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Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. dances shirtless in the locker room after winning the wild-card series


Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. dances shirtless in the locker room after winning the wild-card series

The party took place on Wednesday evening in San Diego.

The Padres defeated the Atlanta Braves in the wild card series with a 5-4 victory, securing their third National League Division Series appearance in five years.

It seems that champagne celebrations are more common in baseball than any other sport, and teams typically celebrate after almost every decisive victory.

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Fernando Tatis with beer

San Diego Padres outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr., center, celebrates with his teammates after winning the Wild Card Round of the 2024 MLB Playoffs against the Atlanta Braves at Petco Park. (Denis Poroy/Imagn Images)

In the Padres clubhouse, champagne bottles were popping, beer was being poured and Fernando Tatis Jr. was rocking and rolling.

During the team celebration, Tatis showed off his dance moves, shirtless, hat backwards, shoes off and sunglasses off.

Tatis hit a two-run home run in the first inning of the first game of the series. In the decisive game he won 3 against 3.

This may be San Diego's third trip to a division series since 2020, but this series marked Tatis' first postseason game in front of fans.

Tatis lies down

San Diego Padres outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr., center, and his teammates celebrate after winning the Wild Card Round of the 2024 MLB Playoffs against the Atlanta Braves at Petco Park. (Denis Poroy/Imagn Images)

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In 2020, the entire season, with the exception of the National League Championship Series and World Series, was played without fans during the COVID pandemic. So Tatis' epic viral bat hit took place in an empty stadium.

When the Padres returned to the postseason in 2022, Tatis was suspended for his use of performance-enhancing drugs.

San Diego now faces the NL West rival Los Angeles Dodgers. All three of their trips to the division series this decade came against LA.

The Dodgers defeated the Padres in 2020, but the Padres got revenge by winning in four games two years later.

The Padres won this year's season series 8-5.

Tatis on the field

San Diego Padres outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr. (23) celebrates his win in the Wild Card Round of the 2024 MLB Playoffs against the Atlanta Braves at Petco Park. (Denis Poroy/Imagn Images)

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Game 1 is scheduled for Saturday at 8:38 p.m. ET at Dodger Stadium.

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