The Tampa Bay Rays topped the New York Yankees on Wednesday night, sweeping the American League Divisional Series.
Tampa Bay took all three games from New York in the ALDS, advancing to the League Championship Series. The Rays topped the Yankees, 4-3, in the Bronx on Wednesday evening. Tampa Bay closer Bryan Baker closed out New York in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Immediately following the final out, Caminero turned to the Yankee Stadium crowd and did a “sweeping” motion, taunting New York’s fans over the outcome of the series.
While the Rays can certainly celebrate their win, some fans felt that it was “classless” to taunt the crowd like that.
While Tampa Bay Rays fans certainly loved the celebration, not everyone else – especially Yankees fans – enjoyed it.
MLB fans react to Junior’s postgame taunting
“Junior Caminero is an arrogant player,” one fan wrote.
“No class,” one fan added.
“Junior is a troll, man!” one fan added.
“Classless celebration but good series,” one fan added.
Tampa Bay, meanwhile, is off to the American League Championship Series, where they will be playing either the Chicago White Sox or the Cleveland Guardians.
Game 4 of the White Sox vs. Guardians series is set for Thursday. The Guardians topped the White Sox in Game 3 in Chicago earlier on Wednesday afternoon. The White Sox will once again have a chance to close out the series on Thursday, while Cleveland will hope to force a do-or-die Game 5 back home.
In the National League, the Dodgers have advanced to the NLCS, while the Brewers and the Padres are playing Game 4 of their series on Wednesday evening.
The full schedule for Thursday’s playoff games, if needed, will be out later on Wednesday night.
