Best Gatorade Celebrations of 2019, A Breakdown Compilation
What Happened
Aaron Judge steps into the batter's box in the bottom of the ninth, the New York Yankees trailing by one run. He works the count full against the opposing pitcher, then crushes a fastball deep to left field, sending the crowd into a frenzy as the ball sails over the fence for a walk-off home run. Judge pumps his fist as he rounds the bases, then is mobbed by his ecstatic Yankees teammates at home plate. "I was just trying to get a good pitch to hit," says Judge in a post-game interview. "Luckily, I was able to connect and get us the win." In another game, Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. comes up to bat in a close game late. On the first pitch, he pokes a fly ball just over the fence for a game-winning home run. As Acuña trots home, his Braves teammates rush out of the dugout, dousing him with buckets of Gatorade and water in a raucous celebration. "That was just an amazing moment," says Braves manager Brian Snitker. "Seeing the pure joy on the guys' faces after a big win like that is what this game is all about." Elsewhere, the Milwaukee Brewers' Christian Yelich smashes a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to give his team a walk-off victory. As Yelich crosses home plate, his teammates strip off his jersey in excitement before drenching him with Gatorade. "That felt incredible, just seeing the whole team so pumped up," says Yelich. "We never give up and it paid off big-time today." These are just a few examples of the most electrifying Gatorade celebrations from the 2019 MLB season. From last-second heroics to routine walk-off wins, players across the league brought unbridled enthusiasm and joy to their postgame festivities, creating unforgettable moments that will live on in highlight reels for years to come.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momenthigh with the fastball they go middle of
the zone with the fastball
and shoulder handles that pops it up
into the netting the little kids get a
oh no
so hayward's coming in the back and he's
going to get him here bam and then in
the steps
we got these guys waiting and we got the
second water
bam and then seeds like tar and feather
they uh
they water and seed them throws the
bubble gum he's like what the [ __ ]
in the same spot called a strike and
then the
two two he pokes over the fence
this guy catches head to the side helmet
a little soccer kick it's good
yo did you guys see how cool that looked
they were just throwing everything they
had in their dugout up in the air
looks like fireworks you got like boom
boom and then the smoke from the gun
powder it's pretty cool and then
gatorade all over the face
adamus rips the jersey off the meadows
comes in and pushes him then they
de-louse him and he's like guys
this sucks pitch fastball outside just
pokes it right over there
and the braves win so much for strategy
the water bottles
little running man from mccann there
water bottle's been getting emptied he's
running away trying to get the shirt off
and then hakuna comes in with the
gatorade
and it's a pretty good pour gets him
well he runs away
doesn't get the whole thing but he got
wet good job acuna and then camargo and
someone else come and get him again
later on
be ready misses his spot lower than he
wanted
absolute bullet to left field walk off
calm cool casual the cubs come at you
multiple times so there's one bucket
he thinks it's over but this happened to
bryant yesterday they keep coming
boom headphones right off enjoy doing
the interview now you're freezing cold
and you got no headphones take that
launch there bad second pitch and snow
wallops that one
into center field off the little facade
throws the helmet he's gonna gorilla
walk his way to the plate
bubble gum gatorade or water
one of the best gatorade pourings we've
had
kepler huge fan i love your work i'd
love to
talk about it with you one day can we
check can we get a replay
okay there's the bubble gum there's the
bubble gum again
look at kepler finds a hole finds his
man
and just unleashes do it i bet they
throw him a third one why would you
throw him a third one he geared up for
it you showed him the cards
that's the walk off folks breakfast club
runs his way home jeremiah's gonna get
some more hugs and do his thing
and then g-man choi is gonna come up
give it to me
bam right in the face he should open
his mouth and swallowed so why would i
swing at anything but fastballs in the
setback
takes that one hits the three-run home
run to walk it off for the mets
their season was a failure but they get
to celebrate like it was a winner
i can't believe it get him with the
gatorade
3-2 pitch split finger and he sends
it way to left field short fence
and it's gone and the bullpen guys chest
bump let's go
comes home and check out this justin
turner
with the water spray his super slo-mo
