The Evolution of the Post-Game Celebration

After a game ends, the celebration begins. An odd thing I've observed is the evolution of the post-game baseball celebration.

It started with the handshake and then the basic high-five. It morphed into the fist-bump.



After the fist-bump, came the fist bump ->explosion...or "blow it up" --- when you go for the basic fist bump and then blow your hand open when you bump like your holding an M-80. Next came the inverted "blow it up", where you start with the open hand slap and then close it up when you hit hands. Baseball has now moved onto the hip bump...

Allthough the hip bump is not the coolest celebration I've seen...(Mac and Jose circa 1987-1991)



...It's better than the alternative.

(I purposely ommitted some modern iterations of baseball hand parties. The modern 'open backhand slap' ,which was popular in 2008, and the current windmill-like 'high five up top' into the 'follow-through slap down low' as you pass the person are not shown...mostly because I couldn't find any good pictures.)

If any major "missing links" are not included, please let me know.