Ah feels good to get the art of the bat flip back on US soil. Yasiel Puig planted the Cuban flag in the show flipping his bat on triples. Just as Puig has curbed his enthusiasm to keep the old heads happy, Korea grabbed the brass ring.

Flipping the bat on a walk off hit by pitch is the perfect cocky touch only America could offer. Launching the bat into the outfield after you’re hit by pitch is strapping the “bar” to a rocket and setting it so high it will take Cuba and Korea years to get on our level.

U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!