Another Day, Another Kid Launches A Bat Flip That Hits The Moon And Lands Almost At The Mound

First things first, that post bat flip Krust The Clown laugh by that Dad was the definition of on POINT. Get that man a beer, and keep him away from betting his entire net worth against the Globetrotters. I don’t care how much the Generals are due, you don’t do it.

But dammit, the Odubel Herrera Baustista effect has been in full effect among the young guns for awhile now. Sure it’s seemingly harmless on the surface, but it’s a slippery slope. The bat flip that literally went out of frame, touched the sky, and almost landed on the mound. And I get it. The kid’s pumped for hitting a first class dinger. I would be, too. But chucking that bad boy in the air at any point other than a walk-off moonshot is pure blasphemy. And that wasn’t even a bat flip, that was a Cape Canaveral stick LAUNCH into outer space. Act like you’ve been there before, kiddo. Maybe I’m old school, but dammit, it’s good school. Cause pretty soon young players all over the place are going to be flipping the stick on home runs…while losing. Oh, wait, they already are. IN WHAT WORLD.

PS – At least some kids are ignoring all the new pussy rules set by the Majors and still laying the boom. Not that it’s right (it’s not at that level), but the fact the MLB axed out the most exciting play in sports solely because Buster Posey awkwardly blocked the plate and shattered his shit is, AGAIN, outrageous.