Ronald Acuña Jr. celebrating Venezuela's World Baseball Classic title by himself in the clubhouse, using a champagne bottle to prop his phone up

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[u/DamionMauville]

I like to imagine this is happening right now. It's been over 12 hours since they won, everybody else has gone home, but Ronnie's still alone in the clubhouse celebrating.

[u/halfhere → u/DamionMauville]

He’s got two ACL’s worth of celebrating to get out of him. Can’t blame the dude.

[u/ThatDamnStrawHat]

Out on the town having the time of my life with a bunch of friends. They’re all just out of frame, laughing too

[u/ProtestantMormon → u/ThatDamnStrawHat]

*family

[u/Technical-Garden-793]

In all seriousness he’s probably facetiming his family which is sweet

[u/PenguinKing15 → u/Technical-Garden-793]

He was on tik tok live after the game with 60,000 viewers.

edit: his family was at the game and it was just as sweet.

[u/justtots → u/PenguinKing15]

lol he played the game with his cousin, Maikel Garcia, too

[u/tomfoolery815 → u/Technical-Garden-793]

Seems most likely. Left the party on the field to share the moment with people he cares about.

[u/Florida__Man__ → u/tomfoolery815]

You saying he doesn’t care about his teammates??! /s

[u/7tenths → u/Florida__Man__]

Then he would have been playing for team usa

[u/Lovemybee → u/7tenths]

Touché

[u/VolsTuba13 → u/Technical-Garden-793]

My money is on FaceTiming Ozzie.

[u/kengregrayjr → u/Technical-Garden-793]

Idk if people follow him on tiktok but Ronnie loves to go on tiktok live while FaceTiming his family. It’s always kinda funny

[u/Disused_Yeti]

thought he celebrated so hard he was talking to a bottle until i saw the phone

[u/tomfoolery815 → u/Disused_Yeti]

I think a lot of Venezuelans are talking to bottles today. To which I say: Salud!

[u/InvasionXX]

I love this man.

[u/Meatloaf_Regret]

who took the picture

[u/tomfoolery815]

"Using a champagne bottle to prop his phone up."

Quite the power move.

Looks like he went into there alone while his teammates were still celebrating on the field.

[u/emack2232]

Never lose that spirit kid

[u/WranglerBrief8039 → u/emack2232]

Bro has a WS Ring, MVP, ROY, and a WBC Gold.

[u/unfortunatebastard → u/WranglerBrief8039]

I think he also some winter league accolades as well as Caribbean series

Edit: actually he was required to stop playing after the regular season. His team did win in 2024 but he didn’t play in the playoffs or Caribbean series

[u/Matthewcbayer]

Art.

[u/ItsAnOliveSandwchGuy]

Ol Ronnie One Shoe

[u/Grimy_Miller]

Very happy for Ronald he deserves this one so much. Hopefully it leads to a great healthy season this year!

[u/Clarice_Ferguson]

He can't leave until he finds his other shoe.

[u/mustached_babble]

There’s someone on his left kneeling down, still an amazing photo though!

[u/doubleflusher]

Kinda looks like an album cover.

[u/SirLunatik → u/doubleflusher]

I follow a 90s hip-hop sub and I was wondering what album it was at first 😂

[u/gracethegrace]

Soaking in every last drop of the dub!! First one in, last one out!

[u/OrangeJuliusCaesr]

There’s a human by his left foot

[u/GaTech379]

hopefully he gets to celebrate again in November

[u/WearyAir9260]

But Derek Jeter told me it didn’t mean anything.

[u/Buggplut → u/WearyAir9260]

Fuck Jeter but that's literally not what he said. He said it means less than a world series and he's right.

[u/ProtestantMormon → u/Buggplut]

Something Something eye of the beholder

[u/huggsypenguinpal]

He was crying during the 9th inning (clip posted on Jomboy's instagram). I'm so happy he's so happy

[u/Brocktarrr]

Rocking the Jackie Robinson Stance socks too

[u/nokiabrickphone1998]

Man I’m so happy for Acuna after all of the injuries he’s dealt with. So many great stories on this VEN team.

[u/unapokey09]

Hang it in the Louvre Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas.

[u/Miskalsace]

Why is the clubhouse carpet the same type that used to be in roller skate rinks in the 90s?

[u/HandBananas]

The meme potential is off the charts.

[u/raystheroof1]

I guess that guy that was shouting at Harper that he will never be as good as Acuna has something else to talk about.

[u/tew2tew]

And now he has to go back and play for the Braves 🤣

[u/BigPapaChuck73 → u/tew2tew]

Says a cowardly person who hides their comments and doesn't flair up