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Elmo’s opinion of The Rockies? ‘The team’s okay’

Colorado Springs Gazette·Emily Bejarano·21 days ago
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Even Elmo thinks the Colorado Rockies are just okay. The Rockies lost to the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday, 9-3, racking up another blow for a team with years of historic losses. At the game, sitting in the booth with longtime local Philadelphia Phillies announcers for NBC Sports Tom McCarthy and John Kruk was beloved children’s television character, Elmo. The move was part of a community initiative with the Philadelphia Phillies to ‘Strike Out the Stigma,’ which coordinates events that support mental health awareness. At one point during the television broadcast, announcer Tom McCarthy asks Elmo if he is enjoying the game. “Oh, it’s been wonderful,” Elmo exclaims, “and Elmo loves the Phillies! Go, Phillies baby!” Elmo was seen in the play-by-play booth throughout the broadcast wearing a Phillies jersey and talking with McCarthy and Kruk about his love for baseball, the Phanatic and all things Phillies.…

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