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What is the Dodgers dance they perform after hits?

Are you wondering about the story behind the Dodgers’ signature base hit celebrations? We’ve got you covered.

If you’ve been watching the Los Angeles Dodgers run through the postseason to the 2024 World Series, you may have noticed a recurring dance every time the team records a base hit.

The dance, an iconic shimmy of sorts, is nothing new for the team. Los Angeles has been doing it after hits since at least last season, and in a TikTok posted by the official team account in August, shortstop Miguel Rojas explained the choreography behind the dance.

For singles, players do a hip lock while putting their own spin on it. This started as a result of the team’s strength coaches having the players do daily hip locks. For doubles, players recreate first baseman Freddie Freeman’s signature shimmy celebration with a hip lock at the end, again putting their own spin on it.

When a Dodgers player hits a home run and the team dugout is on the third-base line, they do a modified version of Freeman’s shimmy dance, as Rojas explains.

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As Rojas points out in the video, the home run celebration in particular gets a lot of usage by Shohei Ohtani, who has 54 home runs on the 2024 season.

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Dodgers’ Miguel Rojas apologized mid-interview before making a play and MLB fans were so impressed

“Sorry, guys. I need to make this play real quick.”

The in-game interview has become a common feature of national MLB broadcasts ever since Fox introduced them in the All-Star Game a few years ago. And as part of the recent CBA, players even have a financial incentive to participate in these interviews.

They’re not going away any time soon. And when you get moments like what we saw on Sunday, it’s easy to understand why MLB loves these interviews. It’s an easy way to put the game’s personality on display.

During the second inning of Sunday night’s game between the Dodgers and Giants, shortstop Miguel Rojas was mic’d up for an interview with the ESPN booth before a Thairo Estrada grounder came his way.

Rojas stopped his sentence, fielded the ball and said, “Sorry, guys. I need to make this play real quick.” And fired a perfect throw to first to retire Estrada.

The booth absolutely loved that, and Rojas was seen laughing after the play. It’s difficult enough to field a grounder in a big-league game, but you have to respect the multi-tasking from Rojas. He said he had to make the play, and he followed through with the promise.

Fans were also impressed with Rojas there. It takes elite focus to carry out an interview on national television while simultaneously making plays at shortstop.

Jurickson Profar denies he was taunting Miguel Rojas from right field to stretch a double into a triple

Profar denied he was taunting from left field.

One play from the Miami Marlins’ 3-0 win over the San Diego Padres lit up Twitter on Monday night … but maybe it wasn’t what it seemed initially.

The situation: In the sixth inning, Miguel Rojas sent a Joe Musgrove pitch to left field, where Jurickson Profar fielded it. The outfielder picked up the ball … then flicked his glove toward third base, delaying his throw.

Rojas decided that was enough of a delay that he decided to stretch a double into a triple. Profar’s throw wasn’t in time, and everyone thought Profar was daring Rojas to challenge him.

But Profar denied it. Let’s break it down:

Marlins’ Miguel Rojas had harsh words for ump after botched two-out strike call in the ninth

“This guy was trying to start his all star break since the first inning.”

Miguel Rojas was not a fan of this call in the final inning of Sunday’s Miami Marlins game.

With the Marlins down 4-0 to the Philadelphia Phillies in the ninth, Bryan De La Cruz was up to bat in a big spot with two men on and two outs. Unfortunately, De La Cruz went down in the count early with a 0-1 pitch from Jose Alvarado that was quite off the mark.

While De La Cruz laughed the missed call off, Marlins fans were irate at the fastball that missed down and out of the strike zone by a considerable margin. Not only that, Rojas himself spent considerable time jawing at umpire Ron Kulpa from the dugout in the pitch’s aftermath.

This wasn’t the first time the Marlins had issues with Kulpa’s rulings in this game too. Earlier in the second inning, Jesus Aguilar was ejected for arguing a strike three call on a ball that also was outside of the strike zone.

After the Marlins’ 4-0 loss to the Phillies, Rojas went a step further on Instagram, calling out Kulpa in a comment.

This guy was trying to start his all star break since the first inning. Gotta be more professional than that. but who cares is just another at bat in the 9th inning.

Ouch.

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