WHAT IS IT? Show ON-FIELD IMPACT New Jersey is no stranger to little league baseball success — teams from the Garden State have won the Little League World Series four times. And while New Jersey's 2018 state champion, Middletown, won't be adding to the tally this year, one of its players has become a viral sensation. Alfred "Big Al" Delia, a 12-year-old from Middletown, needed only six seconds to set the internet aflame. In his player intro that aired before the team played the Maryland state champions in the Little League Mid-Atlantic Tournament last Friday, he confidently declared, "Hi, my name's Alfred Delia. At home they call me 'Big Al,' and I hit dingers.'' Video of the charismatic slugger went viral to the tune of more than 6 million views, and he's embracing his internet superstar status. Here is everything you need to know about Delia. Don't Edit
He's gone viral This is the clip that has made "Big Al" a big star. This clip alone has more than 6 million views, and there are countless other copies of the clip circulating. Don't Edit
He's a state champion Middletown won its first-ever state title when it defeated Elmora, 4-1, to win the Joe Graziano Little League State Championship. "Big Al" had a home run in that game, living up to his boast about hitting dingers. Don't Edit
Yes, he hits dingers It's easy enough to talk the talk, but "Big Al" walks the walk and dings the dingers. He had a home run in the state title game, and had Middletown's lone run in an 11-1 loss to the Maryland state champions — the defeat that ended the team's season. How many home runs has he hit? Enough that his family has lost count. "I can't even count how many the last two years of travel ball," Al Delia, Big Al's dad told Yahoo. "He don't swing for them, but they come." Don't Edit  Photo via LittleLeague.org He has dance moves "Big Al" isn't just good at hitting home runs and introductions — he also has dance moves, which he showed off in the dugout during a game recently, and ESPN's cameras took notice and you can watch the video here. Don't Edit Don't Edit "Big Al" is a family nickname In an interview with Jimmy Kimmel, "Big Al" said that his grandfather is known as "Big Al," his father is "Little Al," and he has taken the nickname from his grandfather. "Now I'm big Al," Delia said in the interview. "Big Al" is actually named Alfred Delia III. His father is Alfred Delia Jr., and his grandfather is Alfred Delia. Don't Edit But he has other nicknames "Big Al" went on to say in the interview with Kimmel that he has other nicknames, including "Cookie," "Pans," "Boomer," and "Alfredo Sauce." Don't Edit
Major Leaguers are taking notice According to Yahoo, current Major League Baseball players Todd Frazier and Ryan Zimmerman, along with former Atlanta Braves star Chipper Jones, all retweeted the clip of Delia's introduction. Delia told Yahoo that Jones retweeting it was his favorite part of the video going viral. Don't Edit Jeremy Schneider may be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @J_Schneider. Find NJ.com on Facebook. The kid the Internet fell in love with over the weekend — the 12-year-old Little League World Series slugger Alfred Delia — was at it again Sunday. He hit two more dingers in a game with his travel ball team during a tournament at Cooperstown, not even 48 hours after he’d gone viral for a simple yet endearing Little League World Series introduction that aired on ESPN. With just 16 words, a legend was born: “Hi, my name’s Alfred Delia. Back home they call me ‘Big Al’ and I hit dingers.”
