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LOS ANGELES — For years, Trevor Bauer has been an indicate of gamers having the skill to imprint their feelings and celebrating the factual performs they carry out on the field. Bauer isn’t anxious about letting out a weep after a strikeout and he on the total hits the Conor McGregor-appreciate strut as he walks off the mound.
His passion for gamers celebrating extends even when it comes at his expense. That was once on rotund indicate in the Dodgers’ 5-4 prefer over the Padres on Saturday, as Fernando Tatis Jr. hit two homers off Bauer, and let him be taught about it, breaking out a pair of of Bauer’s signature celebrations as he rounded the bases.
In the first inning, Tatis launched his ninth occupation leadoff homer. As he rounded first wicked, Tatis became to the visiting dugout and lined one of his eyes. Shutting one sight is one of Bauer’s coaching methods and one thing he did all over Spring Coaching in expose to contain some enjoyable. The predominant time he did it this spring was once against, you guessed it, the Padres.
The mimicry didn’t stop there for Tatis. In the sixth, Tatis launched one other homer off Bauer, breaking a 2-2 tie. As he crossed dwelling plate, Tatis did his non-public version of the McGregor strut. His dugout also joined in.
When requested about Tatis’ celebrations after the game, Bauer stated that he’s “all for it” and that the game also can quiet normalize such celebrations, versus attempting to resort serve to one of the most most “unwritten principles” which contain dominated the game for decades.
“I appreciate it,” stated Bauer, who struck out 9 whereas permitting three runs (two earned) on 5 hits in six innings. “I maintain that pitchers which contain that done to them and react by throwing at of us — I maintain it’s barely tender. Whenever you happen to offer up a homer, a guy also can quiet contain fun it. It’s spirited to hit in the massive leagues. So I’m all for it, and I maintain that it’s important that the game strikes in that direction and that we stop throwing at of us because they infamous having some success on the field.”
“It’s superb enjoyable when you’re facing a guy appreciate that,” Tatis stated. “He’s doing his stuff. He’s having enjoyable on the mound. And at the same time as you assemble him, you assemble him, and likewise you contain fun, too.”
Bauer also recalled one other prankish 2d with Padres first baseman Eric Hosmer. Earlier in the game, Bauer received Hosmer on a curveball in the dirt and infamous by doing a “sword” celebration, which was once made licensed by the Pitching Ninja fable on Twitter. Later in the game, Hosmer lined a single so shut to Bauer that it despatched the superb-hander to the ground. As soon as he received up from the dirt, Bauer regarded at the delivery wicked and Hosmer gave him the identical sword celebration.
“We more or less laughed about it,” Bauer stated. “Now we contain a history together, we’ve conducted against each and each different for quite a bit of years. That’s what it is to be a competitor. I’m going to head at you and I’m going to assemble you generally and likewise you’re going to assemble me generally.
“We can contain enjoyable and we are capable of contain fun it whereas we’re quiet competing at one of the best doubtless level. I superb thought that was once essentially the predominant display conceal tonight.”
