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Who Actually Came Up with the Trea Turner Standing Ovation Idea?
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The Trea Turner standing ovation took place on August 4th. My first knowledge of the concept came from Pagan writing a somewhat-maligned column titled “The Trea Turner Standing Ovation Bit Stinks.”
In the post, he references two tweets, one from Philly Captain time stamped 10:21 p.m. on August 3rd:
Let’s give Trea Turner a standing ovation this weekend. #Phillies #trea #baseball #philly pic.twitter.com/4ZmBX7ZdZM
— The Philly Captain (@philly_captain) August 4, 2023
And another from Jack Fritz at 8:52 a.m. on August 4th:
An official statement on giving Trea Turner a standing ovation tonight. pic.twitter.com/UrKjhLTUUd
— Jack Fritz (@JackFritzWIP) August 4, 2023
However, upon further investigation, there is a Fritz tweet talking about the standing O that goes back to 12:03 p.m. August 3rd, the afternoon following the hideous fielding error in a 9-8 loss to the Marlins:
I know he’s making $300 million so it’s unpopular to say that you feel bad for the guy but I legitimately feel bad for Trea Turner.
Postgame interview was a tough watch, he’s in the cages until midnight. Just think he’s lost.
A standing O on Friday would go a long way IMO.
— Jack Fritz (@JackFritzWIP) August 3, 2023
The only reason I bring this shit up again is because Anthony Gargano was doing his show Tuesday afternoon and seemed to suggest he and Andrew Salciunas broached the subject first. Take a look at this clip:
Can we get an answer on who actually came up with the Trea Turner standing ovation thing? A CB reader noted that Gargano was talking about it Tuesday: pic.twitter.com/MGaemDmtFy
— Kevin Kinkead (@Kevin_Kinkead) August 30, 2023
In order to corroborate, we’d have to go back and listen to a lot of the 97.5 midday show from earlier in the summer. Cuz does not mention a standing ovation specifically, and uses the phrase “love on him,” so we’d have to go to the Philly Sports Politburo for officially ruling on that. Maybe Cuz was first, or Jamie was first, or some random Twitter account back in June, but for our purposes, it looks like Fritz was the first person to talk specifically about a standing ovation, so we’ll give him the nod here.
Case closed! For now..
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com