Over the past week, a video of a huge bat flip and slow trots around the diamond went viral. The usual debate ensued — some said that if a home run hitter can celebrate however he or she wants, while some said that this is why baseball is being ruined and that the high schooler deserves to be hit with a fastball.
A lot of times, these debates don’t involve (active) major league players, but one chimed in to this one. St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jack Flaherty quote-tweeted the video and directed attention to an article about what actually went down.
“I had the same response until I was given context to how this happened,” Flaherty tweeted “…I would’ve done the same thing.”
