The celebration was on in San Diego Wednesday night time.
The Padres swept the Atlanta Braves within the wild-card sequence with a 5-4 victory, incomes their third journey to a Nationwide League Division Collection in 5 years.
It looks like baseball has champagne celebrations extra typically than some other sport, and groups usually rejoice after nearly each clincher.
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San Diego Padres outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr., heart, celebrates with teammates after successful within the wild-card spherical of the 2024 MLB Playoffs in opposition to the Atlanta Braves at Petco Park. (Denis Poroy/Imagn Photographs)
So, the champagne bottles had been popped, beers had been crushed within the Padres’ clubhouse and Fernando Tatis Jr. was rocking and rolling.
Through the staff’s celebration, Tatis introduced out his dance strikes whereas going shirtless together with his hat backward, no footwear and sun shades.
Tatis blasted a two-run residence run within the first inning of the primary recreation of the sequence. He went 3-for-3 within the clincher.
This can be San Diego’s third journey to a division sequence since 2020, however this sequence marked Tatis’ first postseason recreation in entrance of followers.
San Diego Padres outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr., heart, and teammates rejoice after successful within the wild-card spherical of the 2024 MLB Playoffs in opposition to the Atlanta Braves at Petco Park. (Denis Poroy/Imagn Photographs)
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In 2020, your entire season, besides the Nationwide League Championship Collection and World Collection, had been performed with out followers through the COVID pandemic. So, Tatis’ epic viral bat flip was in an empty ballpark.
When the Padres bought again to the postseason in 2022, Tatis was suspended for his use of performance-enhancing medication.
San Diego will now face the NL West rival Los Angeles Dodgers. All three of their journeys to the division sequence this decade have been in opposition to LA.
The Dodgers swept the Padres in 2020, however the Padres bought revenge by successful in 4 video games two years later.
The Padres received this 12 months’s season sequence, 8-5.
San Diego Padres outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr. (23) celebrates after successful within the wild-card spherical of the 2024 MLB Playoffs in opposition to the Atlanta Braves at Petco Park. (Denis Poroy/Imagn Photographs)
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