Jose Bautista’s home run in Game 5 of the ALDS yesterday will go down in baseball lore … in large part for the timing and the importance. But also just as much for the bat flip of all bat flips.
That is a Hall of Fame bat flip. First ballot. Unanimous vote. https://t.co/igyCbXTyM1
— Brian Costa (@BrianCostaWSJ) October 14, 2015
Of all things, an ice cream shop in Canada has immortalized the bat flip into chalk form to sell their sweet treats:
https://twitter.com/Eds_Real_Scoop/status/654742246131003397
Both the flip and the signage are works of art. I bow to thee, Ed’s Real Scoop. But now I’d like to see Bautista distribute ice cream in just this manner. Now that would be legendary.
(Photo of the bat flip heard ’round Canada by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)