A drive into deep left field by Castellanos
2020 quotation and Internet meme / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"A drive into deep left field by Castellanos" is a phrase spoken by Thom Brennaman, a play-by-play announcer for the Cincinnati Reds, during a baseball game against Kansas City on August 19, 2020. Brennaman was replaced in the middle of the broadcast for a microphone gaffe in which he described an unnamed location as "one of the fag capitals of the world". While he apologized to listeners on the air, Reds outfielder Nick Castellanos hit a home run, which caused Brennaman to interrupt himself to deliver a home run call, describing the hit as a "drive into deep left field", before continuing with his apology. The surreal nature of the apology gave it notoriety in baseball internet culture, and has led to the phrase's use as a copypasta.