Major League Baseball finds itself in an interesting place as they are promoting the “Let the Kids Play” slogan to encourage players showing more emotion on the field.
Yet, there already have been two benches-clearing incidents this season due to pitchers throwing at batters after they hit home runs and were perceived to have admired it too long or flipped their bats.
Many players and fans are on board with more celebrating throughout the course of games as is the case in sports like basketball, football and soccer. But there are still some purists who think flipping a bat is showing up a pitcher and not having respect for the game.