As you might have heard, Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista offended some pillowy soft Braves players on Wednesday after pimping a home run he launched against Eric O’ Flaherty. The old-timey baseball handbook states that Jose should have just put his head down and swiftly run the bases like a good little boy, but instead he dared to entertain us with one of his bat flips:
Jose Bautista with the BAT FLIP & TROT to tick the Braves off #BlueJays
— Around The Bases POD (@AroundBasesPOD) May 18, 2017
Said softies of Atlanta weren’t about that life and chirped away at Joey Bats as he ran the bases — career .235 hitter Jace Peterson was one of those players:
Joe Simpson (@Braves TV commentator) "Bautista may have remembered that right cross from Odor and decided he'd be best to keep running" pic.twitter.com/U545Gsxm49
— Blake Von Hagen (@blake_vonhagen) May 18, 2017
Pretty much the same tired BS that happens whenever Bats flips the bat, but one Braves fan was apparently all about it and photoshopped Peterson slugging the outfielder:
So this just happened… #Braves pic.twitter.com/tiqGvYykeR
— Kelsey Wingert (@KelsWingert) May 18, 2017
I’ll give the fan credit. It’s definitely a unique piece of history from this random Jays-Braves interleague rivalry no one will remember.
Can’t talk about Joey Bats getting punched without showing this:
ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR — The punch heard around Texas!!! 👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽 #Rangers #Odor #Bautista pic.twitter.com/csGQFKC8AE
— Troy Hughes™ (@TommySledge) May 15, 2017
