Athletes doing Fortnite (Free) dances in celebration has just one pro, as Xander Bogaerts of the Boston Red Sox did the “Take the L" emote dance after hitting a double on Opening Day. He’s perhaps the most prominent athlete to drop a Fortnite dance after the UMBC bench was dropping dance moves during their upset of #1-seeded Virginia.
#1 Victory Royale. https://t.co/O4Sk7HswGq pic.twitter.com/t6XjOe4Vbo
— Cut4 (@Cut4) March 30, 2018
Bogaerts didn’t go all out in his dance, which is sad for us not getting to see a grown man do a ridiculous dance, but good because the Rays would probably hit him with a pitch next time he was up. You know, because baseball is a sport for mature adults, and when somebody does something you don’t like, you hit them.
However, whether it was the baseball gods punishing a player having fun, or the Fortnite gods punishing Bogaerts for his half-measure dance, the Rays got their revenge as they beat up on the Sox bullpen to make the Red Sox take the L on Opening Day. This should serve as a lesson to Fortnite players: don’t do your dances while the result is still unsettled, because egg might be on your face afterward. Also, go whole hog. Have a boombox play that ridiculous circus music while you do the dance. Just make sure one foot is on the base while the other leg goes up, or do it after a home run, but make sure you wear a literal suit of armor the next time you come up to the plate, because the pitcher will try to hit you. Glory ain’t cheap.
Of course, the counterpoint is the story of when NBA player Ben Simmons tried to convince the Minnesota Timberwolves’ Karl-Anthony Towns to stay up and play PUBG with him by pointing out that they’re playing the garbage Atlanta Hawks the day afterward. Not only did the T’wolves win, but Towns set a team record for points in a single game with 56!
So, I don’t know if there’s a lesson here, necessarily, other than “sports are fun but will also devastate you emotionally." Also, maybe PUBG needs dances if it’s going to take the crown back from Fortnite.
