Keith Olbermann called on MLB to ban Cardinals players and 'confiscate' the team over an apparent former President Trump-inspired celebration, which the team denied.
The St. Louis Cardinals caught the attention of social media over the weekend when they seemingly performed a home run celebration in homage to former President Trump. Cardinals designated hitter Alec Burleson was trotting around the bases after a long home run against the Atlanta Braves, and he and his teammates in the dugout put one hand over their right ears and put a fist in the air.
It led to speculation that it was a tribute to Trump, who was wounded in an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. However, Cardinals veteran Matt Carpenter denied after the game it was a tribute to Trump, telling the St. Louis Post-Dispatch it was 'definitely not a political statement.
Attn @mlb ban these guys from baseball for life, confiscate the @Cardinals franchise, and implode the stadium,' he wrote on X, equating the players to 'Trump Nazis' and that they should 'stick to sports.' 'America has had enough of this s---,' Olbermann added. Carpenter also explained that the celebration was actually a call back to Burleson’s college days when he was a rapper nicknamed Biscuit. The hand over the ear was allegedly supposed to be invisible headphones.
Olbermann did not appear to comment on Tampa Bay Rays infielder Taylor Walls, who connected on a double against the New York Yankees, held up a fist and yelled 'fight, fight.' Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
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