and cropped in but stay with me right
here he's got a water bottle right there
and he just
nails him right in the face a very
impressive water bottle spray from
justin turner
they come inside he smokes it down the
line
home run game over good job youtube you
chose a really good game you got to walk
off
the horns or whatever that is tongue out
like it and then
he is ready for it and bam ain't gonna
get me
total miss by walters he's like ha ha i
gotta touch home plate because i missed
it
thank you another view just direct shot
oh
no you don't go ahead around on second
and conforto comes through
home run in a lot of other ballparks
maybe i think i don't know i didn't do
the math but he's excited
[ __ ] wheels he beat the base runner
and they just straight
rip his shirt off and then the groms got
the gatorade
big dodge there the grumps got himself
more wet than he's gotten anyone else
now
he does come back up and they're too
tired he gets them that's good dunking
right there
pinch hitter javi by his first pitch he
sees slices one down the right field
line
for the win rizzo scored or four
let's see the gatorade shower just one
whoo
that was kind of weak they didn't even
get his head bad things can happen and
let's see
let's put that theory to the test
shortstop lets the ball play him
that's not good mookie goes to third
wilkerson lobs at home mookie takes
advantage and that's the winning run
folks
that's a fitting way to end the season
mookie takes the gatorade
that girl gets soaking wet sorry i don't
know your
name but white shirt super wet
that's a risky that's risky to be
wearing a white shirt and then doing a
walk-off
thing i don't know if are you allowed to
say things like that anymore
[Music]
made his debut today and shoots that one
to the hall of famer who just
o lays it and that is the game
you want to get out of here gatorade
showers fantastic
fan i think he really forgot that it's
something that happens
swept up in the moment nice hair huh
scent fastballs so it's normal and then
bam
clocks that fastball ken austin score
from first
he's a big dude cunha is waving him on
come on dude come on dude get down get
down get down get down
okay cool don't give a [ __ ] about you
anymore i'm gonna go hang out with my
friend albie's
fun accuser wants to dump the gatorade
on him he's like no way dude
it's like nah uh for real though no
no no no no no no no no well it's gonna
happen this is how it works so
dodge is the first initial but then he
gets him on the second
it's a good secondary thereby cuena gets
the high five albies is like what do i
have what's my weapons oh
here we go all right bam got him i was
gonna go back to that outside spot story
knows it
he's geared up he pokes it he thinks
it's going foul
it's way up there comes down fair
that's cow
here we go blackman's gonna come behind
him he thinks it's a decoy he gets a
little scared no it's just blackman
takes his things gets called little
spins aru to get out of it
looking at each other okay back to the
interview what do you want to know i hit
the walk up
thought it was going foul at first
thought i just kind of flicked it but
you know juice ball season it was a bomb
a [ __ ] crush it oh my god guys come
on
come on oh more desmond's got more okay
yeah so just
um okay and yeah and i think i'm done
with the interview now but um
okay okay all right hey that's enough
buddy that's enough trying to talk about
this
this ball that i [ __ ] crushed now
he's gonna try and go slider
and goldie's like yup that's what i was
counting on man i was hoping you would
throw that
very pitch boom fireworks going off
takes his helmet you can kindly have
this ozuna i gotta go take care of some
stuff real quick
water to the head decent water throw but
hey you got to keep an eye on that lit
you just bang the lid all over his head
whoever was on gatorade duty absolutely
sucks they should get the job taken away
from barely even got him
up outside fastball a little more in the
zone and he absolutely
crushes it to break the game over round
and third
helmet boom up in the air jock's got the
powerade in the water someone on the
other side had the seeds they're banging
them
turner says hey man rules or rules
you've established rules take that damn
shirt off
everyone needs a shirt up says you know
what you're right i'll take it off
like that can't figure it out and
there's the off speed
and it's absolutely tattooed into the
outfield kipnis is going crazy
cleveland wins the game and let's see
what we got we got a snipe
you see that i like the water bottle
snipe right there
bam distance shot from freeman like that
okay plowecki's coming with the gatorade
lindor is going to beat him on the left
here he drops that one and doesn't get
the main target but doesn't miss
completely like plawecky
just drops it where there's no humans a
pile of humans and he didn't hit one
bad job plawecky you're off gatorade
duty everyone's embarrassed