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What do you think of flipping bats after home runs?

It's a hot dog move with no place in the game
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15%
Let the kids play
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54%
I don't care one way or the other
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21%
Jose DeLeon never flipped a bat
4
10%
 
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InvincibleCakeEater wrote:I don’t give a [expletive] what someone who hasn’t played in 45 years thinks about how players today view the game.
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InvincibleCakeEater wrote:I don’t give a [expletive] what someone who hasn’t played in 45 years thinks about how players today view the game.
I'm curious what the year cutoff for giving a [expletive] is or should be and is it a sliding scale where the level of [expletive] given decreases as years increase?

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Romanticizing and vicariously living through Bob Gibson is a big part of being a Cardinals fan.

Also pretending like there aren't pitchers who also do what he did in today's game as well.

For every tough pitcher like Gibby, there's a tough batter like Albert Belle ready to square up and charge the mound if you hit/throw inside constantly.

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NDark wrote:
InvincibleCakeEater wrote:I don’t give a [expletive] what someone who hasn’t played in 45 years thinks about how players today view the game.
I'm curious what the year cutoff for giving a [expletive] is or should be and is it a sliding scale where the level of [expletive] given decreases as years increase?
Are they playing now? If yes - OK. If not - Don’t care

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I thought it was weak. I'm partial to the underhanded bat flip myself. Bonus points for distance and hangtime.

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MadBum doing MadBum things....


Let the Kids play - does that include letting MadBum getting pissed after giving up a home run?

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wart57 wrote:Let the Kids play - does that include letting MadBum getting pissed after giving up a home run?
Of course. If he wants to show the world he's a whiny little boy who got his fee fee's hurt he's more than welcome to.

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InvincibleCakeEater wrote:
wart57 wrote:Let the Kids play - does that include letting MadBum getting pissed after giving up a home run?
Of course. If he wants to show the world he's a whiny little boy who got his fee fee's hurt he's more than welcome to.
I agree. It isn't a good look for him at all, but if he wants to act like a baby, go for it.

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