Overview
- The National Baseball Hall of Fame asked for Jo Adell’s glove from his three home run robberies, and he agreed to send it to Cooperstown for display.
- Adell detailed the sequence on the 6-1-1 podcast hosted by Jimmy Rollins and Ryan Howard, calling the back-to-back catches “weird déjà vu.”
- Teammates and veterans praised the feat, with Mike Trout expressing disbelief and Torii Hunter calling it the greatest defensive game he has seen.
- The right fielder robbed drives by Cal Raleigh, Josh Naylor, and J.P. Crawford, with the ninth-inning catch into the stands preserving a 1-0 Angels win at Angel Stadium.
- Adell credited deep positioning and the heavy spring night air in Anaheim for creating chances, building on a profile that already included a 2024 Gold Glove finalist nod.