Buster Olney’s 2013 Tweet About a 9-Year-Old Jackson Holliday Resurfaced for Awesome Reason

Mike McDaniel | Apr 10, 2024

Sep 22, 2019; Cleveland, OH, USA; ESPN baseball commentator Buster Olney reports from the field / Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

ESPN MLB reporter Buster Olney had an 11-year-old tweet from 2013 go viral Wednesday after the Baltimore Orioles promoted top shortstop prospect Jackson Holliday to the big leagues.

In November 2013, Olney tweeted, "Matt Holliday's son: Future All-Star."

Olney tweeted later in the thread, "I've seen him hit. I'll stand by the tweet."

Buster Olney all time call pic.twitter.com/SR3UcsHMGB

— Goldschmidt Happened (@GoldyHappens) April 10, 2024

While Holliday will be earning his first big league at-bats against the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night, he will certainly earn plenty of All-Star nods if he performs anywhere close to his ceiling as a prospect.

The 20-year-old Holliday hit .321 across all minor league levels, with 15 home runs and 93 RBIs. The future is now in Baltimore, as Holliday will look to make Olney's tweet from 2013 come true.

Here are some of the best social media reactions to Olney's all-time call:

Buster Olney saw this video and said “that’s the next Mickey Mantle” https://t.co/4m1o1hQKEO

— Mark DeFelice (@DeFeliceMark) April 10, 2024

Buster Olney called his shot 11 years ago when Jackson Holliday was 9 years old lol https://t.co/mNb1YIIepa

— coop (@LocalLegendCoop) April 10, 2024

Buster Olney: Ball knower https://t.co/UxmDo79Z6n

— Reaper👾 (@ReaperxElly) April 10, 2024

Buster Olney has precognition. https://t.co/ErQZYSRDDg

— Wade Wakanda (@EdawTheGreat) April 10, 2024

Jackson Holliday was nine years old when Buster Olney tweeted this. Talk about seeing the vision. https://t.co/xU331QSMxd

— Silky Sonic (@SilkyJohnstamos) April 10, 2024