If this video is to be believed, the bat flip following a home run is an art in Japanese baseball. The four-minute video, created by a true baseball hero, is mesmerizing to watch. The bats just keep flying. It's as if the NPB is filled with a thousand Carlos Gomez's.
Watch and enjoy (or cringe, depending on how you feel about this kind of thing). And, no, you cannot unmute the audio.
(H/T to Justin Bopp at MLB Daily Dish)
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I think I'll take a nap now.
"Bat Out of Hell" by Meatloaf, perhaps?