{"id":2306801,"date":"2024-07-23T12:50:57","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T16:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-mlb-players-cause-a-stir-with-apparent-trump-inspired-celebrations\/"},"modified":"2024-07-23T12:53:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T16:53:08","slug":"watch-mlb-players-cause-a-stir-with-apparent-trump-inspired-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-mlb-players-cause-a-stir-with-apparent-trump-inspired-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: MLB Players Cause a Stir with Apparent Trump-Inspired Celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-mlb-players-cause-a-stir-with-apparent-trump-inspired-celebrations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2306801&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rdquo; Taylor added.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navarro-fauci-is-a-sociopath-must-be-held-accountable\/\" title=\"Navarro: Fauci is a sociopath, must be held accountable\">true intent<\/a> behind \u200bthe celebration, it has sparked debate and\u200b discussion among\u200d baseball fans. The Cardinals continue to play well on the\u2063 field, but their off-field celebrations are now under a\u200d different kind of spotlight.<\/p>\n<p> it is clear that celebrations in sports can have a variety of meanings and interpretations. While some fans \u2062may view them \u200bas harmless\u200c fun,\u2063 others may see them as disrespectful or unsportsmanlike.\u2063 It is important for teams and players to consider the impact of\u200b their actions and ensure \u2063that they are representing themselves and their sport in \u200ba positive light. Ultimately, sports should be a\u200b source of joy and entertainment for all involved, and celebrations \u200cshould be\u200b a reflection of that spirit.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>Some Major League Baseball players have appeared to copy former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s response after being shot at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>A would-be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sarah-huckabee-sanders-criticizes-jill-and-joe-biden-at-rnc-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Sarah Huckabee Sanders criticizes Jill and Joe Biden at RNC - Washington Examiner\">assassin&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s bullet grazed Trump&rsquo;s right ear on July 13, causing him to duck down as gunfire continued.<\/p>\n<p>When he rose back up surrounded by Secret Service agents, the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-has-put-his-boat-in-the-water-for-his-trip-to-cross-the-delaware-on-christmas-eve-attorney-lin-wood\/\" title=\"President Trump \u201cHas Put His Boat In the Water For His Trip to Cross the Delaware\u2026 On Christmas Eve\u201d \u2013 Attorney Lin Wood\">president put<\/a> his fist in the air toward the crowd and yelled out, &ldquo;Fight, fight, fight!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LORD JESUS, WE NEED YOU <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RX65tj6jrQ\">pic.twitter.com\/RX65tj6jrQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; George (@BehizyTweets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BehizyTweets\/status\/1812249272563142827?\">July 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>During a game on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5649601\/2024\/07\/21\/cardinals-celebration-alec-burleson-lars-nootbaar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunday<\/a> at Yankee Stadium, Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Taylor Walls raised his fist and mouthed, &ldquo;Fight, fight,&rdquo; after hitting a stand-up double.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Taylor Walls did the Trump &ldquo;Fight! Fight!&rdquo; after this double <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8K5ovTEIQh\">pic.twitter.com\/8K5ovTEIQh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Talkin&rsquo; Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalkinBaseball_\/status\/1815131165193298029?\">July 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>That same day, St. Louis Cardinals right fielder Alec Burleson put his fist in the air and a hand over his ear after hitting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whats-next-great-awakening-or-great-reset\/\" title=\"What\u2019s Next? Great Awakening or Great Reset?\">home run<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some of his teammates copied him from the dugout as he rounded the bases.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Is this a Trump home run celebration by the Cardinals? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f2XrQr0q3u\">pic.twitter.com\/f2XrQr0q3u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Talkin&rsquo; Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalkinBaseball_\/status\/1815109175623430442?\">July 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Many observers thought it was an obvious reference to Trump&rsquo;s reaction on July 13.<\/p>\n<p>However, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote on X that Cardinals designated hitter Matt Carpenter told him the celebration was to invoke a DJ &ldquo;with ear\/headphones cupped,&rdquo; and the gesture <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-democrats-will-work-on-covid-19-package-alongside-impeachment-trial\/\" title=\"Schumer: Democrats Will Work on COVID-19 Package Alongside Impeachment Trial\">started early<\/a> this month.<\/p>\n<p>Carpenter said Burleson was a college DJ at East Carolina University with the nickname &ldquo;Biscuit.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Definitely not a political statement. That is off base,&rdquo; he told Goold.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Matt Carpenter says celebration supposed to mimic a DJ with ear\/headphones cupped, started early this month &amp; inspired by Burleson&rsquo;s &ldquo;college rapper&rdquo; nickname &mdash;Biscuit.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Definitely not a political statement. That is off base,&rdquo; insists Carpenter. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/stlcards?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#stlcards<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Derrick Goold (@dgoold) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dgoold\/status\/1815123157457756491?\">July 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some on social media responded that they could not find an instance of the celebration before the assassination attempt on Trump.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I found ones from Donovan and Arenado yesterday. Haven&rsquo;t seen any before that but look forward to what you dig up. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JAVEZLCU1T\">https:\/\/t.co\/JAVEZLCU1T<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qaVXt6RLeu\">https:\/\/t.co\/qaVXt6RLeu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John (@JohnMccholl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnMccholl\/status\/1815145402938827040?\">July 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bleacher Nation&rsquo;s Brett Taylor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleachernation.com\/cubs\/2024\/07\/22\/new-cardinals-home-run-celebration-raises-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> regarding the Cardinal player&rsquo;s claim, &ldquo;OK. That&rsquo;s a pretty wild explanation and coincidence, but if that&rsquo;s where you&rsquo;re landing, so be it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;From my perspective, I saw the celebration and thought it was a reference, and I wasn&rsquo;t really inclined to say much about it,&rdquo; Taylor added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">New Cardinals Home Run Celebration Raises Questions &ndash; answered by a college rapper named Biscuit? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8u5iY9QDDc\">https:\/\/t.co\/8u5iY9QDDc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uxI0Dh74no\">pic.twitter.com\/uxI0Dh74no<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bleacher Nation (@BleacherNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherNation\/status\/1815350974602527147?\">July 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Only when the St. Louis media asked about it and Carpenter denied it with a very specific &lsquo;college rapper named Biscuit&rsquo; story did I think it was just too absurd not to .&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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