Can you imagine the feeling you get after hitting your first career home run in Major League Baseball?
I mean, I personally cannot imagine hitting a home run — period. But if I could? Boy, would I be over the moon. So I can only imagine how Padres prospect C.J. Abrams felt after knocking his first career homer in the big leagues against the Braves.
He went yard on Thursday night to give the Padres a 4-0 lead over Atlanta and his teammates thought it’d be the perfect time to play a joke on him.
Of course, after your teammate hits a homer for the first time you should absolutely be happy for him. And that’s what Abrams expected when he got back into the dugout.
Instead, he got the silent treatment. FROM THE WHOLE TEAM. It was hilarious.
Padres prospect CJ Abrams hit his first career HR so his teammates gave him the silent treatment 🤣 @BRWalkoff
(via @MLB) pic.twitter.com/aeYVyQKetl
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 15, 2022
This is actually a tradition in the Majors. Anytime someone gets their first career homer, the team has to give them the silent treatment. At least for a few seconds. It’s a tradition that has been around for years.
You just knew this wouldn’t hold up after a few seconds. You could literally see the smiles cracking on his teammate’s faces after Abrams turned around.
They celebrated it the right way eventually, but this was hilarious. What a perfect and well-organized troll.
Baseball fans loved this.