Inside hilarious White Sox wild-card series celebration that produced Munetaka Murakami's latest viral moment

The celebratory bonanza in the visiting clubhouse Wednesday night at Houston 's Daikin Park could easily have been mistaken for a team reveling in a World Series victory.

Yet the paroxysm of Chicago White Sox joy was fitting, considering it took place in the very stadium they won it all against the Astros in 2005.

And that their American League wild-card sweep of the Astros 21 years later marked the franchise's first postseason series win since the Sox earned that ring. Chicago snapped the second-longest active drought in that department, per MLB.com's Sarah Langs.

Not only that, but its triumph signified just the second season since the club's World Series title in 1917 that the South Siders have won a playoff series.

The White Sox lost a franchise-worst 121 games two seasons ago. This season, according to Langs , they became the first major-league team to ever make the postseason after two straight 100-loss campaigns (and the Sox had three of those in a row from 2023-25). Now they'll be playing October baseball, in the ALDS.

An upstart team led by second-year manager Will Venable and a trio of All-Stars — first baseman Munetaka Murakami , third baseman Miguel Vargas and center fielder Tristan Peters — is this year's lovable playoff underdog.

The Sox were barking after their 7-3 series-clinching win in Houston on Wednesday . That was merely one of many memorable moments from the pandemonium that ensued following the final out.

Murakami, a breakout rookie from Japan who broke a Shohei Ohtani record in the infancy of his first major-league season , burst onto the scene in 2026, in part because of his 35 homers and in part due to his charisma.

He went viral again after the White Sox clinched their first playoff berth in five years with a Sept. 24 win over the Kansas City Royals .

At the time, when he was asked to rate that celebration's champagne popping from 1-10, he exclaimed, "100! No 10, 100!"

Then, when he was asked how many champagne bottles he had opened, he repeated that same number, "100."

In an interview with CHSN, the 26-year-old Murakami gave one hilarious response after another, including after he was asked what he learned from his first celebration of this ilk.

"No," Murakami said, shaking his head . "I'm drunk. Oh my God."

Later, in that interview as well as in one with NBC Sports , he called back to his "100" remark, showcasing his unbridled bliss following the playoff series victory.

Murakami told NBC Sports, "I'm drunk. Yesterday, maybe hungover."

When asked if he meant "tomorrow hungover," Murakami said, "Yes!" Then he continued, "No, not yesterday. Tomorrow. Sorry! I don't speak English!"

Sean Burke humorously clarifies that he does, in fact, have a family

White Sox right-handed pitcher Sean Burke gave a quote that made the rounds on social media in the lead-up to his Game 2 wild-card start against the Astros.

It went like this : "This is my life. No family, no girl, no kids. This is all I do."

Clearly, Burke was locked in. He delivered, throwing eight strikeouts in four innings. Granted he allowed three solo shots, but his offense offered plenty of run support.

Afterward, as the celebration trickled out onto the field from the clubhouse, he clarified that widely circulated quote.

"I love you, mom," Burke said. "Sorry if you were upset about that. The quote got kind of cut off. It was 'no family of my own.' I love my family."

He added, pointing: "They were all over here somewhere today, came out, always support me."

Mike Vasil : part reliever, part emcee, part motivational speaker

Chicago right-handed reliever Mike Vasil was the one conducting that CHSN interview with Burke.

Vasil is a man of several talents, apparently. Not only can he emcee, but he also has inspirational words in his arsenal.

"There's nothing like today, and there's nothing like tomorrow. Live in the present," Vasil shouted in a clubhouse interview with CHSN .

Before that, Vasil, the roommate of Chase Meidroth , took a playful jab at the second baseman, who hit an insurance-providing three-run homer in the sixth inning.

"Chase is probably talking about how good he is, and that's OK," Vasil said. "He's my roommate. He hit a big homer. But at the end of the day, remember, stay humble, kid. Life comes at you quick."

The White Sox are headed to Cleveland for the ALDS. They'll play a Guardians team that edged out Chicago for the AL Central crown.

"Well, what we're going to do, we're going to get on a plane, and we're going to head to Cleveland, Ohio," Vasil said.

He paused that thought to note: "Somebody's pouring alcohol down my pants."

Then Vasil picked back up where he left off: "And what we're going to do is we're going to show up, play White Sox baseball and we're going to kick some ass."