Player Celebrations
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New York Post : Georgia baseball player ejected for noxious celebration is type of ‘fun’ Rob Manfred’s MLB panders …
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Modern player celebrations are portrayed as harmful, degenerate, and damaging to the sport
Loaded language such as 'noxious celebration' and 'handshake nonsense' frames athletic expression as destructive to tradition and sportsmanship, appealing to emotion rather than balance.
“elaborate, rehearsed, long-form handshake nonsense”
New York Post : Pitcher’s crotch-chopping antics are exactly the vulgarities Rob Manfred has courted
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Framed as harmful displays of immodesty and self-promotion
The article condemns bat flips and poses as 'immodest, all-about-me displays' that erode sportsmanship, using loaded adjectives and moral judgment.
“kids-attracting bat- flips, home plate posing, muscles flexing and other immodest, all-about-me displays in place of gracious, sportsmanlike conduct”