That version of video was closing in six million views — and that doesn’t include all the others versions of it floating around the Internet. Imagine being the 12-year-old who woke up the next day and was an all-of-a-sudden Internet celebrity: “The next morning my sister showed me how many views I had, I just sat down, thought about it for like five minutes,” Big Al told Yahoo Sports. “It was unforgettable for me.” For everybody who wanted to know more about Big Al and whether the legend was true, here you go. Yes, it is true. The kid hits dingers. “I can’t even count how many the last two years of travel ball,” says Al Delia, Big Al’s dad and one of the coaches on his teams. “He don’t swing for them, but they come.” Fun fact: Big Al is actually Alfred Delia III. His dad, Alfred Delia Jr. is actually known as “Little Al” and the original Alfred Delia is also called “Big Al.” It’s the circle of life. The 12-year-old slugger actually has more than one nickname. Friends, teammates and coaches also call him Cookie, Bubba, Boomer, Pots and Pans and The Sauce. “The Sauce” because he stirs it up. “Pots and Pans,” because he hits cleanup. Story continues It wasn’t just the dingers and the nickname that caught the Internet’s attention. Big Al was spotted dancing in the dugout during one game. He giddily trotted around the bases after one dinger. He was fun. “He’s not phony or anything,” Al Delia says. “That’s just how he is. Everywhere we go, he’s the life of the party, that kid.” The video clip that sent Big Al into a web of virality was retweeted by the likes of Chipper Jones, Todd Frazier and Ryan Zimmerman. He was highlighted on just about every digital sports media outlet over the weekend. And he was thrilled to get some love on the @RealKentMurphy Twitter and @neverbunt Instagram accounts. But what’s been his favorite part? “Probably Chipper Jones shouting me out,” Big Al says. His Middletown Little League team was eliminated Friday night from the LLWS regionals and by Saturday, Big Al was joining his travel ball team, the Middletown Mutiny, in Cooperstown. There, his celebrity had already been established. An umpire wanted to take picture with him to show his own son. Players on other teams said, “That’s Big Al” when they saw him and wanted to trade tournament pins with the Middletown team. Big Al’s guidance counselor from school called his mom to say how proud his family should be of him. “I didn’t even know about the video until people started texting me,” Al Delia said. “About a half hour after the game,” Angela Delia says, “that’s the first time they aired it on TV and my daughter said he was getting hundreds and thousands of views. After that came many texts.” Big Al is the youngest of three Delia kids, trailing his twin sister by a few minutes. He’s a New York Yankees fan, who likes to watch Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton hit dingers. He’s from Jersey, so he likes Mike Trout too. The way the viral clip happened sums up Big Al pretty well. He was asked by ESPN for his nickname — he said Big Al — and his favorite part about baseball. He said hitting dingers, naturally. His voice was especially raspy, he says, because his team had just finished a game when the intro was recorded and he’d been yelling in the dugout the whole time. “Honestly,” Angela Delia says. “He’s 12. He doesn’t understand the bigger aspects of it. He just did what he did. He’s chill about it. He’s out playing right now. We understand it. He just understands it as ‘This is what I did and people like it.’ ” Al and Angela Delia knew before Big Al was even in kindergarten that there was something special about him. “He just had it about him,” Angela Delia says. “The kids just gravitate to him. Even the older kids, they love being around him.”
This bit of celebrity is something different, though. The modern Internet being what it is, people were already selling “Big Al Hits Dingers” T-shirts online by Saturday night. Big Al’s parents were torn between being proud and being protective. So they unexpectedly had to talk to lawyers over the weekend. “It’s kind of concerning,” Angela Delia says. “Because he’s 12.” Still, they aren’t altogether surprised by their son’s viral fame. “If you know Al, he’s the type of kid that people gravitate to,” his father says. “Somebody said to me, ‘If anybody in this tournament is going to be popular, it’s going to be your kid.’ Next thing you know, there are 3 or 4 million views floating around of this kid.” More, actually. And still climbing. That’s what happens when you’re Big Al and you hit dingers. (ESPN) – – – – – – Mike Oz is a writer at Yahoo Sports. Contact him at [email protected] or follow him on Twitter! Follow @MikeOz Where is Big Al from?Big Al is the costumed elephant mascot of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Who did Big Al play for?Alfred "Big Al" Hamilton Williams (born November 6, 1968) is a former American football player. He was a linebacker and defensive end for the Cincinnati Bengals, San Francisco 49ers and Denver Broncos. His nicknames include "Big Al", "Hot Plate", and "The Condor".
Does Big Al actually hit dingers?New Jersey's Middletown fielded a kid named Alfred Delia, but you might know him as Big Al. And what does Big Al do? Big Al hits dingers.
Did Cody Bellinger play in the Little League World Series?The son of MLB player Clay Bellinger, Bellinger helped his team reach the 2007 Little League World Series at the age of 11. He played high school baseball for Hamilton High School in Chandler, Arizona, and had committed to play college baseball for the Oregon Ducks before he was drafted.
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