If there’s one thing baseball was missing with its celebration game, it was crossover with other sports. We’ve seen Odell Beckham Jr. break out Cristiano Ronaldo’s celebration after touchdowns, but when it comes to baseball, there’s plenty of room for creativity.
Thankfully, Ronald Acuña Jr. exists.
The Braves star even caught LeBron James’ attention recently when he started breaking out LeBron’s signature “Silencer” celebration after home runs. But Atlanta has its own NBA superstar with a pretty sweet signature celebration. So on Sunday, Acuña promised to use Trae Young’s “Ice Trae” celebration for his next home run.
Well, the wait for that wasn’t long.
Before Sunday, Ronald Acuña Jr. had not homered since May 7.
He has now homered in consecutive games. This was a loud 435-foot leadoff homer. pic.twitter.com/PHhG0JxYKQ
— Justin Toscano (@JustinCToscano) June 7, 2022
In the first at-bat since promising to do the “Ice Trae” celly, Acuña hit a 435-foot leadoff home run to put the Braves on the board against Oakland. Acuña admired the home run and then indeed did the Ice Trae before making his way around the bases. He finished the trot with LeBron’s Silencer.
Ronald Acuña Jr’s HR & Trae Young celly speedramped.
Shot on canon c70 in 4k 60.
Not my favorite shot but it’ll do pic.twitter.com/Q27cth1lRO— Pete Gottschalk (@SimplyPG13) June 8, 2022
The Atlanta sports crossover is going to continue too because Acuña said the celebrations will be a regular part of his home run routine.
"I'm going to keep doing both."@ronaldacunajr24 plans to continue the @TheTraeYoung and @KingJames signature celebrations after home runs ❄️👑 pic.twitter.com/8b31eyxBl9
— Bally Sports: Braves (@BravesOnBally) June 8, 2022
Fans (and Trae Young himself) also liked the celebrations.