Lia Anthony shocked by exploding fame after Red Sox brother's hyped debut: ‘It's been surreal'

New York Post

21 hours ago

The sister of Red Sox right fielder Roman Anthony said she got 'quite a few DMs' since going viral Tuesday night while supporting her brother, the No. 1 prospect in MLB, in his second-ever game at Fenway Park against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays.
During an interview Thursday on WEEI's 'The Greg Hill Show,' Lia Anthony gushed over her 'unreal experience' at Fenway and said it's been 'crazy' to see her Instagram followers jump from 3,000 to more than 14,000.
'Wow, I mean it's been surreal,' said Lia, a recent graduate of Florida State University.
She also quipped, 'It's crazy… I've gotten quite a few DMs since that night.'
Lia, whose Instagram follower count surpassed 16,000 on Thursday, didn't reveal any names.
3 Lia Anthony and her mom Lori Anthony at the Red Sox-Rays game on June 10, 2025.
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However, she did let slip that some of the messages were funny.
'I got a couple baseball [DMs],' she said. 'But it was funny, somebody said something about how they accidentally hit their baseball [in my DMs] and asked me to throw it back.'
Lia stole the spotlight this week while taking in the action at Fenway Park with her family, including mom Lori, dad Anthony Sr. and brother Anthony Jr., who goes by Tony.
3 Lia Anthony, the older sister of top MLB prospect Roman Anthony supported him against the Rays at Fenway park on June 10, 2025.
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She explained that her little brother wasn't fazed by the viral attention she received.
'I think he definitely was shocked. We all were,' Lia said of their family. 'We all were kind of in disbelief. But, I mean, he's got bigger things to focus on. So, he's just been focusing on his debut and everything. But I think we were all just shocked by it.'
3 Roman Anthony's family supported the Boston Red Sox right fielder, who's the No. 1 prospect in MLB, against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday.
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Lia also shared that the family met MLB legend David Ortiz.
'Oh my gosh. The people were amazing,' she said. 'It was an incredible experience. It was actually, this is my first time in Boston, and I had never been to Fenway… [The Red Sox] brought us to meet David Ortiz. It was just an unreal experience.
'My mom especially was so touched by it, because David Ortiz had shared a couple words with her, talking about how incredible Roman is and how he'll be the face of the franchise. And it's all just so surreal to hear that, especially about your brother, who you've grown up watching and supported his whole life. I mean, the whole thing is just surreal.'