Dodgers berate Bellinger for not knowing who Jerry Seinfeld is
Cody Bellinger's been so good in his debut season, it's been easy to forget how young he is.
He did well to remind us Friday, though.
During an interview with the Los Angeles Dodgers rookie, ESPN's Scott Van Pelt brought up a tweet Bellinger's teammate Brandon McCarthy posted Wednesday that referenced Jerry Seinfeld, the stand-up comedian and star of the American sitcom of the same name. Van Pelt then asked if Bellinger was familiar with the 63-year-old actor, and the interviewer could only lay his head in his palms at the response.
SVP finds out Cody Bellinger knows Jerry Seinfeld's name, but does not know what he does pic.twitter.com/sZqQIx0l22
— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) June 24, 2017
The answer did not sit well with several of the 21-year-old's teammates either.
@Cody_Bellinger are you kidding me lol?! pic.twitter.com/kPY7KAyDCz
— Alex Wood (@Awood45) June 24, 2017
What can you expect? He's like 13 years old! #MillenialKid
— Enrique Hernández (@kikehndez) June 24, 2017
To be fair, "Seinfeld" began airing in 1989 and ended in 1998, just three years after Bellinger was born. And at least the Dodgers' home-run leader was apologetic about the pop-culture faux pas.
😂 I'm sorry I let @notthefakeSVP and everyone down https://t.co/cwGURFwx7n
— CodyBellinger (@Cody_Bellinger) June 24, 2017
But that didn't help him earn points with McCarthy (who frankly started this whole mess).
if you weren't so good at baseball I'd petition the league to suspend you
— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) June 24, 2017
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