The Yankees have regained some firepower lately, and they’re celebrating their big hitting with a gesture that doesn’t appear to make any sense: a big ol’ thumbs down. It looks pretty cool to me, and it’s explained in this video right here:
The Yankees’ thumbs-down celebration has a hilarious backstory
Basically, when the Yankees played the Rays on Sept. 11 (at Citi Field, because Tampa home games were displaced by Hurricane Irma), Todd Frazier hit a huge three-run homer to put New York ahead for good. A suspenders-wearing fan in the crowd responded like this:
Images like the above spread around Twitter, Frazier and the Yankees caught wind of it, and it just tickled everyone so much that now it’s a celebration.
I love it. It looks awesome. This is my opinion!
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