As I’ve previously stated, I hate most sports celebrations these days. The worst, in my humble opinion is the insane champagne and beer showers after a baseball team clinches a wildcard spot, division series, league championship series and World Series (yes, so 1 team may do this 4 times in a season.)
Then you have football players fake bowling, fake hoop shooting, 
banging a gong…Soccer players ripping their shirts off and running around the field (while the clock continues to run.)
But, it is just bonkers when these things turn to injuries. Twice this season now, a major league ballplayer was injured while performing a stupid celebratory ritual. My new least favorite idea is the shaving cream pie to the face. Yep, if you to pitch a great game, hit a home run, save the game with a catch you canl get a face full of shaving cream. It used to be in a pie tin, but apparently, now it can be applied just by a towel.
Let’s ask the Florida Marlins how that’s going to work out the rest of the year. Reigning NL rookie of the year Chris Coghlan tore his meniscus while applying a “pie” to a teammate’s face after a game a few nights ago. He’s out for the year.
Earlier this year, The California Anaheim Los Angeles Angels lost Kendry Morales to a broken lef after hit hit a game winning grand slam home run…The team all started jumping around like little imbeciles at home plate, impeding his route there, and as he jumped into the pile, to stomp on home plate, SNAP! Also, from the college game, UCLA 2nd basemanTyler Rahmatulla broke his wrist in similar fashion while his team was en route to the College World Series.
These sophomoric and immature celebrations should come to an end immediately….
But, here’s a reminder of other insanely stupid celebration injuries…Led of course by Gus Frerotte, who threw a TD pass in a game, promptly ran over to the end zone wall, and jammed his head into it (intentionally, I may add) spraining his neck. Ted Ginn Jr. returned the opeing kickoff for a TD in the National Championship game, injured his foot in the celebration and may have cost OSU the
title that day. Idiot Kicker Bill Gramatica torn a ligament in his knee after jumping for joy making a field goal vs. the Giants..not a playoff winner, not a game winner, just a simple, middle of the game field goal…
Can’t we do like Vince Lombardi once told a running back, “Next time you make a touchdown, act like you’ve been there before!”
