“You can put a spreadsheet up and have all the numbers on it, or you can set it to music and make it look good.” Don Dra— … er, *Jon Hamm*, pitchman extraordinaire, explains his viral Trea Turner hype video to jmjones
In St. Louis, though, he’s a native son and, famously, a die-hard sports fan. Hamm has turned up at Dodger Stadium and Fenway Park and many places in between, always a Cardinals hat pulled down low, always a knowing smirk for that home fan who might be annoyed by the interloper—until they realize he’s a Hollywood A-lister.He’s coming to St. Louis, no doubt about it.Hamm is hardly just a celebrity prop fan brought in for star power.
“I have some friends … who represent Trea,” Hamm explains. “They had asked me to help with this thing, and I said, ‘Why not? Sure.’ I like Trea Turner; I’m happy for his success. … I hope he won’t be a Dodger anymore, and maybe he’ll be a Cardinal. Who knows?” Turner, who’s posted an OPS+ of 117 or higher every year since 2019, would be a transformative fit at the top of St. Louis’s lineup—and he would almost certainly represent the largest free-agent contract signed in Cardinals history, besting the seven-year, $120 million deal given to Matt Holliday in ’10.
“Even within that particular audience that is knowledgeable about the subject matter,” says Hamm, “there’s still something to the point, I think, of getting people excited.
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