Philadelphia Phillies proper fielder Nick Castellanos must be in on the meme, as a result of in any other case there’s no manner that he continues to do that with out fail.
On Aug. 19, 2020, then-Cincinnati Reds announcer Thom Brennaman was mid-apology for a slur he stated whereas the sport was airing. Whereas he was apologizing, Castellanos, then a Cincinnati Crimson, blasted a house run, and created one of many best memes of all time.
Like, simply impeccable timing. Like you possibly can try to do this over 100 occasions and never have the ability to recreate that very same second.
UNLESS YOU ARE NICK CASTELLANOS.
Castellanos, now a Phillie, was taking part in within the Phillies sport towards the Washington Nationals, when as soon as once more, he hit a three-run homer to tie the sport, on the anniversary of the best baseball meme ever created.
On August 19, 2020, Nick Castellanos homered throughout Thom Brennaman’s slur apology, launching a meme.
On August 19, 2023, Nick Castellanos homered as soon as extra. pic.twitter.com/0Z09GMVNV2
— Terrible Asserting (@awfulannouncing) August 20, 2023
On prime of that, it was additionally Castellanos’ ten-year anniversary of being within the huge leagues, so after all he needed to hit a homer on this grand event.
It’s actually impeccable how humorous the timing is for each Nick Castellanos residence run. It’s like he’s solely allowed to hit homers throughout occasions the place an announcer is eulogizing an outdated good friend, or there’s a vacation devoted to a massively catastrophic occasion. Wherever there’s chaos, there’s Nick Castellanos, bringer of pestilence by way of 400-foot homers.
It’s come to the purpose the place there are YouTube compilations of Castellanos hitting residence runs throughout inopportune occasions, and it’s over ten minutes lengthy.
Congrats on ten years, Nick. Might you proceed to hit homers on the worst occasions.