Orioles' Gibson: New HR celebration called 'homer hose,' not 'dong bong'

The Baltimore Orioles have some of the best dugout celebrations of the 2023 campaign, and pitcher Kyle Gibson wanted to make sure everyone was aware of their names.

"We want to make sure that it's rebranded a little bit. It's a 'homer hose,' not a, uh, a 'dong bong,'" Gibson told The Baltimore Sun's Jacob Calvin Meyer.

"So it's a homer hose, just like as a kid, you go out back, you take a drink from the water hose after you play outside playing whiffle ball. So we've got a turn the water faucet on celebration when you hit a single, we've got a sprinkler when you hit an extra-base hit, and then it's a homer hose when you hit a homer, just so we know that we get that straight."

The Orioles showed off their new home-run celebration during Monday's 5-1 win over the Oakland Athletics, where they belted three round-trippers.

Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman is enjoying all of his team's water-themed celebrations this season.

"I love it," Rutschman said. "We're just huge proponents of staying hydrated. That's what we're about - doing the little things like that."