I did not say anything about stopping. I just this it is look at me stuff like all the new superstars do. Their progression beyond bat flips, like end zone celebrations on a baseball Diamond.
Tap wrist on oversized watch, pound chest, scream “It is my time” at least twice. Impressive choreography.
I’m a pretty reserved person and I don’t like it either. I never acted that way when I was in competitive sports. But, I understand, though, that many do like the theatrics.
As a Junior in high school, I remember that game starting while I was in class. Left school for the COOP job afterward, followed by riding home with my best friend while still listening on the radio. Proceeded to hit the pasture to clean out deer blinds, all the while listening. I’ll never forget that day, and several specific moments of that day, and at the same time, be so disappointed.
I remember following a late school bus on the way home, relaying the score to some occupants. I remember listening on at least three different radios, one at work, one in a 69 Ford truck, and one in a 63 Chevy truck. I remember thinking that the game would never end, much less end in a loss. I, like you, would call it the single greatest.
I listened to the Atlanta game on the radio years later, and thought for a just a moment that it was as good, but it just wasn’t. The World Series games have a special place, plus I got to WATCH them on TV, but I guess the radio broadcast, the Dome, the players on both teams, just sets that game apart.
I saw a perfect description of his reactions:
He’s staying juuuuuuust on this side of the A-Rod line. He’s aware of his celebrity, he knows he can use it to get paid, but he’s still making it seem genuine enough.
I think that is a generous, modern interpretation of his antics last night. I don’t like it. Now get off my lawn…
You’re not letting the kids play.
I suspect part of that is true. I also suspect that my somewhat reserved, white, American sensibilities are brushing up against a more Latin style of baseball.Which is a perfectly fine way of playing and watching baseball. It’s just not my personal style.
Genuine? An oversized watch on the field? Not my style either, but if he keeps winning games, ok.
If a Red Sox player had done that, I would be in favor of a little chin music to that player today. I guess I got used to Biggio and Bagwell. Had either of them hit the home run that Correa did, they would have just put their head down and ran the bases.
It’s part of the contractural highlight reel
Speaking of Biggio and Bagwell, I believe Bagwell is on record as having come around on the emotion players show now. Biggio, on the other hand, looks like Correa just keyed his car:
I’ve wondered if the Biggio/Bagwell teams had been a little less business-like and more loose (not sure how to phrase it), if they’d have had more success in the postseason. I know that’s not how things were back then, but I do wonder.
Oh wow I did not notice that. Biggio’s reaction there is priceless. I’m fairly certain that my reaction was similar. Don’t get me wrong, I was happy for the team, just not happy with the show boating. I don’t think Correa’s post home run actions would have went over well on Biggio’s Astros teams.
Whatever the reason, I personally have come to terms with the fact that Altuve/Correa have a killer instinct that Biggio/Bagwell lacked.
You’re forgetting that one of the hallmarks of the Bagwell/Biggio era was a generally accepting atmosphere as long as everyone showed up and played hard. Those teams featured, at different times, an unapologetically flamboyant Jose Lima and a bat-flipping, curtain-calling Jeff Kent. We can be certain that Biggio or Bagwell never showboated, but we can’t be so certain of what a Correa type would’ve been allowed to do on those teams.
Different times.
Bregman’s bat carry thing in 2019 was over the line and he admitted as much.
I wish Carlos had done the my time thing as he touched home rather than while (not) departing home.
But just win, baby.
In one of the interviews, Correa said his teammates had urged him to do that if the situation arose (sounded like he had done something similar before), and it did look as if he was looking at and talking to the dugout.
I, too, fall into the get-off-my-lawn demographic, so have a visceral dislike of showboating. But I also remember how fun it was to see Billy White Shoes Johnson do his endzone dance when I was a kid.
Having witnessed the grief he (and Altuve) have gotten at opposing stadiums, I don’t mind him being a bit demonstrative.
I can live with it as long as he’s on our side. If he was on the Red Sox, I would make him wear a 95 mph fastball.
If a Red Sox player did that I’d point out what a douchebag he is. But I would not throw at a guy for having success.
The way Correa’s teammates treat him tells me there is a world of difference between the two. In his big showboat moments, he always seems to be interacting with the guys in the dugout—and they are always over the railing cheering him on.
