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Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz made a very famous fan on Saturday: the Milwaukee Brewers' guest commentator, Snoop Dogg.
The legendary rapper was the guest of honor at American Family Field for Saturday's Reds-Brewers game, throwing a perfectly acceptable first pitch and meeting the home team in the clubhouse. He then stepped into the Bally Sports Wisconsin booth with Brian Anderson and Bill Schroeder and provided his trademark voice, reaching his peak at the end of the second inning.
Brewers second basemen Brice Turang hit a well-placed grounder that looked like a potential infield single, only for De La Cruz to make an incredible sidearm throw across his body to catch him by a step. Snoop Dogg, to put it mildly, was impressed:
"Oh he's safe, he can't throw that. He ain't got no arm like that. No he don't!" the rapper said enthusiastically as the throw came in. "Who is that with that rocket? Oh lord, he got a rocket in his pocket. Oh he made that."
De La Cruz's bat has been up and down since making his MLB debut last year, but his raw tools have clearly stood out as among MLB's best, with the most notable ones being his speed (he entered Saturday leading MLB with 34 stolen bases) and, as you can see above, his arm.
Snoop Dogg stayed around for the third inning, where he provided Brewers star Christian Yelich some coaching on the basepaths.
The Brewers went on to win 3-1 via a Joey Ortiz three-run homer.
Very few things beat genuine enthusiasm for a sport in the booth, be it from a career broadcaster or a relative novice, and that's what Snoop Dogg delivered. We'll see if he gets another chance to provide some baseball commentary.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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