The bat flip can come across as disrespectful, particularly if you're on the wrong side of that home run. Many could reasonably argue it was bad form. It may well be.

Years ago, back when Yasiel Puig was a 3-year-old in Cuba, a triple-A player in Buffalo named Rich Aude displayed a home-run celebration that would put any of Puig's bat flips to shame.

Modern baseball is obsessed with the bat flip. It’s not a new phenomenon exactly, but in the everybody-has-an-opinion era of 2018, there aren’t many things in baseball more divisive than bat ...

This bat flip-staredown-trot combination is close. I want to love it, but we’re really staring into the abyss, here. This is probably Not Cool, even if you feel like a cop for thinking that way.

Anyway, here is some ultra-rare footage of Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle flipping his bat. The footage comes courtesy of Scott Horsfied , though you are forewarned: the link includes some NSFW language.

Odubel Herrera of the Philadelphia Phillies hits a solo home run and flips his bat afterward while playing the Miami Marlins on Sept. 18. Mitchell Leff/Getty Images It’s been 18 months since ...

The bat flip is a privilege that must be earned, according to Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta. Arrieta joined David Kaplan and Jesse Rogers on ESPN 1000 on Tuesday, and the topic of bat flips came up ...

Bat flips, props and celebrations have become commonplace in the modern Major League Baseball. There is growing support for showing passion, energy and excitement in baseball since José Bautista ...

Bat flips, props and celebrations have become commonplace in the modern Major League Baseball. There is growing support for showing passion, energy and excitement in baseball since José Bautista ...

Wilson didn’t appear to be directing his bat flip toward a particular Nebraska player, but it still got him ejected. Without Wilson, a senior who was among the team’s top hitters last season ...