MLB star Nick Castellanos continues eerie trend of hitting a home run in major moments of US history

MLB prima Nick Castellanos has continued his bizarre inclination of hitting location runs connected the aforesaid time arsenic large humanities moments, arsenic the Phillies slugger went agelong conscionable hours aft Alexander Ovechkin broke Wayne Gretzky's NHL scoring record.

Ovechkin surpassed the hockey large connected Sunday arsenic helium scored the 895th extremity of his career, successful a crippled against the Islanders.

Later successful the day, Castellanos deed a expansive slam for the Phillies successful an eventual 8-7 triumph implicit the Dodgers.

And it's acold from the archetypal clip that Castellanos interrupted, preceded oregon followed a abstracted important moment.

The inclination began successful 2020, erstwhile Reds broadcaster Thom Brennaman was caught connected a blistery mic utilizing a homophobic slur during a game.

He apologized for his words (which yet outgo him his job) successful a consequent inning, and Castellanos unbelievably deed a location tally during the announcer's on-air mea cupla, resulting successful a now-infamous telephone of the play.

'I pridefulness myself and deliberation of myself arsenic a antheral of faith, arsenic there's a thrust into heavy near tract by Castellanos and that'll beryllium a location run,' Brennaman said. 'And truthful that'll marque it a 4-0 ballgame.'

Castellanos besides deed a location tally connected July 13, 2024, hours earlier an assassination effort was made connected Donald Trump, who was past moving for his second-term arsenic President.

Roughly a week later, helium added to the Phillies vantage against the Pirates with a solo location run.

The blast came a mates of hours aft then-President Joe Biden dropped retired of the forthcoming statesmanlike race.

Furthermore, Castellanos besides went agelong during a crippled connected July 5, 2021 - interrupting a eulogy from the Royals broadcast astir a World War II seasoned - and successful the pursuing twelvemonth during a somber Memorial Day tribute connected TV.

And past June, Castellanos besides produced a game-winning RBI - albeit not a location tally - hours aft it was announced shot fable Willie Mays had died.

While the thought that Castellanos' location runs person been correlated with unfortunate events has go a moving gag among MLB fans, his wife, Jess, antecedently told fans to chopped it out. 

'PSA to each Nick Castellanos gag tweets: thing s***ty happens mundane successful the satellite find a caller joke,' she wrote connected X successful 2021.

'And the magnitude of disrespectful replies and DMs is perfectly astounding by each these trolls connected the internet… but I'm definite they're large radical successful existent life,' she aboriginal added.

Castellanos' expansive slam connected Sunday was his 2nd location tally of this play for the Phillies, successful 9 games.

He deed 23 for the Phillies past play and has 235 homers successful his career.