Joc Russell Pederson, nicknamed King, is an American professional baseball outfielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. He previously played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, and Atlanta Braves.
Joc Pederson: Home run brewers| Post game interview
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Home run brewers:
During the top of the eighth inning in Monday’s game between the Giants and Brewers, with Milwaukee holding a 1-0 lead, San Francisco outfielder Joc Pederson stepped up to the plate.
A Brewers fan behind home plate started heckling Pederson, who had previous stops with the Dodgers, Cubs and Braves.
Pederson stepped out of the batters box and stared at the heckler, who the broadcast described as “screaming” at the 30-year-old. Then, he stepped back into the box – and promptly launched a 435-foot home run to deep center field.
The San Francisco Giants outfielder was targeted with heckling during the eighth inning of Monday’s game between the Giants and Brewers.
Pederson stepped up to the plate and appeared to get an earful from a Milwaukee fan at American Family Field.
The taunts were so loud they got the attention of Pederson, who was seen stepping out of the batter’s box and looking in the direction of the crowd situated behind home plate.
Post game interview:
With the Giants trailing the Brewers 1-0 in the eighth inning, the Bay Area native strolled up to the plate at American Family Field.
Milwaukee’s pitching staff had cruised through San Francisco’s lineup all night. Corbin Burnes, the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner, whiffed 11 batters in 6 2/3 scoreless innings.
Two of those strikeouts were of Pederson, and Brewers fans reminded him of that fact while he was in the batter’s box.
Pederson has a long, heated history with the Brewers. He’s been on the roster of the team that ended Milwaukee’s season in three of the last four years — the 2018 NLCS and 2020 wild-card round with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and last postseason in the NLDS with the Atlanta Braves.
Last fall, Pederson went 3 for 3 with two homers in the first three games of the NLDS against Milwaukee — amazingly, all as a pinch-hitter.
He’s also smacked 14 homers against the Brewers over his career (including playoff games), his most against any non-NL West team.
