Tag: Dingers

The Little League World Series icon known as ‘Big Al’ is still hitting dingers (and nearly in college)

Big Al can still hit the ball out of the park and it is so beautiful.

His name is Alfred Delia. Back home, they used to call him Big Al. These days, he still hits dingers.

Delia became a star during the 2018 Little League World Series because of his amazing introduction. It was nearly impossible to watch Delia simply tell the world he hits home runs for his team in Middleton, N.J. without feeling a full sense of joy.

Flash forward and these days, quite a bit has changed for Delia and the world around him. But one thing that we now know for certain is that he still enjoys hitting the ball out of the park.

Delia, now a high school senior at Red Bank Catholic in New Jersey, just crushed his first homer since joining the varsity baseball team.

While he can still go yard, Delia said that people no longer call him Big Al because he is not very big anymore.

The senior plans to play college ball at Felician University, per Asbury Park Press.

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Matt Turner might have baseball to fall back on if this USMNT/Arsenal thing falls through

Watch Turner sock some dingers

Should the U.S. men’s national team and Arsenal be worried about the St. Louis Cardinals?

Matt Turner got a chance to throw on a Cardinals jersey and take some batting practice on Tuesday, and the USMNT goalkeeper showed some potential to follow in the footsteps of two-sport legends like Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders.

After getting a dap and a short visual lesson from Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado, Turner stepped up to the plate and was legitimately crushing what was thrown his way.

Batting as a lefty — take note, MLB scouts — Turner clubbed his first effort into the right field bullpen at Busch Stadium, which is a solid 375 feet from home plate.

“That’s not enough, is it?” asked Turner, before the reaction from onlookers told him he had home run distance. “Let’s go, man! Are you f— kidding me? Let’s go!”

The Arsenal man followed that one up with another to deep right field, checking with Arenado over whether he’d hit another homer before stating that Major League Baseball should “get me in the [Home Run] Derby!”

Turner — who notably played baseball well into his teen years before focusing full-time on soccer — smashed at least two more dingers, putting another into the bullpen and getting some legit praise from Arenado.

“That’s the fastest celebrity hitting I’ve ever seen in my life,” said the Cardinals star. “Usually they hit for a while because they can’t do it.”

Turner is still expected to suit up for the USMNT before heading back to London to sort out a possibly murky future with the Gunners. After showing some talent at the plate, though, the single-A Palm Beach Cardinals could be his next step.

Watch Matt Turner smack some dingers

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Watch Mike Trout makes Angels history by smashing his 300th career home run

Mike Trout set the Los Angeles Angels team record by hitting his 300th career home run in a win against the Astros.

Mike Trout made Angels history on Saturday, when the slugger and presumptive G.O.A.T. hit his 300th career home run. It set a team record for the Angels with the blast, and made Trout one of the youngest players ever to hit the milestone.

(Alex Rodriguez holds the record — he hit his 300th home run at 27 years, 249 days. Mike Trout turned 29 last month.)

Trout passed Tim Salmon on the all-time Angels home run list, and the urge to make a fish pun here is almost insurmountable. But I am better than that. This easy opportunity will not reel me in.

Watch Trout’s full at-bat to make history below:

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