The St. Louis Cardinals caught the attention of social media over the weekend when they apparently held a home run celebration in tribute to former President Trump.
Cardinals designated hitter Alec Burleson was jogging around the bases after a long home run against the Atlanta Braves, and he and his teammates in the dugout put a hand over their right ears and raised a fist in the air.
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Keith Olbermann speaks onstage during the Olbermann Panel at the ESPN portion of the 2013 Summer Television Critics Association Tour at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 24, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California. (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
This led to speculation that it was a tribute to Trump, who was injured in an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. However, Cardinals veteran Matt Carpenter denied after the game that it was a tribute to Trump, telling the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that it was “definitely not a political statement.”
Still, Keith Olbermann insisted that Major League Baseball “ban” the players who performed the celebration, “confiscate” the franchise and “implode” Busch Stadium.
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Alec Burleson of the St. Louis Cardinals swings in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves on Sunday, July 21, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jason Allen)
“Attention @mlb, ban these kids from playing baseball for life, confiscate the @Cardinals franchise and implode the stadium,” he wrote on X, comparing the players to “Trump Nazis” who should “stick to sports.”
“The United States has had enough of this shit,” Olbermann added.
Carpenter also explained that the celebration was actually a reminder of Burleson's college days, when he was a rapper nicknamed Biscuit. The hand over his ear was supposedly an invisible earpiece.
Keith Olbermann didn't like the home run celebration. (Paul Drinkwater/NBC NewsWire)
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Olbermann did not appear to comment on Tampa Bay Rays infielder Taylor Walls, who doubled against the New York Yankees, raised a fist and yelled “fight, fight.”
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