Ranking the 8 best MLB home run celebrations of 2023,…

Ranking the 8 best MLB home run celebrations of 2023, including a giant sword

Baseball should be fun.

Celebrating home runs? That should really be fun. Because home runs are cool and deserve to be celebrated.

And thank goodness we have some fantastic celebrations being used by MLB teams in 2023 after a player hits one out. We saw some similarly great ones in the World Baseball Classic, and I’m happy to see all that joy and silliness come over to the regular season.

So let’s rank the best ones we’ve seen so far — we’ve got props and generally wacky stuff from players — and we’ll revisit this later in the year if we see some more fun stuff:

8
Cincinnati Reds: The Viking costume

First homer as a Red ✔️
First viking appearance ✔️ pic.twitter.com/pGVBxrcImf

— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) April 15, 2023

The Honorary Viking pic.twitter.com/IweqyTTm2b

— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) April 11, 2023

It’s definitely fun but there are better ones.

7
Detroit Tigers: A Red Wings helmet and stick

👀🙌 https://t.co/tnzDEsmKxD

— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) April 23, 2023

Not bad!

6
Atlanta Braves: A giant hat

The busiest Brave at the ballpark tonight is the homer hat.#ForTheA pic.twitter.com/aLYjGd7Sv2

— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) April 15, 2023

The Braves big hat is out once again pic.twitter.com/WGW5SeQecR

— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) April 15, 2023

Getting in on the giant hat craze, I see.

5
Boston Red Sox: "Weights"

The laundry cart is dead. Masataka Yoshida-inspired dumbbell lifts might be here to stay. On the Red Sox' new home run celebration and how it came about:https://t.co/EfFFmE4oNH

— Chris Cotillo (@ChrisCotillo) April 5, 2023

Inflatable dumbbells are kind of fun!