Althouse: Thrusting.

May 13, 2026

Thrusting.

Giants were asked not to do the thrusting celebration anymore so instead they were as polite as possible https://t.co/lesg7G6iVl pic.twitter.com/NKjHORMPVo
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) May 13, 2026

57 comments:

Lazarus said...: "Pretend?"; 5/13/26, 9:14 AM
Achilles said...: This is the main failure of gay marriage.

People think acting like this in public is OK.; 5/13/26, 9:15 AM
Achilles said...: I have supported gay marriage for almost 40 years since I knew it was an issue.

But lately People are trying to convince me it was a bad idea.; 5/13/26, 9:16 AM
Christopher B said...: Humping is a dominance move.; 5/13/26, 9:17 AM
Temujin said...: What do you even say to that? It’s classless. There is no class anywhere. Kids go to ballgames. They look up to these guys. What are they teaching them? Are those guys parents? If so, they don’t think much of their own kids. Not to mention anyone else looking on. Granted, it’s San Francisco’s team, so our expectations for standards are not high.
I’m just so tired of the nonstop wrecking of our civil society in large and small ways- everyday- by people who should know better.; 5/13/26, 9:20 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: Ever wonder how these "celebrations" are concocted and how much they practice it before a game? Did no one see this and think the obvious, or say anything? My hunch is there were several dudes in the dugout ROFL because these idiots actually did it on national TV.; 5/13/26, 9:23 AM
Ice Nine said...: >Christopher B said...
Humping is a dominance move.<

Yeah, I guess. In San Francisco, of all places, that is probably a pretty good reason for heterosexual men to avoid doing it with each other, wouldn't you say.; 5/13/26, 9:23 AM
rhhardin said...: The two primary motions are rotation and sexual movement, whose combination is expressed by the locomotive's wheels and pistons.

These two motions are reciprocally transformed, the one into the other.

Thus one notes that the earth, by turning, makes animals and men have coitus, and (because the result is as much the cause as that which provoked it) that animals and men make the earth turn by having coitus.

It is the mechanical combination or transformation of these movements that the alchemists sought as the philosopher's stone.

- Bataille; 5/13/26, 9:24 AM
tim maguire said...: The things some people think are a good idea...; 5/13/26, 9:38 AM
AMDG said...: If only there were someone like Bob Gibson still pitching.; 5/13/26, 9:53 AM
Joe Bar said...: I have never seen or heard about that before. Now, I'm sorry I did.; 5/13/26, 9:54 AM
RCOCEAN II said...: I dont know what happened. This "Celebration Thing" is sports has gone over the top. Pretty soon MLB players will be rolling around on the ground and hugging each other like effeminate soccer players after a goal.

Astounding to see clips from BB in the 50s and 60s, where the guy wins the game with a HR, and his teamates just shake his hand at home plate. And if you taunted someone, you got Fastball at the head or a fight broke out.; 5/13/26, 9:55 AM
Ampersand said...: San Francisco; 5/13/26, 9:58 AM
Earnest Prole said...: Circle jerk.; 5/13/26, 9:59 AM
Narr said...: McCringleberry! (Key and Peele, of course.); 5/13/26, 9:59 AM
Randomizer said...: Mike (MJB Wolf) said...
Ever wonder how these "celebrations" are concocted and how much they practice it before a game?

I wonder about it now. How did the idea man propose it?

"If we win, let's stand in a circle and bang our dicks together!"

"Good idea. Let's practice right now, in the shower, so everybody is surprised!"

"No homo. You gotta say that or it's gay."; 5/13/26, 10:10 AM
Peachy said...: lol that's what happy dogs do.; 5/13/26, 10:16 AM
Howard said...: It would be much better if they all faced outward and did their best impression of the Jim Carrey hip thrust. All righty then; 5/13/26, 10:17 AM
Peachy said...: luckily it was a quick-ee.

