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One of the most fun celebrations in all of baseball may have just helped the Los Angeles Angels break a 100-plus-game streak on Monday night.
For the first time in their last 106 games, the Angels won a game when trailing in the ninth inning, according to ESPN. And their fan base had a specific cheer they did to help propel their team to a walk-off victory against the St. Louis Cardinals.
It’s called the “tarps off” cheer, and it’s become quite the movement this season. Simply put, fans take off their shirts and wave them around in a specific section of the field, and that was right field at Angel Stadium on Monday night.
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Shirtless fans cheer during the seventh inning of the game between the Texas Rangers and the Los Angeles Angels at Globe Life Field on July 9, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (Getty Images)
Hundreds of fans were seen waving their shirts around and cheering for their squad, which was down 2-1 when it was spotted in the top of the eighth inning.
The rabid cheering section would continue through the bottom of the ninth when Jo Adell came to the dish with bases loaded and a tie ballgame with the chance to walk it off.
Perhaps it was the “tarps off” movement that got to the Cardinals’ pitcher, as he plunked Adell and allowed Zach Neto to trot into home plate for the winning run.
It’s also something that the Cardinals’ fan base made famous this season, as Busch Stadium became the hot bed for some shirts-off celebrating.
Fans in the stands chant “Sell the Team” during an MLB game between the Colorado Rockies and the Los Angeles Angels on June 3, 2026, at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, Calif. (Icon Sportswire)
Back on May 15, the Cardinals were facing the Kansas City Royals when fans were spotted in the stands performing the cheer. It was even something Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said urged him to buy tickets for those fans that wished to participate in it.
However, Angels fans gave those Cardinals faithful a taste of their own medicine, and it’s something they’ve been running with since May as well.
And the movement has also become a fan protest group, as “Sell the team” has been chanted from those right-field seats on numerous occasions this season. Angels owner Arte Moreno has come under fire as the team has not missed the playoffs since 2014.
A group of shirtless fans cheers for the Los Angeles Angels during a game against the Colorado Rockies at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on June 1, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (Getty Images)
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The Angels are once again at the bottom of the barrel in the AL West, owning a 40-61 record despite the 3-2 win on Monday night. They sit 11 games out of the division lead.
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