What's the story behind Lars Nootbaar's pepper-grinder celebration? Spice up your celly with Team Japan star's viral gesture

Nootbaar says pepper-grinder sales are 'up quite a bit

Lars Nootbaar's pepper grinder celebration is taking Japan and the World by storm in the WBC - PHNX

Cardinals Lars Nootbaar talks WBC, pepper grinders

Lars Nootbaar's pepper grinder celebration is taking Japan and the World by storm in the WBC - PHNX

The prime minister of Japan did Lars Nootbaar's “Pepper Grinder” during a photo shoot with WBC champion Samurai Japan. : r/baseball

Japan's pepper-grinder celebration, explained: Inside the gimmick Lars Nootbaar taught Shohei Ohtani at World Baseball Classic

The Nootbaar effect: Sales of pepper mills soaring in Tokyo

Talkin' Baseball on X: Japanese soccer stars are now doing the pepper grinder celebration that Lars Nootbaar brought to the World Baseball Classic (h/t @yakyucosmo) / X

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