""You never get tired of this. You can't ever take this for granted," Muncy, the Dodger third baseman said, as he clutched a lit cigar in one hand and two red Budweiser bottles in the other. "This is the whole reason that you play baseball. You want to be in this moment. "You want to play postseason baseball. And to be able to do it for as many times as I've done it, it's just truly a blessing.""
""The moment Muncy referred to is the alcohol-infused postseason series victory celebration, a tradition that dates to the 1960 World Series when members of the Pittsburgh Pirates chose not to drink the champagne that had been wheeled into their victorious clubhouse, but began spraying it on one another instead. As baseball's postseason format expanded, so did the number of champagne celebrations; Friday's was the Dodgers' fifth in 27 days and 10 th in less than two years.""
Max Muncy stood in what is normally an underground batting cage that had been transformed into an exclusive drinking spot as Dodgers players toasted their return to the World Series. Cheap champagne and cheaper beer flowed freely, forming puddles on hastily laid plastic sheeting. Muncy clutched a lit cigar and two Budweiser bottles while praising postseason moments as a blessing. The celebration follows a tradition dating to the 1960 Pirates' champagne-spraying victory and has multiplied as postseason formats expanded. Friday's celebration was the Dodgers' fifth in 27 days and 10th in less than two years. Blake Treinen called the revelry a grown man acting like a little kid.
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