After surviving not one but two scares with the deadly wildfires still ravaging much of California, Christian Yelich was pleased to report Monday that he is OK and safe in his home state, at least for the present.
Sad, but safe.
“It’s all right now but it got pretty crazy there for a while,” the Milwaukee Brewers outfielder said in a telephone interview from his mother’s home in Westlake Village, California, where out-of-control wildfires have destroyed nearby residences.
“Everything has calmed down here a bit now. But there’s going to be a lot of people that are going to need a lot of help. A lot of homes have been destroyed around here.
"It’s been a rough few days out here. A lot of the state is in trouble right now. It’s definitely tragic. We’re just all hoping for the best right now.”
Yelich, 26, the favorite to win the National League most valuable player award on Thursday, is still not allowed back in his own home in Malibu, California, which underwent mandatory evacuation when the Woolsey Fire reached that community near the end of last week.
Brewers teammate Ryan Braun and his family also evacuated Malibu safely, as did Mike Moustakas, who played the final two months of the 2018 season with Milwaukee after coming over in a trade from Kansas City. Team principal owner Mark Attanasio also has a house in Malibu but reported via email that he and his family were safe and his home was still standing “so far.”
That particular fire had consumed more than 91,000 acres of Los Angeles and Ventura counties, destroying hundreds of buildings and homes from the canyons to the San Fernando Valley to the beaches on the Pacific Ocean.
“I’ve been here in Westlake for the last few days,” said Yelich, who recently tweeted a video of a helicopter drawing water from an adjacent lake to fight the nearby fires.
“Hopefully, Malibu opens back up in the next day or two. I think that area is starting to cool down. I’ve been talking to Braunie and Moose. They got lucky as well. The fires were closer to where they live. Somehow, we all made it out OK so far.”
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