I agree with Temujin. There are kids in the audience. Must we sexualize everything?; 5/13/26, 10:18 AM
Peachy said...: Idiocracy - not just a movie. A prophecy.
*half time show butt f***ing - soon. *; 5/13/26, 10:19 AM
Mike (MJB Wolf) said...: I long for the days of Pee Wee's "Tequila!" dance moves. Pro sports players should stick to simple dances like that and the equally accessible Trump Dance.; 5/13/26, 10:26 AM
Peachy said...: OT:

For the Isreal Haters and the Jew blamers

Batya Ungar-Sargon
@bungarsargon
"Heads were decapitated. Pelvic bones shattered. Even after death, sexual assault continued. A grotesque, medieval obsession with sexual organs pervaded the crime scenes at the Nova Festival and in the Kibbutzim near Gaza."
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Full depravity of Hamas during October 7 revealed for the first time: New report details how terrorists performed almost unimaginable horrors upon Israeli families https://trib.al/olj7tnv; 5/13/26, 10:32 AM
James K said...: “Astounding to see clips from BB in the 50s and 60s, where the guy wins the game with a HR, and his teamates just shake his hand at home plate.”
This is black and Hispanic cultural creep. It began with the high five replacing the handshake and went from there. Those cultures are more … demonstrative in public. Peer pressure makes it universal. Then it just ratchets up.; 5/13/26, 10:37 AM
YonkersDave said...: Maybe they are mocking soccer, where every goal is followed by a five-minute guy orgy (at least internationally).; 5/13/26, 10:44 AM
Mike Petrik said...: It must be a San Francisco thing.; 5/13/26, 10:45 AM
Narr said...: Slapass! (Key and Peele); 5/13/26, 11:04 AM
rehajm said...: To celebrate a touchdown Barry Sanders used to hand the ball to the ref. Fuckboys, you’re no Barry Sanders…; 5/13/26, 11:06 AM
JAORE said...: Oh for the day when my youngest grandchild plays T-ball and hits a homer.... Then celebrates with teammates just like the big boys do.; 5/13/26, 11:10 AM
WisRich said...: Whoa, that's gay. (not that there's anything wrong with that) hat tip Seinfeld.; 5/13/26, 11:27 AM
rehajm said...: I get A Night at the Roxbury vibe but maybe that's just because I’m hopeful…; 5/13/26, 11:50 AM
BarrySanders20 said...: rehajm said...
To celebrate a touchdown Barry Sanders used to hand the ball to the ref. Fuckboys, you’re no Barry Sanders…

Thank You!; 5/13/26, 12:10 PM
narciso said...: Just slightly less creepy than the colbert shindig; 5/13/26, 12:13 PM
rehajm said...: Thank You!

…you’re the man…; 5/13/26, 12:26 PM
mccullough said...: Save it for Pride Month; 5/13/26, 12:35 PM
Known Unknown said...: The Giants don't win many games with their high school manager so I allow them some celebratory grace.; 5/13/26, 12:40 PM
Jupiter said...: Twerking for jocks.; 5/13/26, 1:11 PM
Jupiter said...: "I have supported gay marriage for almost 40 years since I knew it was an issue.
But lately People are trying to convince me it was a bad idea."
Well. As an institution, it is arguably less reprehensible than abortion. Arguably.; 5/13/26, 1:17 PM
Curious George said...: This is just stupid. I don't mind the bat flips etc on home runs. It does get tiring hearing old timers bitch about it and then say what so and so pitcher would have done. The big trend is teams having a signal to the guys on the bench after they get on base. Last year the Cubs would do the raise the roof thing. Currently they do something with their hands and then hold their nose. Not sure what it means. But it seems to be working. The lead MLB in OBP.; 5/13/26, 1:28 PM
n.n said...: "Pride Month" full of lions, lionesses, and unPlanned cubs in gay parade transing the plains of the African savanna.; 5/13/26, 1:28 PM
n.n said...: You put your right foot in
You put your right foot out
You put your right foot in
And you shake it all about
You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn yourself around
That`s what it`s all about!; 5/13/26, 1:30 PM
n.n said...: Lord Flasheart's Grand Entrance; 5/13/26, 1:35 PM
Curious George said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 5/13/26, 1:58 PM
Achilles said...: Howard said...
< >It would be much better if they all faced outward and did their best impression of the Jim Carrey hip thrust. All righty then

