ESPN hilariously mistakes Nick Castellanos celebration as inappropriate gesture

On the other hand, ESPN must have misunderstood what Castellanos was going for.

ESPN is broadcasting the game, being their primetime matchup of the Wild Card series. The story around Philadelphia is a good one and plenty of baseball fans across the country are going to want to follow along.

They decided to post a video of Castellanos’ celebration on Twitter but blurred his entire hand out. Maybe they thought he was giving the Phillies dugout the finger. Or they just did not want to be accused of posting something potentially offensive.

Either way, Castellanos was just expressing his desire to win the World Series.

Odds are, Nick Castellanos will not be the last Phillies player to flash the celebration throughout the playoffs. Big hits are going to come and the ring finger is going to come back out. Whether it’s later in Game 1, down the road against Miami, or later in the playoffs.

The Phillies are ring-chasing but will have quite the road ahead of them.

Looking ahead to a potential NLDS, the Atlanta Braves will be next up. Neither team particularly likes each other, being bitter rivals in the NL East. Atlanta has been the best team in baseball by a wide margin but as you can tell, there is going to be a lot of confidence coming from Philadelphia.

Maybe if things get heated, the specific finger being shown does change. But as long as they are just celebrating hits and attempting to get the home crowd game, ESPN can probably unblur future videos of the Phillies.