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When they last met the Texas Rangers in October, Jose Bautista capped the Toronto Blue Jays' comeback victory with the bat flip heard 'round North America.

The Rangers were clearly angered by that celebration to the shot that cost them the AL division series and it remains to be seen whether they'll seek retribution.

All eyes figure to be on Bautista's first at-bat Monday night when Texas tries to deal Toronto its longest home slide in two years in the opener of a four-game series.

Bautista provided the most memorable moment of last year's playoffs when he turned around a 97-mph heater from Sam Dyson in the seventh inning for a tie-breaking three-run homer in the Blue Jays' 6-3 win in the decisive Game 5.