As the Brown losing streak was finally halted, Baker Mayfield chose to end his postgame news conference with a baseball shoutout.
In addition to being an MVP candidate, Yelich led the NL with a .319 batting average, a .569 slugging percentage and a .954 OPS entering Friday, but he remains more focused on the team goals at hand.
Mayfield showed up to FirstEnergy Stadium wearing Yelich’s Milwaukee Brewers jersey. The two became friends while working out at the same facility last winter.
I 👀 you @bakermayfield ! pic.twitter.com/oRSsmfhnMD
— Christian Yelich (@ChristianYelich) September 20, 2018
Yelich told reporters Friday that Mayfield’s postgame gesture was “a cool moment and much appreciated” and explained how the top pick in the NFL draft came to acquire his autographed jersey.
“He came in one day wearing it,” Yelich said. “He asked me if I would sign it for him. Obviously, I did, and he ended up wearing it to the game. You don’t really think it was going to go down how it went down [Thursday], so it was a really cool moment for him getting that win for the Browns and the city of Cleveland.”
Cross sports friendship is a special kind of friendship. Baker needs to find himself some Indians players he can be friends with. You always should keep your Bro crushes in State.