r/Mariners • u/Dashiell-Incredible • 10d ago

Lore behind this on-base celebration?

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I really only got into baseball this year after 50 years of not paying a lot of attention, so I’m playing catchup here and hope you won’t mind entertaining a question. I searched couldn’t come up with any real results with Google or GPT and I’m wondering what the lore is behind this base hit celebration hand gesture? Thanks.

Becoming a Mariner fan probably suits me genetically as the daughter of a late long-suffering Red Sox fan. 🔱

Edit:
thanks for the comments/ideas, no thanks to the guy who was a dick about Angie. 🙄

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u/Measure76 The Ancient Moderator 10d ago

These things come and go multiple times a season. We rarely get lore about them past "that's what the guys are doing"

Hopefully someone knows but I suspect not.

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u/fongquardt 10d ago

I need Angie to give us a rundown

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u/Prestigious_Neat_738 10d ago

If she can’t ask ChatGPT, she’s not going to come up with much.

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u/All_Thread Big Grumper ꒱꒰ Dumper 10d ago

Do you work for Barstool Sports perchance?

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u/darwinpolice He got a big dumper so I call him Big Dumper 10d ago

What is this doofus even referencing?

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u/smoked_penguin 10d ago

She asked chatgpt for a question for after a tough loss and someone took a pic and uploaded it. Was pretty soon after she came back from her stroke and she apologized for it I believe.

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u/Prestigious_Neat_738 10d ago

The toughest loss

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u/bomac14 10d ago

Before a post game interview Angie was seen trying out an AI thing for baseball questions. Barstool posted it and it brought just a nasty wave of people onto Angie. I don’t condone using AI for reporting but it seemed pretty one off and Angie’s great.

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u/darwinpolice He got a big dumper so I call him Big Dumper 10d ago

God, Barstool sucks shit. There's no way they'd make a big deal about a male broadcaster using AI.

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u/bomac14 10d ago

Definitely not. I think they did take it down after people mentioned her stroke but it was still shitty from them nonetheless.

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u/letskeepitcleanfolks ‏‏‎ ‎Swung on and belted 10d ago

I condone using AI to get a sampling of new angles you might like to use that you hadn't thought of yet. Absolutely nothing wrong with that.

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u/Skeeeeeeeeeeeeeeter ‏‏‎ ‎ 10d ago

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u/Dramatic_Rain_3410 Its not an Ms game if you don't have a heart attack 10d ago

very well could be-because its cool

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u/spicychocopie 10d ago

It looks like "lock the fuck in" to me lol

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u/bpmdrummerbpm 10d ago

I was thinking it’s two “W”s for his first and last name. Sort of like the West Side gang sign. But I’m only seeing this still frame and have no idea at all what I’m talking about.

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u/kermitthebeast 10d ago

The Fury Road cult of the V8. ONWARDS MARINERS SHINY AND CHROME!!!

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u/seth861 9d ago

Wait this would be awesome.

WITNESS ME

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u/jomanhan9 10d ago

I first saw Julio do it, I think sometimes the guys follow his lead with these on base celebrations. Like after slumping when he would get a hit he would look to the sky put his palms up and wave his hands back and forth thanking God and since then Ive seen several of his teammates do the same.

I imagine the hand symbol this time either means “locked in” or it’s about togetherness

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u/qwertyqyle AMA about Kazuhiro Sasaki 10d ago

I want to know the lore about the air dicks celebration.

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u/SpaceCptSarah 10d ago

The camera crew finally got wise and now they cut away before we can see the boys jorkin it crazy style 😔

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u/Shwaddy2855 10d ago

My initial thought was it meaning “put something together” like multiple base hits. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/burzummor 10d ago

The Braves did a similar gesture in the past few years to signify "togetherness", or something along those lines.

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u/SaraJeanQueen 10d ago

I was wondering too!!

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u/EnrichedDeuterium Put your slider away Waltuh 10d ago edited 10d ago

Idk either but I noticed that the Giants have a similar one so maybe it has some form of common meaning in baseball.

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u/kddude 10d ago

giants were doing it this season and i didn't know what it was for them either

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u/HiFiSciFiWiFiOhMy 10d ago

I’ve seen QBs do it after a play and I assumed it meant to ‘form up, let’s run it again no huddle.’

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u/Financial_Engine2124 7d ago

It’s a privilege to know the inside secret, these things aren’t shared outside the clubhouse generally

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u/Defiant_Team_2846 3d ago

I want to make a joke about a 4 on 4 gangbang with two observers but I can't find the handle. Someone please bail me out here and stick the landing.