Redleg Nation · May 7, 2019
Why is Derek Dietrich hitting so many dingers for the Reds?
Briefly, because it’s fun and I think it illustrates a point, let’s revisit each of Derek Dietrich’s nine home runs this year:
1. The Opening Day hero dinger. Yes, it’s a wall scraper but in the moment it didn’t matter. Dietrich had put the Reds ahead to start the season in the most dramatic fashion possible.
Welcome to Cincinnati, Derek Dietrich! ???#RedsOpeningDay | #BornToBaseball pic.twitter.com/EmMKgoP7Rk
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) March 28, 2019
2. The one that started a brawl and a whole meme. Some say Dietrich is still watching this home run, a complete no-doubter that splashed down.
Derek Dietrich sends a souvenir into the river. ? pic.twitter.com/BcZ4EJfreJ