We've Got Our Second-Straight MLB All-Star Game With A Viral Scooby-Doo Moment

Against all odds, everyone's favorite mystery/crime solving/fighting cartoon dog, has gotten people talking at the MLB All-Star Game, and this time it was thanks to Baltimore Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson.

That cartoon dog is of course…

…No, not McGruff the Crime Dog.

…Nope, not Krypto The Superdog.

…Uh-uh; wasn't Underdog either (damn, there are a lot of these).

I am, of course, talking about Scooby-Doo.

Henderson was one of the competitors in this year's Home Run Derby and he rolled into Arlington, Texas, with some custom lumber for the occasion.

"I've always been able to do a pretty good Scooby-Doo impression," Henderson said. "And it was my favorite show as a kid so why not bring it? It's a kid's game so why not bring it into the sport."

I don't know if ESPN was tight on time or what, but they blew the first rule of journalism, and that is that when someone says they can do a "pretty good impression" of someone or something, you have to follow up and ask for it.

Maybe they didn't catch that in the moment, but fortunately, they made up for it and got Henderson to throw it down.

That was better than pretty good; it was pretty damn good. It's a useful impression too. I can do a couple of impressions, but unfortunately, they're all of people who are either old, dead, or old and dead.

Chicks would get a kick out of a Scooby-Doo impression. A Robert Stack impression? Not as much.

Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson became the second-straight player to create a viral Scooby-Doo moment at the MLB All-Star Game. How's that for an advanced stat? (Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

This Is The Second Straight Year With A Scooby-Doo Viral All-Star Moment

But what I thought was wild about this, was that it was the second-straight All-Star Game at which a player brought up Scooby-Doo.

Last year, it was Phillies outfielder Nick Castellanos, who said Scooby-Doo was his favorite superhero. It was an interesting take. I mean, a talking dog who solves mysteries sounds as much, if not more like superhero fodder than a nerd who gets ripped and turns green when he gets upset or a brooding billionaire who dresses up like a flying rodent and beats up criminals.

Castellanos, then parlayed this Scooby talk into raising money for a great cause, but I just can't believe that for two years in a row, the same cartoon character created a viral moment at the All-Star game thanks to to two completely different people.

They could've mentioned any Fred Flintstone or Yogi Bear or Dick Dastardly or Muttley or Mumbly (those last two are kind of the same character), and those are just some selections from the Hanna-Barbera roster. 

But no, both went Scooby-Doo.

So, who wants to bring him up next year in Atlanta so we can score a Scooby hat trick?