Uncrownings

[Edgy MD]

It seems like a new tradition I've seen over the last few. When a Met hits a KABOOM!, the first teammate he meets at the dugout, he bows his head and the teammate respectfully removes his helmet and then tosses it to the wind in celebration.

[Lefty Specialist]

That teammate is always Asdrubal Cabrera. It's a tradition of his.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I've seen other teams do it this year as well, but I think Asdrubal
started it off...

[Chad ochoseis]

Yes, this does seem to be a thing.

What I haven't noticed is who takes off Asdrubal's helmet when he hits a home run.

OE - No more auto-replace with KABOOM!?

[Frayed Knot]

I know that's a tradition on the Nats where Asdrubal played for a time in 2014.
Not sure if he was the guy who brought that act to that team or if he just carried it off from there (or maybe both).

[Edgy MD]

Lagares and Cabrera give us a nice little demo.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

it doesn't work as well when Cabrera hits them.

[Guest cooby]

hanh?

[Edgy MD]

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[bigpurple:1msujvxt]UNCROWN THAT MAN![/bigpurple:1msujvxt]

[Edgy MD]

Cabrera may be superstitious about this thing. Grandy took the helmet off himself and dropped it before entering the scrum, so Asdrubal, denied his duty, withdrew from the pack and went down a-crabbing his way between the feets to recover it.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I think he was concerned Grandyman was gonna turn an ankle on it.

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: Cabrera may be superstitious about this thing. Grandy took the helmet off himself and dropped it before entering the scrum, so Asdrubal, denied his duty, withdrew from the pack and went down a-crabbing his way between the feets to recover it.

I saw that. That was...interesting. I did kinda laugh. Cause he had to worm his way in there.

[Edgy MD]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I think he was concerned Grandyman was gonna turn an ankle on it.

Sure. Looked like that to me too. But it's notable that the Cabrera was the one to have that concern, never taking his eyes off the prize.

[Ceetar]

it's one of those things that's making the rounds is various forms around the majors, like the trend of dumping whatever leftover seeds/gum are in the bucket in the dugout.

A-Rod was a big collector:

http://www.pinstripealley.com/2013/8/13/4616636/alex-rodriguez-walk-off-home-runs-hitter-helmet-chase-gifs

[RealityChuck]

Cabrera takes off the helmets of everyone who doesn't take off his own. But who takes off his helmet? He can't because he doesn't remove helmets from those who take off their own.

And who shaves the barber?

Paging Bertrand Russell.