Dodgers: Walker Buehler beer bottle video and celebration tweet are iconic

The Los Angeles Dodgers probably treated their Wild Card Game against the St. Louis Cardinals like a business meeting, but truth be told, there was a lot of pressure on LA’s shoulders to advance Wednesday night.

Nobody wants to see a one-game format force the arrival of the end of the road for one of the league’s premier franchises, let alone a team that won a ridiculous 106 games in 2021. Especially not Major League Baseball, with the 107-win San Francisco Giants now on the horizon, setting up the first ever Dodgers-Giants postseason series on either coast (The Shot Heard ‘Round The World was a tiebreaker playoff).

Now that that’s over, though, LA can only do so much celebrating. Sure, Chris Taylor’s walk-off, two-out, two-run home run in the ninth was euphoric, but this is only the first step towards a repeat. We’re talking about a team with championship DNA here. They’re not going to go all out to—

Oop, sorry, what’s that? Walker Buehler’s untwisting a beer bottle with his mouth? OK, never mind.

Dodgers ace Walker Buehler opened a beer with his eye socket after winning the Wild Card Game.

So Buehler went a little nuts. What’s the big deal? Winning matters. Winning a one-game playoff against the hottest team in the National League matters. Boys will be boys. Boys will untwist jagged metal bottle caps with their lips and teeth.

Credit to Buehler, too, because he didn’t shy away from the moment after it was captured on television postgame. He went right to Twitter — as one does — to defend his actions.

Based on his defense, it seems like these actions have occurred repeatedly over the course of the 27-year-old’s life.

Counterpoint: Sir, you shouldn’t use a bottle opener, either. It’s a twist-off. Fingers will do.

Of course, Buehler’s got to have a perfect grip ready for the NLDS, so he likely wants to avoid any chance of messing up his precious digits ahead of that outing. He’s like George Costanza during his brief hand-modeling career. No sudden moves.

So, in conclusion, just say that, man. Don’t make me feel uncool because I twist off a bottle cap the way God and Anheuser-Busch intended. We’re both cool, man. Just in different ways.

No comment on Justin Turner opening a twist-off with his prehensile beard.

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