TORONTO, ON – OCTOBER 14: Jose Bautista #19 of the Toronto Blue Jays throws his bat up in the air after he hits a three-run home run in the seventh inning against the Texas Rangers in game five of the American League Division Series at Rogers Centre on October 14, 2015 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)

Jose Bautista’s Bat Flip: Legendary Enough To Sell Ice Cream

Posted by on Oct 15, 2015 17:47

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.

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Of all things, an ice cream shop in Canada has immortalized the bat flip into chalk form to sell their sweet treats:

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)

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