Fernando Rodney Celebrates Too Soon

Seattle Mariners closer Fernando Rodney has a little routine where he shoots imaginary arrows after closing out a game. Like most closers, he usually just pitches In the ninth or last inning of game, but occasionally has to come in a little earlier than that. Such was the case in the Mariners game against the Los Angeles Angels on July 20th. With the bullpen seeing a lot of work, Rodney came into the game in the eighth inning. After getting the final out in the eighth, Rodney did his shooting the arrow thing.

But of course, L .A. had one more crack at him in the ninth, and the premature celebration fired up the players , who responded with a rally. The Angels fired their own arrows:

Grant Green ended it with a bases loaded single in the ninth to win the game:

Amazingly, no one had a snit fit over “disrespect” or “unwritten rules”. The Angels handled this type thing the way it should be handled, and went out and won the game.