Baseball, the sport with the “unwritten rules”\u00a0\u2014 as some like to call it. Everyone knows these rules exist, but not everyone understands them. Nor does everybody have the same interpretation of these rules.<\/p>\n
One of the unwritten rules that have come up in recent discussion is the bat flip. With home runs on the rise, this also means an inflation in the amount of bat flips around Major League Baseball. This unsurprisingly has caused a heated debate around the game. With many wondering if these unwritten rules should be done away with, while the other side continues to argue that flipping your bat is disrespectful and is a way of showing up the pitcher, it is hard to pick a side or just what is “right.”<\/p>\n
So, should bat flips be embraced, or is it disrespecting the game? Let’s find out.<\/p>\n
With many of the younger generation losing interest in a game they consider “boring”, Major League Baseball has been promoting player personality and energy from their young stars in the “Let the Kids Play” campaign. This new movement attempts to get rid of the old-school, limited-emotion baseball and encourage a new age of exciting baseball to attract younger fans to this magnificent game. It’s definitely hard to argue that bat flips aren’t fun and entertaining.<\/p>\n