{"id":29029,"date":"2026-04-29T02:26:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T02:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=29029"},"modified":"2026-04-29T02:26:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T02:26:30","slug":"seiya-suzuki-imitates-moises-ballesteros-dansby-swanson-during-cubs-batting-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=29029","title":{"rendered":"Seiya Suzuki imitates Mois\u00e9s Ballesteros, Dansby Swanson during Cubs batting practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"Styles__MarkdownContainer-dxqlie-0 iMsGag\">The Cubs took an early 5-3 lead over the Padres before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/gameday\/cubs-vs-padres\/2026\/04\/27\/823311\/final\/wrap\" target=\"_blank\">a 9-7 loss<\/a>, thanks to a home run from Suzuki and then the first big-league grand slam for scorching-hot rookie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/player\/694208\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\">Mois\u00e9s Ballesteros<\/a>. Perhaps Suzuki had an inkling the big swing would come for Ballesteros.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"Styles__MarkdownContainer-dxqlie-0 iMsGag\">Suzuki (a righty) did an over-the-top impression of Ballesteros\u2019 unique left-handed swing, featuring a sizable leg kick with his hands held high, for teammates during pregame batting practice. Suzuki laughed it off afterward &#8212; but he wasn\u2019t quite done.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"Styles__MarkdownContainer-dxqlie-0 iMsGag\">The slugger also took his shot at Cubs shortstop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/player\/621020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\">Dansby Swanson<\/a>, who recognizably puts the bat on his shoulder and leans back a bit before digging into his stance. Swanson also tends to fall toward home plate after a swing and miss, which Suzuki displayed perfectly, before mocking Swanson\u2019s wide-legged gait back toward the dugout.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"Styles__MarkdownContainer-dxqlie-0 iMsGag\">As the pregame smiles would suggest, vibes are pretty high right now for the 17-12 Cubs, whose three straight losses on a difficult road trip have only come after a 10-game winning streak. The same goes for Suzuki, who is batting .317\/.419\/.571 with five homers has picked up right where he left off from a career year in 2025.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/seiya-suzuki-imitates-moises-ballesteros-dansby-swanson-during-cubs-batting-practice\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cubs took an early 5-3 lead over the Padres before a 9-7 loss, thanks to a home run from Suzuki and then the first big-league grand slam for scorching-hot rookie Mois\u00e9s Ballesteros. Perhaps Suzuki had an inkling the big swing would come for Ballesteros. Suzuki (a righty) did an over-the-top impression of Ballesteros\u2019 unique &#8230; <a title=\"Seiya Suzuki imitates Mois\u00e9s Ballesteros, Dansby Swanson during Cubs batting practice\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=29029\" aria-label=\"Read more about Seiya Suzuki imitates Mois\u00e9s Ballesteros, Dansby Swanson during Cubs batting practice\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Seiya-Suzuki-imitates-Moises-Ballesteros-Dansby-Swanson-during-Cubs-batting.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29029"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29031,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29029\/revisions\/29031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}