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By Tyler Erzberger
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When it comes to football, Travis Kelce's opinion is often highly regarded by fans.
While he might not be everyone's favorite as a centerpiece to the Kansas City Chiefs' dynasty that won three Super Bowls, when the legendary tight end talks about football or gives a take, it's usually taken seriously.
Well, that belief doesn't transfer when Kelce begins to talk about baseball, a sport he's never played professionally and rarely discusses on his weekly podcast "New Heights" with his older brother, Jason Kelce, formerly of the Philadelphia Eagles.
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On their most recent episode of the show, the Kelce brothers discussed baseball players' conditioning, wondering why they train like marathoners running from foul pole to foul pole in the outfield instead of doing more sprints up the baseline.
“It makes no sense," Kelce said. “You should be running sprints or doing base running. Not running foul pole to foul pole.”
Both Kelces talked about the absurdity of baseball players doing so much running, with Travis citing that he never truly sweats or ever has to put in that much energy when actually playing baseball.
This take was posted on social media, and not only did it upset baseball fans, but pro players as well, letting the Kelce brothers know they should stay in their own realm of American football instead of talking about other sports.
You guys play once a week, we play 'almost' everyday," said 12-season MLB veteran Jonathan Lucroy on X. "The pitchers run poles to endure longer outings. Nolan Ryan did them everyday. He played 20 years and was still throwing 95 at 40. Position players run bases for conditioning in Spring Training. During the season, we don't do much conditioning as an everyday player. Why? Because we play almost EVERY DAY.
"If you make the WS, you are talking 190+ games. NFL games are brutally violent, and I'm not understating that, but our game is more about endurance and longevity over a 7 month season of daily attrition. It is a marathon, not a sprint."
The Kelce brothers might be popular in the world of the NFL and pop culture, but when it comes to baseball, they want to stay clear of any more opinions about America's pastime.
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