The Brewers' scoreboard crew learned its lesson after trolling Elly De La Cruz into a home run

Just take it from Dillon Brooks, folks. After you poke the bear once, it’s probably best not to do it again. Especially after the bear pokes back.

In this case, the bear is Elly De La Cruz. And that bear hit a 456-foot bomb out of America’s Family Field on Monday after the Brewers’ scoreboard crew chose to troll him.

He was robbed of a homerun in the first game against the Brewers and the crew wrote “Almost hit a home run in the first inning…but didn’t,” on the scoreboard as if he wasn’t going to see it. So then, he just proceeded to bomb one out of the park.

This is a guy who may have predicted one of his home runs, He’s breaking records with his throws in the infield. He’s really that guy. And you’re going to troll him? Yeah, he’s definitely got it out for the Brewers’ crew now.

Luckily, the crew seems to have learned its lesson. On Tuesday, the scoreboard read something a little different when De La Cruz stepped to the plate.

Even after De La Cruz struck out swinging in the first inning of the game, the Brewers’ scoreboard crew chose not to tempt him.

Excellent work by the Brewers.

(Great shot by @BallySports) pic.twitter.com/PrYgfU6lis

— Joe Danneman (@FOX19Joe) July 26, 2023

“The scoreboard crew has no further comment at this time,” the scoreboard read. And, yeah, I bet.

This is absolutely hilarious. Shoutout to the scoreboard crew for having a bit of fun with this and not taking things too seriously. This is great. Fans loved it.