Donald Trump's 'Fight! Fight! Fight!' chant inspires MLB celebrations among Rays and Cardinals players

Donald Trump's recent brush with death and his famed reaction to the failed shooting inspired a pair of in-game celebrations at Major League stadiums on Sunday.

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Taylor Walls mimed Trump's arm-pumping 'Fight! Fight! Fight!' chant after the .160 hitter made a rare appearance at second base during Sunday's 6-4 win over the Yankees in the Bronx.

Not to be outdone, St. Louis Cardinals designated hitter Alec Burleson did a more comprehensive re-enactment.

Referencing the injury Trump suffered during last week's failed assassination attempt in Pennsylvania, the 25-year-old slugger covered an ear with one hand and fist pumped with the other as he rounded third following his 18th home run of the season.

At least three Cardinals players were seen responding in kind during Sunday's 6-2 win over the Braves in Atlanta.

Trump famously survived an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 15.

A bystander, Corey D. Comperatore, was killed in the shooting, as was the shooter, who has since been identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks.

A long-time Yankees fan and friend of the late George Steinbrenner, Trump is no stranger to baseball.

'When I was 17, I loved sports,' Trump told MTV in 2010. 'I was always a good athlete and I played football, baseball, soccer, and I wrestled. I think the thing I liked the best was baseball.'

Trump was so good, he claims, he could have played professionally.

'I was captain of the baseball team,' Trump said. 'I was supposed to be a professional baseball player. 

'Fortunately, I decided to go into real estate instead. I played first base and I also played catcher. I was a good hitter and I just had a good time. Now I play golf.'

Slate's Leander Schaerlaeckens has since uncovered nine box scores from Trump's high school games, during which he went 4 for 29 at the plate.

Trump said his baseball career was derailed when he attended a tryout with 'another young kid named Willie McCovey.'

However that claim appears to be untrue. McCovey, the late Hall of Famer and legendary Giants slugger, was born in Alabama in 1938 – eight years before Trump was born in Queens.