Alex Cora Confirms Origin of Red Sox’s Wild On-Base Celebration
The Boston Red Sox have gone a bit viral for their wild on-base celebration this season.
Boston Red Sox outfielder Roman Anthony One thing that has gotten fans' attention about the 2026 Boston Red Sox so far this season has been the club's brand-new on-base celebration for the campaign. If you somehow haven't seen it yet, you can find a clip below of young infielder Marcelo Mayer at second base. You may have been wondering why Marcelo Mayer started randomly doing this celebration.
Well, it’s not what you think it is. He might be imitating his teammate Roman Anthony in an old Tik Tok video of his that has been used in many baseball edits recently 😭 pic. twitter.
com/rCQdMqZMdI — js9innings (@js9inningsmedia) March 29, 2026 It's definitely a different look than what you'd typically expect. But, it's not exactly what you think. There was chatter that the celebration was in reference to an old TikTok video featuring Roman Anthony and Red Sox manager Alex Cora confirmed it on Tuesday while joining WEEI .
"There's a story behind that," Cora said. "There's a TikTok video somewhere of one of the players that the dance came from there. That's how it started.