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Maybe Jake Arrieta has been hanging around John Lackey too much because this is some typical suck all the fun away from baseball shit.
Arrieta, who will be a free agent after this season with the Chicago Cubs, was on ESPN1000 on Tuesday and at one point in the conversation with David Kaplan, the 2015 National League Cy Young Award winner said this.
Arrieta on a player bat flipping him after a HR. "If he's a vet + earned it no prob. If he's a young guy he might wear next one in the ribs"
— David Kaplan (@thekapman) March 7, 2017
A quick flashback to 2016, when at the time 24-year-old Christian Bethancourt launched a ball to the moon off Lackey at Wrigley Field.
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After the game, Lackey said this.
Lackey fuming after Bethancourt watched ball that reached Waveland: “How many home runs does he have? I got a long memory. He’ll learn.”
— Patrick Mooney (@CSNMooney) May 12, 2016
So, my questions remain the same, how many home runs does a player have to hit before being able to pimp a home run in any matter and for Arrieta, what’s the qualifier for being a veteran?
Oh, I almost forgot. Does Jake Arrieta not know what team he plays for and/or does he hate some of his teammates? Why do I ask? Well…
No, not really a bat flip, but let’s not pretend Schwarber didn’t pimp the fuck out of that home run, which again is fantastic. Not sure why members of the baseball police hate fun so much.
Speaking of fun, hitting dingers and watching them soar, here’s Javier Baez.
Javier Baez sends Wrigley Field into pandemonium with his walk-off home run!https://t.co/XgceVY8RQw
— 120 Sports (@120Sports) May 9, 2016
Seriously, everything Baez does is showing off his swagger, which again, is fucking great. Arrieta must loathe him.
A quick story about Anthony Rizzo.
“I’m going to hit a bomb today, pop this rosary out of my jersey, and spin it around my neck before I walk halfway down the line.”
When the game began, it didn’t take long for this Ruthian prophecy to come true. He hit a towering home run 450 feet, stood there, popped the chain, spun it around his neck, looked at me in the dugout and walked half way to first. My first instinct was to look into the other dugout, where the Gigantes seemed to find the display funny, as did our dugout. He came in after his trot around the bases and we laughed and laughed. Baseball is supposed to be fun, and we were having fun.
That first baseman from my winter-ball team was Anthony Rizzo, who (in my view) plays the game the right way.
Addison Russell, Sammy hop.
Addison Russell – Sammy hop #Cubs pic.twitter.com/CPIqjm8yWi
— Aldo Soto (@AldoSoto21) August 13, 2016
Baez again, Sammy hop.
Javier Baez has fully embraced the Sammy hop #Cubs pic.twitter.com/zU7JwXLCjY
— Aldo Soto (@AldoSoto21) June 2, 2016
If you don’t want players bat-flipping, watching their home runs or anything close to that, don’t give up home runs. What exactly does hitting them in their next at-bat teach?
You know, it’s hilarious because I’m willing to bet that most of the people who agree with Arrieta and Lackey are the same who make fun of others who get offended easily. But when they get offended by a measly bat flip, it’s completely normal to revert back to their safe spaces.
Again, like I said with Lackey last year, you can’t be the guy who is anti-bat flips when you play for the team that has a designated room for dance parties after every regular-season win.
The unwritten rules of baseball are bullshit. Leave that for the St. Louis Cardinals.
https://www.sportsmockery.com/2015/09/video-joe-maddon-bashed-everything-about-the-cardinals-in-the-press-conference-of-the-year/
