Overview

• ESPN’s broadcast showed Lowe celebrating a Dodgers home run during the Reds–Dodgers Wild Card opener at Dodger Stadium.
• Images and video circulating online depict him wearing a 2024 World Series champions Dodgers hat.
• Reds fans on social media labeled him a bandwagon or “fake” fan, a narrative amplified by WLWT, Larry Brown Sports and TMZ.
• Lowe has a well-documented history as a Reds supporter dating to his youth in Ohio, but he resides in California and has cheered the Dodgers in past postseasons.
• Reports differ on which specific homer he celebrated, and as of Wednesday morning he had not publicly addressed the criticism.