Story by: Gail Nobles
Photo credit: Minda Haas Kuhlmann - https://www.flickr.com/photos/mindahaas/52871797088/
Usage: Wikipedia CC BY 2.0

Elly De La Cruz. I just happened to be in the Google new searching for baseball. I saw Elly’s name and photo for baseball. He plays on the Cincinnati Red’s team. A day ago I saw that he made baseball history with July 4 performance against the Washington Nationals. Elly De La Cruz is a rookie. I'm just learning about him but it looks like he's been doing well the whole time. I've heard about his speed and fast career home run. He has his first career triple. He recorded the fastest sprint speed in MLB this year 2023 in that triple.

Do you wanna know something? Elly is doing so well that he's been questioned. What I mean about that is they gave him a bat check, and it sure wasn't because he was not doing well. Elly has a knob on his bat that got approved by major-league baseball. It is said that De La Cruz has used it since 2021 and that he likes the feel of his plastic cover. Then what’s the problem? According to Dela Cruz, the knob on his bat is just a sensor. It’s something that he feels comfortable with. I would say more about the bat check but I won't. According to the news, Elly De La Cruz hits a 455-foot home run after the bat check.

I’m Gail Nobles on EPS.
De La Cruz! The baseball is on fire! ….