Reds writer Bryce Spalding shared some videos this week of a new-looking swing from the Reds phenom De La Cruz. Most notably, De La Cruz seems to have done away with his …

Elly De La Cruz throwing to home plate

Video: Elly De La Cruz wows with rocket 99.7 mph relay throw

Elly De La Cruz is somehow even managing to make highlight-reel plays as the cutoff man. De La Cruz and the Cincinnati Reds faced off Sunday against Corbin Carroll and the Arizona Diamondbacks, pitting two of the NL’s top rookies against each …

Elly De La Cruz pokes Shohei Ohtani

Elly De La Cruz’s exchange with Shohei Ohtani goes viral

Elly De La Cruz had a great exchange with Shohei Ohtani on Wednesday night that went viral. Ohtani doubled in the bottom of the fifth inning of his Los Angeles Angels’ game against the Cincinnati Reds in the second game of their doubleheader. …

Elly De La Cruz celebrating

Elly De La Cruz scores on thrilling Little League home run against Blue Jays

Elly De La Cruz continues to be the greatest show on dirt. The Cincinnati Reds phenom was at it again on Saturday against the Toronto Blue Jays. De La Cruz gave the fans their money’s worth in the fourth inning when he got around on a Chris …

Elly De La Cruz in sunglasses

Elly De La Cruz blasts HR while being taunted by Dodgers fans

When will opponents learn to stop taunting Elly De La Cruz? During Sunday’s game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds, a group of fans at Dodger Stadium taunted De La Cruz with “overrated” chants when the slugger came …

Elly De La Cruz during an interview

Brewers’ scoreboard taunt of Elly De La Cruz backfires

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, …

Elly De La Cruz in sunglasses

Elly De La Cruz matches Barry Bonds with latest feat

Elly De La Cruz has been mired in a slump for weeks. Perhaps matching a Barry Bonds feat will help the Cincinnati Reds rookie break out of it. De La Cruz started off the Reds’ Sunday matinee against the Arizona Diamondbacks with a mammoth home …

Elly De La Cruz in sunglasses

Elly De La Cruz does something unprecedented in Sunday’s game

Cincinnati Reds infielder Elly De La Cruz continues to do things that nobody has seen before, at least in recent memory. On Sunday, that involved him showing off his ridiculous arm on defense. De La Cruz uncorked a throw from third to first that …

Elly De La Cruz in sunglasses

Great photo of Elly De La Cruz stealing home plate goes viral

Another day, another day of Elly De La Cruz doing amazing things on the baseball diamond. De La Cruz went viral on Saturday for stealing three bases during the same inning in his Cincinnati Reds’ 8-5 win over the Milwaukee Brewers (video here). …

Elly De La Cruz stealing home

Video: Elly De La Cruz steals three bases during same inning

Cincinnati Reds infielder Elly De La Cruz has been in the big leagues for barely a month and he may already be the most exciting player in baseball. He certainly proved that again on Saturday with a play that few are even willing to attempt. De La …

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