{"id":1999101,"date":"2023-08-12T23:50:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T03:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baseball-toronto-flips-out-as-joey-bats-honoured\/"},"modified":"2023-08-12T23:52:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T03:52:34","slug":"baseball-toronto-flips-out-as-joey-bats-honoured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baseball-toronto-flips-out-as-joey-bats-honoured\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto baseball fans go wild as &#8216;Joey Bats&#8217; receives recognition."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbaseball-toronto-flips-out-as-joey-bats-honoured%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1999101&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2>Jose Bautista Honored for \u2063Iconic Bat Flip<\/h2>\n<p>By Steve Keating<\/p>\n<p>TORONTO (Reuters) \u200d\u2013     Jose Bautista slammed 288 home runs as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays but the slugger was feted on Saturday for an audacious bat flip as much \u200bas his game winning hit \u2064as his name was added to\u2062 the \u200cRogers Centre Level of Excellence.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>There are only a handful of \u200dindelible Canadian sporting moments, Sidney Crosby\u2019s\u200c golden goal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics,\u2063 Joe\u200b Carter\u2019s walk off home\u2063 run to win the 1993 World Series and Kawhi Leonard\u2019s Game Seven buzzer in the Eastern Conference semi-finals that sent the Toronto Raptors on their way to an NBA championship among\u2064 them.<\/p>\n<p>Bautista\u2019s moment stands out in that it did not contribute to a title but was seen\u2064 by many as a catalyst for a cultural \u2063shift in the sport, signalling \u2062to players that they \u2063could show emotions and personality on the diamond.<\/p>\n<p>Deadlocked at\u2063 3-3 in the seventh inning of the ill-tempered fifth and\u200b final game of the 2015 American League Division Series against the Texas Rangers, Bautista crushed a\u2064 three run homer that would earn \u200dToronto a dramatic 6-3 victory.<\/p>\n<p>As the ball sailed over the left field fence, Bautista\u2064 stood \u2064like \u2063a statue \u2062admiring his work before\u2063 turning and violently tossing his bat in a gesture that was as much defiance as it was celebration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t planning to flip the bat, I never thought about it in advance,\u201d Bautista told Toronto Life after signing a one day contract on Friday that allowed him \u2062to retire as a\u2062 Blue Jay. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a reaction to\u2063 the moment, and then the stadium exploded. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t remember anything after I hit the ball. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was surprised by some of the conversations that happened after the fact. A lot of people tried to turn it into a debate about\u2062 disrespecting the unwritten rules \u200bof baseball. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were definitely two camps, but look at today: bat flips are way \u2062more accepted across \u200cthe league. Everybody loves them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Joey Bats\u2019\u2062 signature bat flip\u2063 is now imitated at ball diamonds across North America \u200dfrom pee wee to the major leagues,\u200b  but in the immediate aftermath the\u200b emotional Dominican came under widespread\u2064 criticism.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200doutfielder\u2019s swagger was labelled as disrespectful to Rangers pitcher Sam Dyson in particular and the sport in general.<\/p>\n<p>But eight years later players are expressing\u2063 themselves \u200bat every opportunity from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baseball-toronto-flips-out-as-joey-bats-honoured\/\" title=\"Toronto baseball fans go wild as 'Joey Bats' receives recognition.\">choreographed home run \u2064rituals<\/a> to post \u2063game celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was an honour to \u200cplay\u200b for you,\u201d Bautista told the capacity crowd before his name was revealed on \u2062the Level of Excellence. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a baseball game to be played \u2062I don\u2019t want to delay it any further. Let\u2019s\u200c play\u200d ball\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>  (Reporting by Steve\u200c Keating in Toronto)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/baseball-toronto-flips-out-as\/attachment\/mlb-chicago-cubs-at-toronto-blue-jays\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/baseball-toronto-flips-out-as\/attachment\/mlb-chicago-cubs-at-toronto-blue-jays-2\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/baseball-toronto-flips-out-as\/attachment\/mlb-chicago-cubs-at-toronto-blue-jays-3\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/baseball-toronto-flips-out-as\/attachment\/mlb-chicago-cubs-at-toronto-blue-jays-4\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/baseball-toronto-flips-out-as\/attachment\/mlb-chicago-cubs-at-toronto-blue-jays-5\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h3>Latest News<\/h3>\n<p>Since being removed from the\u2063 Fox News lineup, \u200dTucker Carlson has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-carlson-interviews-drive-news-cycles\/\" title=\"Tucker Carlson's Interviews Drive News Cycles\">held bombshell interviews<\/a> that have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-country-artist-takes-jab-at-tucker-carlson-but-shes-not-the-one-getting-the-last-laugh\/\" title=\"Country singer criticizes Tucker Carlson, but doesn't have the final say.\">driven news cycles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h3>Special Counsel \u2064Appointed<\/h3>\n<p>David Weiss becomes Special Counsel in\u200b the Hunter Biden probe, while Sam Bankman-Fried trades his mom\u2019s basement for a jail cell.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h3>Should \u200bTrump Participate?<\/h3>\n<p>With less than two weeks before\u200b the first GOP Presidential debate, media and political strategist Adam Weiss says it would be beneficial for Trump not to participate.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h3>Frustration Continues<\/h3>\n<p>The \u2063lack of answers from the Biden Administration continues to cause frustration from families who lost loved ones during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h3>Telegram Ban Lifted<\/h3>\n<p>ERBIL (Reuters) &#8211; Iraq\u2019s telecoms ministry said it will lift a ban on\u2063 the Telegram messaging app on Sunday, which was \u200bimposed earlier\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h3>Investment Firm&#8217;s Move<\/h3>\n<p>NEW YORK (Reuters) \u2013 Australia-listed investment firm GQG Partners added more shares of \u2062Nvidia Corp in the second quarter, ending June with\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h3>AI Assisting Firefighters<\/h3>\n<p>By \u2064Daniel Trotta EL CAJON, California (Reuters) \u2013 California firefighters are using artificial intelligence to help spot wildfires, feeding video from more\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h3>SEC Delays Decision<\/h3>\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013 The U.S. Securities\u2062 and Exchange Commission (SEC) has delayed a decision on whether to approve Cathie Wood-led Ark Investment Management\u2019s\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>55 words: Jose Bautista, known for his 288 home runs with the Toronto Blue Jays, was honored for his audacious bat flip and game-winning hit. His name was recently included in the Rogers Centre Level of Excellence, a prestigious recognition. 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