I don’t think Jim Carrey would have made it in today’s world.; 5/13/26, 2:07 PM
FullMoon said...: The x link shows a pic in comments of Dodgers doing it first. SF was mocking them; 5/13/26, 2:09 PM
FullMoon said...: It began when players started wearing jewelry and avoiding haircuts.; 5/13/26, 2:10 PM
Iman said...: Drop DeeDee in the middle of that cluster and shim be happy!; 5/13/26, 2:27 PM
bagoh20 said...: There are ways to celebrate with class. Modern players make it hard to have heroes in sports. Your hero can turn out to be a crook, a rapist, a pedo, or a murder, or sometimes just lame.; 5/13/26, 2:32 PM
AndrewV said...: I was watching the game last night and I didn't notice that. For the most part the Giants have been struggling this season, but when they have been playing against the Dodgers they step it up and win.; 5/13/26, 2:46 PM
Jim at said...: Glad to see I'm still not missing anything when I stopped watching after they shit 'Black Lives Matter' on every pitchers mound in 2020.

Oh, and kneeling.

Vin Scully is rolling over in his grave.; 5/13/26, 3:16 PM
bagoh20 said...: Is there anything about the culture that has gotten better in the last decade or two? Is there anything at all that's gotten better? Even the things that were bad were better than what replaced them?; 5/13/26, 4:31 PM
RoseAnne said...: I went to my first Indians game on a bus with other teens of my age and a few adult chaperones. Cleveland's old Municipal Stadium was such a large facility and the Indians (of the Rocky Colavito era) were so bad they gave away a lot of tickets to a charity to hand out to people who did the charity's walk-a-thon just to get people in the stands. It was no frills but I still remember it. Now, I am not sure I could afford a game. I know if I did, I wouldn't want to see - or pay for - this sort of celebration. Let kids be kids. There is time enough for the rest.; 5/13/26, 5:43 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...: Peachy writes: "For the Isreal [sic] Haters and the Jew blamers"

US sells 30-year bonds at 5% yield for first time since 2007

“As of March 2026, Israel's annual inflation rate eased to 1.9%, falling slightly below the 2% mark for the first time in months. This rate remains well within the Bank of Israel’s official 1%–3% annual target range.”

From Reuters, just to save anyone the bother of looking it up. 😉; 5/13/26, 5:52 PM
Curious George said...: "RoseAnne said...
I went to my first Indians game on a bus with other teens of my age and a few adult chaperones. Cleveland's old Municipal Stadium was such a large facility and the Indians (of the Rocky Colavito era) were so bad they gave away a lot of tickets to a charity to hand out to people who did the charity's walk-a-thon just to get people in the stands."

My first game was also the Indians at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. It was "Save the Indians Day" and my dad got free tickets. Came out of the dark tunnel to this huge green expanse. I was seven or so. The had ssome good players: Sudden Sam McDowell, Max Alvis, Leon Wagner, Rocky Colavito.; 5/13/26, 6:08 PM
Josephbleau said...: Bezboul beeen belly belly good to meee.; 5/13/26, 7:41 PM
Josephbleau said...: Baseball players have always been assholes. Yet in older days they kept it quiet.; 5/13/26, 7:46 PM
The Middle Coast said...: I want a new tag for “thrusting.”; 5/14/26, 7:42 AM
Biff said...: RoseAnne said..."Now, I am not sure I could afford a game."

I was a die-hard Yankees fan when I was growing up in the 70s. My family would go to see a game at least once a year at Yankee Stadium.

I still remember the ticket prices: $6 for box seats (including seats behind home plate), $4.50 for reserved seats, and $1.50 for bleacher seats. Hot dogs were less than a dollar.

It was a different time. Lousy, back row seats for tonight's game against the Mets start at around $100. Don't ask about field-level box seats. I've gone on cheaper vacations.; 5/14/26, 12:33 PM

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