Former St. Louis Cardinals star Jim Edmonds chided Chicago Cubs designated hitter Christopher Morel for his bragging after a home run on Sunday.
Morel hit two home runs against the Cardinals in the Cubs' 8-3 victory. The first was off Mike Mikolas in the sixth inning and the second off Andrew Kettredge in the eighth inning. It was Morel's eighth-inning homer that seemed to irritate Edmonds.
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Christopher Morel of the Chicago Cubs celebrates an 8-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in a baseball game Sunday, July 14, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Chicago Cubs' Christopher Morel walks the bases after hitting a solo home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday, July 14, 2024, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
“His celebration is a joke, I don't mind saying it at all. I've never seen anything like it,” Edmonds said on the Bally Sports broadcast. “I just don't get it. You're a .229 hitter in the major leagues and you run around like you're Barry Bonds.”
Edmonds then confronted the fan who caught the home run ball.
“Plus, it's taking up a lot of space out there…” he added.
Morel has 18 homers on the season and the Cubs' win moved the team to 47-51 on the season, while the Cardinals fell to 50-46 as the league entered its All-Star break.
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Former St. Louis Cardinals player Jim Edmonds stands on the field before the game between the Miami Marlins and the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on Thursday, April 4, 2024, in St. Louis. (Photos by Dilip Vishwanat/MLB via Getty Images)
Pete Crow-Armstrong also hit two home runs.
“It was fun to watch, for sure,” Cubs manager Craig Counsell said, via MLB.com. “We did a really good job. We got behind early, but we hit really well. We took a lot of good swings, we hit really well. Pete had his best day in the big leagues and it was fun to watch.”
Chicago enters the All-Star break 8.5 games behind the Milwaukee Brewers in the NL Central race.
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St. Louis is 4.5 games behind the Brewers.
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