Bat Flip Mayhem is in the news and I’m glad to see it. What is bat flip mayhem, you may ask? You can count on me to fill you in on all the details. Bat flipping is the throwing of a baseball bat, generally into the air, to celebrate a big hit or a home run.

In this case, Marco Russo hit a home run in a game and threw his bat high, high into the air. Why did he do this? Because bat flipping is common in Major League Baseball and all the way down. The player who makes a big hit throws his bat into the air.

Why is it a problem? Well, obviously, it’s dangerous. Sir Issac Newton had a thing or two to say about what goes up. Russo was ejected from the game and is now, by league rules, suspended for the next game.

Everyone is Angry

Dad is angry. Marco is angry. His teammates are angry. People all over the country are angry. How stupid, how silly, what a ridiculous rule. I’m not angry. I’m glad. Good. Suspend them all. Suspend the major league players who do it. Suspend everyone who throws a large piece of wood high into the air when other people are all around. Do it! Do it now. Before some gets seriously injured or killed.

Bat Flip Mayhem History

I’m an old Boomer so I expect to get a lot of grief for my stance here but bat flip mayhem is way, way, way out of hand. It’s outrageous they’re allowed to do it at all. It used to be an unwritten rule in baseball that you don’t throw a heavy piece of lumber high into the air. Why was it unwritten, you ask? Because nobody needed to tell you not to do it. Anyone with a few brain cells still floating around knows not to throw something heavy into the air in a crowded area.

I’m old enough to remember when Tom Lawless got into all sorts of grief for flipping his bat in Game 4 of the 1987 World Series. His flip pales in comparison to what goes on these days.

Conclusion

Take the suspension. Stop flipping bats. The end.

Tom Liberman