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Mariners Created Wholesome Moment Teaching Randy Arozarena Victory Dance on the Spot

Arozarena was acquired in a trade just days ago.

Josh Wilson

Randy Arozarena gets instructions on his new team's victory dance
Randy Arozarena gets instructions on his new team's victory dance /
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Filling the role of the newbie in any setting is tough. Integrating on a new professional sports team midseason can surely be tricky, considering you're trying to fit into a team that has been finding ways to gel and get along for a whole season without you.

No such problem yet for Randy Arozarena and his new team the Seattle Mariners, based on what we saw in his first game. He went 1-for-4 with a walk and helped Seattle secure a 3-1 win on the road against the Chicago White Sox.

After, the left fielder got with his new fellow outfielders, Mitch Haniger and Victor Robles, to learn their victory dance.

The Mariners hope that is one of many victory dances left this season for their new outfielder. Seattle is just 1.0 game back from the Houston Astros going into Sunday, and the addition of Arozarena is a clear signal that they plan to compete. Seattle has been rumored to be interested in plenty of other options in the trade market with the deadline bearing down on Tuesday. They've specifically been tied to Arozarena's former Rays teammate Yandy Diaz.

Arozarena had a wild week. He was a Ray on Thursday morning. Friday, he was a spectator at a game in Tampa. Saturday, he was playing for the Mariners, learning a new dance.

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JOSH WILSON

Josh Wilson is the news director of the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in 2024, he worked for FanSided in a variety of roles, most recently as senior managing editor of the brand’s flagship site. He has also served as a general manager of Sportscasting, the sports arm of a start-up sports media company, where he oversaw the site’s editorial and business strategy. Wilson has a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from SUNY Cortland and a master’s in accountancy from the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois. He loves a good nonfiction book and enjoys learning and practicing Polish. Wilson lives in Chicago but was raised in upstate New York. He spent most of his life in the Northeast and briefly lived in Poland, where he ate an unhealthy amount of pastries for six months.

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