Best Walk-Off Home Run Celebration - Prince Fielder

Meh. That celebration was the equivalent of a player celebrating hitting a solo HR when his team is down 10 runs and thinking he did something amazing. Completely unneeded and it shows up the opponent.

And you had to rub it in by using the Giants site.

creator2456 said:

Meh. That celebration was the equivalent of a player celebrating hitting a solo HR when his team is down 10 runs and thinking he did something amazing. Completely unneeded and it shows up the opponent.

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No, it's the equivalent of a player hitting a game winning HR in the bottom of the 12th inning and getting to show camaraderie with his teammates by doing a fun celebration. Lighten up.

Badandy said:

No, it's the equivalent of a player hitting a game winning HR in the bottom of the 12th inning and getting to show camaraderie with his teammates by doing a fun celebration. Lighten up.

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Agreed. And it really helped the Rockies!

that was one of the most boring walk offs ive seen. and why was that place so quiet?

Badandy said:

No, it's the equivalent of a player hitting a game winning HR in the bottom of the 12th inning and getting to show camaraderie with his teammates by doing a fun celebration. Lighten up.

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Not to start a big argument, but I couldn't disagree more. This doesn't build camaraderie - this is poor sportsmanship, and basically pretty insulting to the opponent. Sports, especially baseball, is about more than showboating, pre rehearsed celebrations, and personal gloating. Do you think you would have seen Mickey Mantle, Shoeless Joe, etc ever pull this cr@p? I mean, even for Prince... the best way to "showboat" would be to act like you have done this before, not act like its once in lifetime.

College football is better than NFL for this among other reasons. I would hate to see baseball go this way too. Reminds me of that movie "Basketball." There was a lot of truth to that opening 10 minutes or so.

I hope this is the last we see of this garbage. Baseball has had a rough enough few years as it is...

There are times for big celebrations and this wasn't one of them. He helped his team get to 14 games back...they are really going places now.

Just go about your business and respect the game and players; current, past, and future.

He was having fun. Some people tell me sports are supposed to be fun and entertaining. He wasn't insulting anyone, he wasn't running his mouth, and he wasn't cheating.

creator2456 said:

Meh. That celebration was the equivalent of a player celebrating hitting a solo HR when his team is down 10 runs and thinking he did something amazing. Completely unneeded and it shows up the opponent.

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except it won the game....

If this was just a home run during the game I would agree with the poor sportsmanship comments, but it was the game winner. All teams have some sort of celebration when they win, and this one most definitely wasn't taunting the other team. Let them have their fun.

Badandy said:

He was having fun. He wasn't insulting anyone, he wasn't running his mouth, and he wasn't cheating.

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He didn't even know the team was going to do that. They cooked it up while he was on deck and/or batting. He had very little to say about it to reporters afterwards. In fact, no one did. The team (as a whole) would not come out of the clubhouse for post-game interviews. They wanted to see the celebration replayed over and over. Fox Sports Wisconsin was happy to oblige.

I agree with those saying they were just enjoying the moment. Yeah, it's of no consequence in any kind of race, but it was a long, extra inning game, and they won with a walk-off. That's exciting in and of itself. But, the game announcer raised the possibility that the guys in the other dugout might not take too kindly to the display. I guess we'll find out next year, when the two teams play again.

That celebration was a pretty egregious showing-up of the Giants. There are some pretty arcane codes of conduct on the field that, while probably not as strict as they were 20-30 years ago, do linger on. That crap may fly in the NFL, but I think most players don't want to see it in MLB.

I expect the Giants will not forget this incident. Some Brewers shouldn't be surprised to take some pitches in the ribs next season.

Jeez, I thought it was great! They were just having fun...

That was awesome! It reminded me of the fun times I had playing baseball.