For some reason, celebrating good plays in baseball seems to annoy lots of players, coaches, and fans.
I am not one of those people because I say bring on all the bat flips and pumped up pitchers after big outs. It’s OK to have fun and show your emotions.
Padres star Manny Machado, however, wasn’t happy with Dodgers pitcher Brusdar Graterol, who got really excited when Cody Bellinger robbed Fernando Tatis Jr. of a home run with a great catch.
Graterol threw his glove and hat in pure joy and pointed to the heavens in a moment of absolute glee.
He also blew a kiss at Machado, who wasn’t pleased.
But come on, check out this celebration. It was awesome.
Here was Brusdar Graterol's reaction to Cody Bellinger robbing Tatis Jr. of a home run. . pic.twitter.com/1RpWrGZcQo
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 8, 2020
Brusdar Graterol was completely fine. The hat throw. The glove throw. He's fired up for his teammate and team. I loved every bit of it…and then he blew a kiss to Machado. Took it too far.
No love lost between these two teams. This is gonna get interesting. pic.twitter.com/sc0z6Ifwkz
— Danny Vietti (@DannyVietti) October 8, 2020
Come on, he’s just having some fun! Not too far!
I mean, Machado had some fun earlier in the game after he hit a home run:
This Manny Machado bat flip 😤
(via @Padres)pic.twitter.com/pSJiGqZ6lm
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 8, 2020
I’m now a big fan of Graterol and want to see more celebrations from him. Baseball needs moments like that. It’s OK to have some fun, baseball!
UPDATE: We found a hilarious video breakdown of everything that happened here.