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Team Dominican Republic players turn home runs into celebrations
Summary
At the World Baseball Classic, Team Dominican Republic marked home runs with props and animated dugout rituals, including a custom jacket, oversized chains and a dumbbell wrapped with plantains; Junior Caminero's 414-foot two-run homer and additional long shots by Julio Rodríguez, Oneil Cruz and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drew notable attention.
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At loanDepot Park during the World Baseball Classic, Team Dominican Republic turned home runs into lively dugout celebrations ahead of and during games. Clubhouse staff arranged props — a colorful custom jacket, oversized red-blue-white chains and a dumbbell wrapped with plantains — for players to wear or hold after homers. Junior Caminero’s two-run, 414-foot homer against Nicaragua set off an emotional celebration that was widely shared, and other long homers in subsequent games continued the ritual. The displays draw on Dominican and winter-league traditions and have stood out in the WBC setting.
Key details:
- The team uses a custom jacket, oversized chains and a dumbbell wrapped with plantains as victory props that are draped on hitters after home runs.
- Junior Caminero hit a 414-foot two-run home run against Nicaragua; teammates greeted him at the plate and draped him with the jacket and chains.
- Julio Rodríguez hit a high-exit-speed drive and celebrated energetically; Oneil Cruz hit a reported 450-foot home run into the second deck and paused at home plate to watch the ball.
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Juan Soto and others also homered in recent games and took part in the dugout festivities.
- Manager Albert Pujols has praised the roster and described the lineup as a strong, unified group, and players and observers note the WBC environment encourages national-team emotion and celebration.
Summary:
The celebrations have highlighted Team Dominican Republic’s offensive power and added visible color and energy to the World Baseball Classic. A scheduled pool matchup with Venezuela is next and could produce another intense atmosphere.
