MLB slugger Harold Castro capped off one of the most exciting finishes to ever grace a Venezuelan League championship game. In the bottom of the 11th inning, Castro hit an absolute no-doubter to right field to end the game.
Harold had no desire to contain his excitement in helping Leones del Caracas win their 21st league title. He watched the ball the entire way, making sure it didn’t hit the right-field foul pole. He didn’t take his first steps out of the box until the ball landed in the seats.
Harold Castro hit a walk-off home run to win the Venezuelan League championship and provided a legendary trip around the bases
Harold Castro hit a walk-off home run to win the Venezuelan League championship and provided a legendary trip around the bases https://t.co/KqOnCzsgkq
That was the perfect reaction to hitting a walk-off home run to win the championship. Everything this team had worked for all season long paid off with just one swing of the bat.
Seeing home run celebrations in leagues like this isn’t uncommon. The Venezuelan and Dominican Republic Winter leagues are known for their bat flips and home run trots.
“Oh this is wild,” one fan tweeted.
“Pour this into my veins and don’t you dare stop,” another fan tweeted.
Harold Castro hit a walk-off home run to win the Venezuelan League championship and provided a legendary trip around the bases
Harold Castro hit a walk-off home run to win the Venezuelan League championship and provided a legendary trip around the bases https://t.co/KqOnCzsgkq
Pour this into my veins and don’t you dare stop. twitter.com/jomboymedia/st…
But this time, this HR was for the championship.
@JomboyMedia Retribution for Acuña’s HR, and 4 innings before this, another player celebrated almost the same as Acuña…But this time, this HR was for the championship.
MLB fans can’t help but love this kind of stuff. They love seeing raw emotions from these professional athletes.
1* @ronaldacunajr24 hitting a HR, putting a show on the bases to end up losing the game, then leaving his team in a final
@JomboyMedia There are 2 types of “perreos” 1* @ronaldacunajr24 hitting a HR, putting a show on the bases to end up losing the game, then leaving his team in a final😂2* Our boy Castro showing how its done!
@JomboyMedia Inject this energy into the MLB and let the guys play. This is what baseball needs.
Harold Castro hit a walk-off home run to win the Venezuelan League championship and provided a legendary trip around the bases
Harold Castro hit a walk-off home run to win the Venezuelan League championship and provided a legendary trip around the bases https://t.co/KqOnCzsgkq
The day the @MLB welcomes this type of emotion into the game, and pitchers don’t get all sensitive about getting roped 350+ ft, baseball will move up in the sports rankings. twitter.com/JomboyMedia/st…
Fans are mentioning that Castro did this in response to Ronald Acuna Jr., who had a massive home run celebration a week ago. This led to his family being attacked in the stands innings later and him retiring from the Venezuelan Winter League.
While we all want to see players express their emotions, we have to keep in mind things like that can happen. Players and fans don’t like being shown up.
MLB has slowly started to embrace “letting the kids play”
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