HOUSTON -- Forget the bat flip. The newest innovation in baseball celebrations is the bat carry.
After hitting a first-inning, go-ahead home run in Game 6 of the World Series on Tuesday night, Houston Astros star Alex Bregman eschewed flipping his bat and instead carried it to first base, where he attempted -- and failed -- to hand it off to coach Don Kelly.
Not to be outdone, Washington star Juan Soto hit a mammoth homer to give the Nationals the lead four innings later and also brought his bat along for the trot, dropping it just shy of first base.