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Braves catcher William Contreras hilariously tried to fool an ump on a really bad pitch and MLB fans loved it

All we can do is stand and applaud this hilarious attempt to fool an umpire.

MLB umpires have been really bad this year so who can fault a player who wants to try to sneak one past a guy in blue and trick one into getting a bad call for his team?

That’s what Atlanta Braves catcher William Contreras apparently tried to do last night in Washington and it almost kind of worked for him.

Catchers are known to try to frame pitches and make balls look like strikes in hopes that the ump will think it was indeed a strike. Contreras took that to a hilarious level on this pitch by Bryce Elder which wasn’t even close to being a strike:

Now that is some fine work there Contreras and a heck of an effort to sneak one past the ump. It didn’t work but I have to applaud the effort and also applaud how easy he made that look.

MLB fans loved it, too.

The Braves played ‘Narco’ after William Contreras’ HR and it had nothing to do with the Mets

No, they were NOT trolling the Mets.

While there are certainly more storied rivalries in baseball than the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves, the two NL East foes have put together one of the more compelling rivalries in recent years.

But no, that rivalry isn’t actually playing out in the form of walk-out (and home run) music.

Mets closer Edwin Diaz has electrified Citi Field with a career year in 2022, and his walk-out song (“Narco” by Blasterjaxx and Timmy Trumpet) has essentially become synonymous with the Mets’ success this season. It’s a fun entrance, and the entire stadium gets involved.

So, when Braves designated hitter William Contreras hit a home run in Monday’s 13-1 Braves win, many fans noticed a familiar tune as he rounded the bases. There was the assumption that the Braves were co-opting “Narco” as a jab at Diaz and the Mets.

Except the Braves almost *always* play “Narco” when Contreras hits a home run because it is his walk-up and HR song. The team wasn’t trolling the Mets as the Truist Park crew was simply playing Contreras’ song (it just so happened to also be Diaz’s song). Here’s a Contreras home run against the Diamondbacks from a few weeks ago, for example:

“Narco” was played then just as it was played on Monday.

On Twitter, though, the shared walk-up music did turn into an additional layer to the rivalry because of course it did.

Los hermanos Willson y William Contreras se dieron un conmovedor abrazo en home durante Cubs-Braves

La gente se puede obsesionar con cosas como grand slams , partidos sin hit y entradas inmaculadas en el hermoso/extraño juego de baseball, y con razĂłn. Pero todos esos aspectos seguramente quedan en segunda fila cuando se trata del amor entre …

La gente se puede obsesionar con cosas como grand slams, partidos sin hit y entradas inmaculadas en el hermoso/extraño juego de baseball, y con razón. Pero todos esos aspectos seguramente quedan en segunda fila cuando se trata del amor entre hermanos.

Lo vimos durante el enfrentamiento entre Chicago Cubs y Atlanta Braves (-185) en Wrigley Field el sábado en la noche. Después de que el arquitecto de la Serie Mundial 2016 de Chicago, Theo Epstein regresó a Friendly Confines un día antes, el catcher de los Cubs Willson Contreras tuvo otro reencuentro placentero con una persona todavía más importante en su vida.

Estamos hablando, por supuesto, de su hermano. El catcher de Atlanta William Contreras.

Cuando Wilson se paró en el home de Wrigley para su primer bateo, los dos se demostraron un apropiado cariño fraternal con un caluroso abrazo:

Traducción.- Que momento, Willson Contreras se para en home con su hermano William Contreras detrás de ella. Los hermano se abrazaron.

Aquí hay otro ángulo del abrazo de los hermanos:

TraducciĂłn.- Todo es amor entre los hermanos Willson y William Contreras cuando compartieron el campo juntos por primera vez.

Awwww.

El marcador final y quién le pegó a quién y hacia donde pasó a segundo plano comparado a momentos entre hermanos como este. No se pone mejor que esto.

 

Traducido por META

Brothers Willson and William Contreras shared heartwarming hug at home plate during Cubs-Braves

What a touching moment for the Contreras brothers.

People might fixate on things like grand slams, no-hitters and immaculate innings in the beautiful/weird game that is baseball, and for a good reason. But all of those aspects assuredly take a backseat to love between siblings.

We saw the latest touching example of this during the Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves (-185) matchup at Wrigley Field on Saturday afternoon. After Chicago’s 2016 World Series architect, Theo Epstein, returned to the Friendly Confines a day earlier, Cubs catcher Willson Contreras had another pleasant reunion with an even more important person in his life.

We’re talking, of course, about his brother: Atlanta catcher William Contreras.

As Willson stepped up to Wrigley’s home plate to hit early on, the two first showed appropriate brotherly love toward each other with a warm embrace:

Here’s a closer angle of the brothers’ hug:

Awwww.

The final score and who hit what and where is definitely second fiddle compared to sibling moments like that. It truly doesn’t get any better.

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