PLAYER/TEAM PERSONALIZATION FOR MLB 16:THE SHOW

[Russell_SCEA]

We would like to ask the community to come together and provide us with any information on personalized player and/or team handshakes, celebrations, rituals, etc. that you might know of. PLEASE ONLY USE THE TEMPLATE PROVIDED BELOW, SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO EASILY ORGANIZE THEM. Thanks again.

CATEGORIES (NOTE: ALL CELEBRATIONS MUST HAPPEN CONSISTENTLY AND NOT BE A ONE OFF)
1. Dugout celebrations: Do any two players have a personalized handshake that they do on occasion in the dugout or does a team does a certain celebration in the dugout after a big hit?
2. Home plate celebrations after a home run: When a player hits a home run and as he touches home plate, does he do some sort of hand gesture or a handshake with the on deck batter to celebrate?
3. On base celebrations: When a player gets a big hit and is on any base, does he do some sort of hand gesture or anything else to celebrate the hit.
4. Postgame celebrations: When a team wins while they are on defense, do they do some sort of postgame celebration handshake, chest bump, etc.?
5. Pregame ritual: Do any players have a handshake ritual before the game starts?
6. Batter Walkup ritual: Do any batters have a ritual when they come up to bat?
7. Between pitches ritual: Do any batters have a ritual at the plate after they swing and miss or take a pitch?
8. Closer celebrations: Do any closers have a celebration when they end a game like Fernando Rodney?

TEAM INVOLVED
- Which team is involved in this celebration or does it matter?

PLAYER(S) INVOLVED
- Player(s) which are involved in this celebration. Can any player do this celebration on the team or is it specific to certain players?

DESCRIPTION
- A brief, but thorough description of the celebration. You must make sure we know what you are talking about or we won’t be able to get the celebration in the game.

REFERENCE (VERY IMPORTANT!)
- Please provide video reference. This is very important to get this accurate and correct.

[Spokker]

CATEGORIES (NOTE: ALL CELEBRATIONS MUST HAPPEN CONSISTENTLY AND NOT BE A ONE OFF)
4. Postgame celebrations

TEAM INVOLVED
Miami Marlins

PLAYER(S) INVOLVED
Dee Gordon + Player of the game

DESCRIPTION
As the player of the game after a Marlins win is being interviewed on TV, another Marlins player holds up a toy basketball hoop above the player of the game, and Dee Gordon dunks on top of them.

REFERENCE (VERY IMPORTANT!)
Gordon dunks on Yelich: https://youtu.be/H68c5ro41fo?t=1m4s (Best example as they are standing and could fit in with the player of the game already being interviewed as the players walk off the field. I know there is already an animation in which players stare at the player of the game being interviewed and make him laugh, so maybe this could expand on that.)

Gordon dunks on Ichiro: http://m.mlb.com/video/v95145383/nym...bout-his-game/

Gordon dunks on Stanton: https://youtu.be/ZKQjKEyWyhY?t=21s

[Spokker]

Last one for now

CATEGORIES (NOTE: ALL CELEBRATIONS MUST HAPPEN CONSISTENTLY AND NOT BE A ONE OFF)
1. Dugout celebration

TEAM INVOLVED
Dodgers

PLAYER(S) INVOLVED
Any

DESCRIPTION
After a big hit or homer, the Dodgers dugout celebrates with a bubble machine.

REFERENCE (VERY IMPORTANT!)

I saw this live a lot during 2014 but here's two examples from MLB.com:
http://m.mlb.com/video/v34404253/lad...?query=bubbles

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/1900554...?query=bubbles (Notice how the camera cuts to the bubble machine and Vin Scully mentions it before it's used.)

LA Times article:
http://www.latimes.com/sports/dodger...807-story.html

Quote:

When a Dodgers player hits a home run, the team celebrates with a bubble machine. Before Tuesday's game against the Angels at Dodger Stadium, Joe Torre, Major League Baseball executive vice president, advised the Dodgers to stop using the machine.

But they seemed to have brought it back.

[Flutie_Flakes]

CATEGORIES (NOTE: ALL CELEBRATIONS MUST HAPPEN CONSISTENTLY AND NOT BE A ONE OFF)
3. On Base celebrations

TEAM INVOLVED
Toronto Blue Jays

PLAYER(S) INVOLVED
Edwin Encarnacion

DESCRIPTION
Edwin does the 'Edwing" (raising his right arm into a wing position) whenever he hits a homerun, as he rounds 1st base until after he rounds 3rd base

REFERENCE (VERY IMPORTANT!)
Pose can be seen in this video at 0:10 mark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80LPB0WuxPI

[tomdelonge]

CATEGORIES
- 1, 2, 5

TEAM INVOLVED
- Atlanta Braves

PLAYER(S) INVOLVED
- Freddie Freeman and whoever is batting in front and after him.

DESCRIPTION
- Freddie Freeman lives the hug life. Anytime Freeman is involved in a HR, Freddie and the other batters hug each other after crossing home plate or once they're back in the dugout. He also hugs players before the game starts. This is what he's known for.

REFERENCE (VERY IMPORTANT!)
http://37.media.tumblr.com/f836d2600...lda6o1_400.gif

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEKJvm4NgnE

[monteith]

TEAM INVOLVED
- New York Yankees

PLAYER(S) INVOLVED
- Brett Gardner, Jacoby Ellsbury, Mark Teixeira, Brian McCann, Chase Headley, Stephen Drew, Garrett Jones, Chris Young, John Ryan Murphy, C.C. Sabathia, Nathan Eovaldi, Chase Whitley, Adam Warren, Esmil Rogers, Dellin Betances, Andrew Miller, etc.

DESCRIPTION
- Mustaches! Team bonding never looked so Tom Selleck. The team may not wear them next year, but how fun would it be to see some of these sweet staches in MLB 16: The Show. The only facial hair the Yanks are allowed to wear should make an appearance in next year's installment.

REFERENCE (VERY IMPORTANT!)
By now, everyone has seen this. :-)

[dukeoverunc80]

TEAM INVOLVED
Washington Nationals

PLAYER(S) INVOLVED
Bryce Harper

DESCRIPTION
As Bryce crosses home plate he signs to the Press Box a hand signal meaning "I love you" to his parents, and this year a teammate removes his batting helmet and Bryce flips his hair back.

REFERENCE (VERY IMPORTANT!)
I love you sign
Won't let me post links since I have so few posts, but on YouTube, TrMovies has a video, posted April 19, titled "Bryce Harper Booms Longest Home Run of His Career vs Philadelphia Phillies" that shows the hand signal

Hair flip
Yahoo Sports Blog "MLB Big League Stew" from May 6 has a post titled "All hail Bryce Harper and his hair-flipping home-run celebration" that shows the hair flip a few times.

[dansaint]

TEAM INVOLVED
- St. Louis Cardinals

PLAYER(S) INVOLVED
-Trevor Rosenthal and catcher (whomever)

DESCRIPTION
- After a strikeout to end the game, Rosenthal will cross his arms and bang them together and high five catcher.

REFERENCE (VERY IMPORTANT!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEdWgJozL_k