Posted by Steve
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I can’t believe this is even an issue. Apparently, plenty of people are put off by the Brewers’ awesomely original celebration after Prince Fielder’s walk-off home run yesterday. Again, some Cardinal fans are up in arms over the crass young whippersnappers from Milwaukee who have no respect for the game of baseball. Once again, the Brewers have ruffled the feathers of the Guardians of Baseball Etiquette: Cardinal fans.
In case you’re wondering, after hours of tedious searching, I managed to locate footage of an example of how to properly act after a walk-off home run. Pay careful attention to the way the hitter finishes his swing, immediately puts his head down and starts his business-like sprint around the bases. Also take note of the overall lack of enthusiasm from said player’s teammates. This, fellow baseball fans, is the way a ballplayer should act.
God forbid anyone ever have any fun playing baseball.
I fail to see how this shows anyone up, at least any more than someone staring at a home run (Pujols does this as bad as anyone). In fact, how was this worse than the team jumping around the plate like ANY OTHER TEAM does after a walk-off home run? At the most miserable sporting event I ever attended (A-Ram walk-off in Wrigley against the Brewers in 2007), you’d have thought the Cubs won the World Series in the last game of baseball to ever be played. This was nothing compared to that, and I wasn’t annoyed by that celebration at all. You just won the game! Why not be excited? These people getting up in arms over this sound like the lamest, least fun people in the world.
For what it’s worth, I loved it, and so did the guys in the office. My friend who was scoring the game said, “Can I trade in my Padres fan card to be a Brewer fan?” As a guy at brewerfan pointed out, Alyssa Milano loved it as well. Best two parts of the celebration: 1. David Weathers either missing the reminder or forgetting and half-falling well after everyone else, and 2. Ken Macha clearly not expecting that to happen and standing awkwardly by himself as everyone around him laid on the ground.
Between all the great defensive plays, the triple play and the walk-off, this was probably the best game of the year. If Prince hits one against the Cards tomorrow, I hope they all do the Thriller dance. Prince can be MJ and Macha can put on a wig and be the girl.
If I am pitching the next day, I am throwing at the lead-off hitter and starting a brawl. I think the same punishment should take place for staring at a home run as well.
There isn’t a place in the game for that. You won the game. No need to sit there and do a theatre production.
And your telling me, that if the Cardinals hit a walk-off job in a tight game against the Brewers and Pujols had the entire Cardinals team fall around him, that you wouldn’t be a little irritated? You would want to put one in his earhole.
Guess I am lame and no fun. Oh well, at least I learned that now.
quick follow-up, as a Packers fan, did you then also enjoy Randy Moss “mooning” the Packers crowd when he scored?
Same thing.
Yeah, I actually did enjoy the Randy Moss thing. I thought it was funny how bent out of shape Packer fans got over that. And I forever lost respect for Joe Buck for overreacting the way he did.
I also enjoy Chad Ochocinco’s antics.
Players stare at home runs all the time. Half the home runs hit are stared at. You’d be hitting Pujols every other time he came up if you were doing that.
So we are in favor of MLB following in the footsteps of the No Fun League?
Teams celebrate walk-offs every single time. This was just a different and hilarious way to do so.