Kiké Hernández whips out new celebration dance as Dodgers demolish Brewers
With their 7-2 win over the Brewers on Tuesday night, the Dodgers are on a five-game win streak and officially have the best record in the National League, tied with the Guardians for the best record in all of baseball. Mookie Betts is back, Shohei Ohtani is starting to hit again after a down start to August, and Gavin Lux is shockingly anchoring this lineup with a hot streak that started in early July and still hasn't faded.
There's a lot to celebrate, clearly, and Kiké Hernández broke out a new dance to mark it. In the top of the eighth, after doubling off of Brewers reliever Elvis Peguero, he looked back at the visiting bullpen, then the visiting dugout, and pulled a couple of moves that sort of defy description.
After the game, when asked about it by reporters, Hernández told David Vassegh, "Not everything needs to be explained."
Kiké Hernández introduced a new Dodgers celebration dance during Game 2 win over the Brewers
If we had to guess, we'd say that it could be an homage to the Olympics, specifically Australian breakdancer Raygun's kangaroo hop move that's been widely mocked on social media since she failed to score a single point in competition.
Hernández was also the first to break out the Dodgers' Dragon Ball Z celebration at the beginning of the season, but it's unclear if this new one will catch on in the same way. This could definitely be just another Kiké-ism and a way to join in on some of the viral dogpiling on a truly tough watch out of Australia this year.
Hernández joined in on the scoring in Milwaukee as well, with a sac fly that brought Will Smith home for the Dodgers' fifth run of the night. Honestly, we kind of hope the rest of the Dodgers adopt this new dance. It's emminently GIF-able.