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Originally Posted by berettafan
Pitcher was telling Encarnacion he needs to control his boy.
Bautista's actions have no place in baseball. He's not the first nor the last guy to hit a home run in post season play. Even my 11 year old knows to act like he's been there before.
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I seriously don't see anything wrong with his little toss. I have no idea why there is such a overreaction. What type of celebration is and isn't aloud in baseball? Is there some sort of unwritten code that in baseball you cannot celebrate as much as you can in other sports?
In Japan its practically part of the sport. An inside joke amongst the players. Flipping of the bat is like a spike in football.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJDCKcF6sTI
The Art Of The Japanese Bat Flip
So it is culturally acceptable in Japanese baseball but not American baseball? What makes it wrong in this case and right in the other?