I just can't comprehend why anyone would get so mad about a bat flip, but for whatever reason some fans think it's disrespectful and that includes Darin Pritchett, who happens to be the South Bend Cubs radio play-by-play announcer.
Pritchett got the radio play-by-play duties starting in 2015, when David Bote played 98 games for South Bend. Bote has come a long way since then, quickly becoming a fan favorite on the North Side and going from a relative unknown to start 2018, to basically locking down a playoff roster spot with his performance in less than 40 games of his rookie season.
Bote made more history Sunday night against the Washington Nationals, hitting a walk-off grand slam with two outs in the ninth inning.
Literally every little kid's dream come true at the highest level of the game.
Turns out Darin is the classic, old school baseball fan.
Just an amazing moment for Bote, who put the cherry on top of the walk-off slam with this subtle, but awesome bat flip.
Again, no clue why flipping a stupid bat is even a topic of "controversy" but for Pritchett the action is worthy of making an example out of your son.
Oh baby! Look at that ratio. (UPDATE: he deleted the tweet, but here it is)
Turns out Darin is the classic, old school baseball fan.
And Bote's bat flip was somehow too selfish for our boy Darin here.
By the way, can someone let Darin's son know about this and please dare him to bat flip. Gotta see if he actually does this.
C'mon, Darin's son, we'll split half the winnings. Again, I don't know why anyone thinks flipping a bat is disrespectful, but here we are.
Hmm. I wonder what the real reason behind the hate is.
Ah yes, it turns out that Darin is a die-hard St. Louis Cardinals fan. I, for one, am totally shocked that one of the best fans in baseball isn't too keen on the bat flip, although wait a minute. Hmm... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB-rdG4u_zU
