Cincinnati Reds star Elly De La Cruz is must-see TV every time he takes the field. You want to see what he can do at the plate, on the basepaths, and at shortstop. So any time an umpire limits our chances of seeing him do something special, it hurts.
That happened during Tuesday night's game in St. Louis when home plate umpire Larry Vanover rang De La Cruz up on a pitch that wasn't close to being a strike. That came after Vanover made an equally bad call on strike two.
