Belhaven with an epic bat flip vs Millsaps.

[Lawdawg.sixpack]

A little bad blood brewing between these two?

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[57stratdawg]

"This is so classless. Players need to respect the game." - Boomers

 

[Smoked Toag]

"This is so classless. Players need to respect the game." - Boomers

Or Tanner Allen. https://twitter.com/Tanner_Allen10/status/1499199200097366019?cxt=HHwWhsDTldfunM4pAAAA

You fail again.

Personally I don't have a problem with bat flips (within reason), as anything to interject energy into baseball is needed. But the dude nearly hit the catcher with the bat after throwing it 50' in the air.

 

[dudehead]

"This is so classless. Players need to respect the game." - Boomers

He's gone if I was the ump.

 

[615dawg]

Rivalry game. Big, late comeback. Lots of emotion. I think it went higher than it was intended.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

I agree with Goat, holy ****.

If I'm catch (& I was in HS, cue "Glory Days") I'm blocking the plate like Brian McCann.

 

[Bobby Ricigliano]

Yet another sign of the decline of Western civilization.

 

[Cooterpoot]

The bat flip ******** is out of control. It's a damn shame their coach doesn't put a stop to ridiculous **** like that. I have no problem with them watching a bomb and even a little flip, but **** like that is a damn shame.

 

[vhdawg]

I don't have a problem with a bat flip, but good Lord that was dangerous.

 

[dudehead]

Rivalry game. Big, late comeback. Lots of emotion. I think it went higher than it was intended.

No matter. He did it. He owns it.

Yes, I'm a boomer.

 

[mstateglfr]

"This is so classless. Players need to respect the game." - Boomers

Respecting the game is certaiy an argument.
Acting in a safe manner is, to me, a better argument.

 

[Quincy A. Wagstaff]

I don’t have a problem with bat flips, but in this case I also wouldn’t have a problem with the catcher waiting to dust him up at home plate.

 

[Quincy A. Wagstaff]

McCann v Gomez

Paul Maholm pitching

 

[PBRME]

The flip doesn’t bother me. What bothered me is it could’ve hit someone in the head.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

Yep. I'm all for being caught up in the moment. It's another thing to be a disrespectful lil *****, who'd complain if he took one in the ribs the next at bat. Note, I didn't say head.

 

[QuaoarsKing]

If countries like Japan and South Korea can embrace the bat flip, then America can too.

 

[archdog]

He's gone if I was the ump.

Yep, that guy would have been thrown out before he out of the batters box. I would have waved off the homer too.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

There's a gray area between celebratory & disrespectful. In that part of the world honor, self-respect, & dignity carry more weight than they do here.

 

[aTotal360]

Love it. I also think the pitchers should do dances after every strike out. Scratch that. Every strike.

 

[WrapItDog]

Yep, that guy would have been thrown out before he out of the batters box. I would have waved off the homer too.

You might get a 102 mph heater to the grill. We may not get a hit against the TN pitcher throwing 102-103 mph

 

[thatsbaseball]

You use boomers as strawmen a lot don't you.

 

[dog12]

Love it. I also think the pitchers should do dances after every strike out. Scratch that. Every strike.

A dance by the pitcher after every strike? Yes, that would be so awesome!

***

The bat flip is more evidence that all sports are moving away from true competition and moving towards silly entertainment.

 

[STLDawg]

After that show of disrespect, he better watch his back the next time he crosses N State Street.

 

[boatsandhoes]

He should get two in the ear hole



Next two AB’s. Or a Joey Bautista punch in the face.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

He's gone if I was the ump.

This is the answer

 

[Junction John]

Damn I love that from McCann. If there were more of this, I'd be interested to watch some MLB.

 

[PartTimeGenius]

I'm not against big game-big time HR bat flips, but this is too much. Heck, just sling it into the stands next time.

As a whole, I'm not a fan of every HR everybody hits being pimped and accompanied by a bat flip. I mean, come on.

Call me old school, but as they say, "I remember my first beer."

 

[thatsbaseball]

The kid basically just screwed up the opportunity of a life time to do a really cool bat flip.

 

[thekimmer]

A little bad blood brewing between these two?

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Forget the disrespect. That is just flat out dangerous. Did you see the catcher's reaction? He was looking for where that sucker was coming down. It's like slinging your bat only much worse.

 

[Smoked Toag]

You use boomers as strawmen a lot don't you.

He won't respond. He will just start another dumbass 57strat thread tomorrow.

 

[QuaoarsKing]

There's a gray area between celebratory & disrespectful. In that part of the world honor, self-respect, & dignity carry more weight than they do here.

Yeah, that's my point. If cultures much more sensitive to those things than Americans are can lighten up and embrace bat flips as cool and fun, so can we.

 

[dawgman.sixpack]

Yep, that guy would have been thrown out before he out of the batters box. I would have waved off the homer too.

there is no provision in the rules of baseball to wave off the home run