It started with some old bats Cincinnati Reds coach Mike Napoli pulled out of storage. It helped lead to Elly De La Cruz's second MLB All-Star bid.

The Colorado Rockies aren't the first team to intentionally walk Elly De La Cruz ... Including a first-inning at-bat in which the count ran full, De La Cruz walked four times − also a career first.

De La Cruz probably just got lucky. The fact that he's so fast he can score from first on a ball that is fielded cleanly and then followed by two pretty good throws also means there's no time for ...

Being the good teamamte that he is, De La Cruz made sure to toss his bat aside before taking off so that TJ Friedl, who scored on the hit, didn't have to slide over any obstructions.

De La Cruz, who did not address media pregame, singled to right on an 0-2 pitch in his first at-bat with two out in the first, after taking his one allowed timeout for the at-bat before the first ...

Elly De La Cruz has already made plenty of history early on in his young MLB career. He joined some even more historical ranks in the Cincinnati Reds ' 8-4 win over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday.

WASHINGTON -- Cincinnati Reds rookie Elly De La Cruz pointed at the knob of his bat after hitting a 455-foot homer against the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night in a reference to the removal ...