'Castellanos Curse' continues as Nick Castellanos interrupts serious conversation with first hit in Phillies jerse atlanta braves outfits y

New Phillies outfielder Nick Castellanos hit .309 last year in his first career All-Star season with the Reds, but he's batting 1.000 in his career when somber conversations are occurring in the broadcast booth.

How does he know it's happening? Is it dark magic? Or is it some crazy coincidence? We passed that point Sunday when it happened for a third time as the Phillies played the Blue Jays in spring training. And as Ian Fleming wrote in "Goldfinger": "Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action."

MORE: MLB free agency tracker 2022

As the Blue Jays' broadcast discussed Toronto pitching coach Pete Walker's apology for his Friday DUI arrest, Castellanos' ears started burning at the plate. He responded by blooping a single into right field, his first hit while wearing a Phillies jersey.

To be clear, this isn't to make light of Walker's arrest. It's just b atlanta braves jersey tshirt izarre that Castellanos has done this twice before.

Last July, Castellanos sensed a eulogy was occurring in the Royals' booth as the Reds visited Kansas City. The broadcast was paying homage to WVineyard Vines orld War II veteran George Gorman, whose son Pat had worked for the Royals for 26 years.

MORE: Five big questions in the NL East, starting with the World Series champion Braves

That simply wouldn't do for Castellanos, who responded by lau atlanta braves jersey medium nchiMLB Small Jewelry ng an 0-2 pitch out to left-center field to lead off the seventh inn atlanta braves jersey mens ing.

As the Royals broadcast says, there's "never a great time to eulogize someone during the broadcast." But there is a worst time: when Castellanos is in the box.

Before that, there was the most infamous of these occurrences. As then-Reds broadcaster Thom Brennaman was apo men's atlanta braves jersey logizing on-air for being caught on a hot mic uttering a homophobic slur in 2020, Castellanos kicked off a legend. The moment is immortalized as an overused meme now, with Castellanos interrupting Brennaman mid-sentence.

Does this mean anything? No, of course not. But it certainly is bizarre.

Baseball fans are some of the most superstitious people on the planet, to the point of ridiculousness. So if you're a fan of whoever the Phillies are playing on any given day, don't air your dirty laundry when Castellanos is taking cuts. If you're a Phillies fan, however, if you have any confessions you may do well to put them out there when NoTim Anderson. 8 steps to the plate.

Related Articles Thom Brennaman resigns from Reds TV job w mitchell and ness atlanta braves eeks after homophobic slur Reds announcer Thom Brennaman suspended after using homophobic slur MLB Blankets MLB Snapback Hats Reds, A’s top list of five MLB fan bases experiencing post-lockout blues