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We've been over this before. Ervin Santana is a great guy who really loves baseball. But the most interesting thing so far about him as a Brave, besides his dominance on the mound, is some of the hashtags he uses on twitter.
Another great @braves win last night!! #CHOPCHOPCHOP #THISISOURYEAR!! #LOVETHISTEAM #LOVEITALL #SMELLBASEBALL #LIVEBASEBALL #BEBASEBALL
— Ervin Santana (@ErvinSantana_54) April 22, 2014
#SMELLBASEBALL pic.twitter.com/WDIs5M8waw
— Ervin Santana (@ErvinSantana_54) April 26, 2014
Most of them make sense (at one point he used #LOVEHITTING!!! after a successful day at the plate, which was probably the best). But #SMELLBASEBALL? What does that even mean?!
Merissa Lynn at Atlanta's FOX 5 actually spoke to Santana and his teammates about it. Chris Johnson, Alex Wood and David Hale seemed as confused as I did, until Ervin really cleared it up:
To sum it up, "If you don't feel any passion for the baseball, you're not going to smell it." Makes sense, I suppose. Whatever works for him to continue his great season so far, right?