Celebrations

[d11king]

After watching the Giants defeat the Reds in Game 5, after the game it appeared as if the Giants had won the World Series by the way they celebrated in their locker room. I'm an Angels fan, and I remember a few years ago the Angels did this exact same thing when they won the division in early September, only to lose to the Red Sox in the DS.

I could somewhat understand had the Giants been celebrating the fact that they've come back from a 2-0 deficit, winning 3 in Cincinnati, but I'm 1000% sure, all the DS winners will celebrate.

My question is do baseball teams overdo DS and LCS series wins? You play to win the World Series, not the first round. In the NBA, you don't see teams celebrate with champagne and what not after the second round... In the NFL, teams don't celebrate after a Wild Card victory. I would think a team like the Yankees definitely wouldn't celebrate if they win tonight, being that the bigger picture is still out there...

Does baseball overdo it?

[kehlis]

Not at all.

It's a long season. Anytime you can move onto another round, this one being to the round of four I have no problem with teams celebrating.

They all know the end goal but to advance to the Championship Series is something to celebrate.

*IMO*

[thaima1shu]

But if the celebration didn't happen, we would've never gotten the gem from Tim Lincecum. After he got sprayed in the eye with some champagne, he said "now I know what chicks feel like".

http://deadspin.com/5951054/tim-linc...a-****ing-cork

[NYJets]

Different sports just do it differently. I don't think one is right or wrong.

[ImTellinTim]

Quote: Originally Posted by thaima1shu

But if the celebration didn't happen, we would've never gotten the gem from Tim Lincecum. After he got sprayed in the eye with some champagne, he said "now I know what chicks feel like". http://deadspin.com/5951054/tim-linc...a-****ing-cork

And he continues to be one of my favorite players in the league.

[d11king]

Quote: Originally Posted by kehlis

Not at all. It's a long season. Anytime you can move onto another round, this one being to the round of four I have no problem with teams celebrating. They all know the end goal but to advance to the Championship Series is something to celebrate. *IMO*

When debating with myself the pros and cons about this subject, this is the argument I used for why teams celebrate. I feel as though, I'm from the old school lol, I hate when people celebrate when they've done something outside of winning a championship, like how football players celebrate first downs but 3 plays later drop a TD.

I think last night that also came up about Valverde and his post-save celebration antics, and I think there was a tweet floating around speaking about he just blew the save why doesn't he celebrate now.

To keep it on topic, after the game I was watching Buster Posey and how humble he was acting on the field, it gave me the impression he knew although they won the series, there's still a long road. Maybe it's jealousy, or my being arrogant, but if the Giants lose next round, although not the case, to me it seems this celebration was all-for-nothing.

I agree with NYJets though, no right or wrong lol. Guess its personal preference lol.

[Perfect Zero]

I don't see a problem with it. The Giants battled hard for this and they pulled out a great win to go for the pennant.

[snepp]

Denny Hocking is wondering what the big deal is.