MLB: Joey Votto Has a Better Way of Making Baseball Fun Again

Source: www.cheatsheet.com --- Thursday, May 26, 2016
Joey Votto joins Brandon Phillips in a jump high-five after hitting a home run on May 9, 2016 | Joe Robbins/Getty Images What’s going on in Cincinnati? The Reds are stinking their way through the season more or less as expected, but the two name players on the team are having conspicuously high amounts of fun. We’ve seen the routines of fan favorite Brandon Phillips, but a slumping Joey Votto is showing he has real chops in this department, too. During a game in Philadelphia, Votto ran a clinic on how to make the game fun without humiliating your on-field opponent. It all began on a Sunday afternoon at the ballpark in Philly — so often the setup for a grisly tale of abuse. In this case, Votto had been hearing his share of gentle joshing at the hands of Phillies fans when a foul ball rolled down the first-base line. Fans in the stands, setting aside their antagonism momentarily, began clamoring for the Reds 1B to toss them the ball. Votto delivered a pump fake, then tossed the ball back to a teammate. Not surprisingly, he was showered with boos by nearby fans. Votto responded by pumping his fist, an acknowledgment he had gotten what he wanted. After the game, he told reporters he was making the most of the situation. “I was just having fun with them ,” Votto said. “They give you a hard time during the game. That’s my way of giving them a hard time back.” Votto wasn’t done, though. After a big eighth-inning strikeout, fans found Vo ...

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