Recently, we at SB Nation documented how bat flips are an integral part of American history. Well, it appears multiple MLB players are trying to cement their own place in history. A standard bat flip on a home run is no longer good enough to earn a place in history.
MLB players are flipping bats on doubles and walks and it’s glorious
Carlos Gomez made a strong bid for a place in the history book with a quality bat flip on a double. Yes, a double and not even the ground rule variety.
.@realcarlosgomez became trapped in time after batflipping on this double: http://t.co/doc4cpXGia pic.twitter.com/eJpcWdBVDf
— Cut4 (@Cut4) August 26, 2015 An extended bat flip on a double is pretty impressive, and on most nights would easily be the best bat flip of the night, but Tuesday was no ordinary night. Travis d’Arnaud pulled off an even more impressive flip that might be a contender for bat flip of the year. He drew a bases-loaded walk and released this beauty.
d’Oh. http://t.co/UWi21GwvvA pic.twitter.com/WaHQwvSnQ1
— MLB GIFS (@MLBGIFs) August 26, 2015 Now, that may not have been entirely intentional but in this case the results trump the process, and the result is a glorious bat blip that lands on home plate.
Bat flips on a walk and a double leave us only a flip on a triple and single shy of the best cycle in bat flip history.
