{"id":4549,"date":"2025-05-25T02:02:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T02:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/05\/25\/indy-500-fever-baseball-fans-pour-themselves-milk-to-celebrate-their-home-run\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T02:02:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T02:02:54","slug":"indy-500-fever-baseball-fans-pour-themselves-milk-to-celebrate-their-home-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/05\/25\/indy-500-fever-baseball-fans-pour-themselves-milk-to-celebrate-their-home-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Indy 500 Fever? Baseball fans pour themselves milk to celebrate their home run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Indianapolis, despite not having a major league baseball team, is creating a buzz among baseball enthusiasts with milk as the Indianapolis 500 race approaches Sunday at 12:30pm on Fox. During Saturday&#8217;s Orioles vs. Red Sox game, fans were spotted celebrating Julenduran&#8217;s home run by playfully pouring milk over him, mimicking the traditional milk celebration of the Indy 500 winner.<\/p>\n<p>Fans at Citi Field adopted the same celebratory gesture after the New York Mets defeated the Los Angeles  5-2 in a National League Championship Series rematch. The privilege to pour milk on the winning driver is reserved for the Indy 500 victor, making it a unique honor tied to the race&#8217;s biggest moments.<\/p>\n<p>The Indiana Dairy Association revealed that 28 out of 33 drivers selected whole milk, while Helio Castroneves, Connor Daly, Graham Rahal, Alexander Rossi, and Takuma Sato opted for 2% milk. <\/p>\n<p>Fan Take: This blend of baseball excitement with Indy 500 traditions highlights the crossover appeal between sports, bringing a fresh and fun layer to fan celebrations. It also builds anticipation for the race, making it more engaging for both baseball and racing fans alike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Indianapolis, despite not having a major league baseball team, is creating a buzz among baseball enthusiasts with milk as the Indianapolis 500 race approaches Sunday at 12:30pm on Fox. During Saturday&#8217;s Orioles vs. Red Sox game, fans were spotted celebrating Julenduran&#8217;s home run by playfully pouring milk over him, mimicking the traditional milk celebration of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[16],"class_list":{"0":"post-4549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-baseball"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}