The Greatest Bat-Flip Ever?

by Eric Simon on May 23, 2011 3:00 PM EDT

On Friday, Matthew Callan revisited perhaps the greatest regular season Mets-Yankees game ever. What Matthew missed, but Matt Meyers astutely pointed out, was that Mike Piazza's nearly 500-foot home run off Ramiro Mendoza in that game carried with it an emphatic exclamation point: the most epically badass bat-flip you'll ever see.

Matthew sent me a video snippet of the bat-flip and I GIF-ed it for everyone's viewing pleasure.

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Its like it fuckin floats up out of his hands.

Holy crap.

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by NetsMets4Life on May 23, 2011 3:03 PM EDT reply actions

eh....

Mike Piazza was a nive player, but he wasn’t a super star

One day, this team is going to kill me.

by fxcarden on May 23, 2011 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions 12 recs

Wanker

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by ScottfromPeekskill on May 23, 2011 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions

nicley played

"it's not easy being green"-kermit the frog
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he's gone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!OLIE PEREZ IS GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by rexthejet on May 23, 2011 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions

it has and will continue

Fuck fred. I feel a little better now

I hate Philadelphia so much.

by the caveman on May 23, 2011 3:43 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs

The jokes make the pain lessen a little now.

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on May 23, 2011 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Will the sun rise tomorrow?

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by Steve Schreiber on May 23, 2011 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs

rec'd

forgot bout that one. that is a superstar comment

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by astromets on May 23, 2011 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions

Really good comment. A very good comment. Not a superstar comment.

And the Meme’s begin!

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by ScottfromPeekskill on May 23, 2011 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions

I was at this game, and was too busy marvelling at the awesome trajectory of the ball as it soared past us in the left-field mezzanine

to have noticed the flip. Brilliant.

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by CTRefJay on May 23, 2011 3:22 PM EDT reply actions

Greatest bat-flip i ever saw was David Ortiz during a game between Dominican Republic and Venezuela in the 2006 world baseball classic. He’d just been dusted by a pitch and someone in the Venezuela dugout was talking trash.

Next pitch Big Papí hid the bawl wicked fah. He glowered into the dugout and pointed the bat at the ball before just dropping it, arm still outstretched.

It was bad ass.

by mrbmc on May 23, 2011 4:09 PM EDT reply actions

I remember seeing that, it was sick.

How about the one when Ortiz hit a bomb and threw the bat to his right side in this weird way that made the bat spin diagonally while flipping, landing ten feet away from him. Crazy

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by SuperSantana on May 23, 2011 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Best. Gif. Ever.

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by astromets on May 23, 2011 4:35 PM EDT reply actions

Its a nice gif. Shitty team, nice gif.

by Noel Colon on May 23, 2011 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

Anyone have video of the entire home run?

Would like to see it fly out of the stadium one more time.

Also, Piazza’s bat flip is only 65 to 70% percent of what it used to be.

by David G on May 23, 2011 4:36 PM EDT reply actions

bout to ask this too

if its the HR im thinking of, I can see if flying over the bullpen beyond LF and way beyond the blue and white striped tent out there

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by astromets on May 23, 2011 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions

He's still posting an above-average F(L)IP

and his WOW is highest among catchers.

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on May 23, 2011 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Piazza's bat thinks it can get Carl Crawford money.

It’s had everything wrong with it. It won’t get it.

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by Steve Schreiber on May 23, 2011 4:39 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Some schmuck gave him money based off of one home run.

by NetsMets4Life on May 23, 2011 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Such an awesome flip

I also like when guys hit a homer and instantly drop the bat.

by Shevshevy on May 23, 2011 4:54 PM EDT reply actions

Great bat flip?

Or the greatest bat flip?

Ryan Miller was the true MVP. See my profile for rant.

by Jsz on May 23, 2011 5:02 PM EDT reply actions

that was the question posed by this article

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by astromets on May 23, 2011 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions

ramiro mendoza was snakebitten by the bat flip

oh and this video i think perfectly sums up everyone’s view of freddy boy right now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cR2_FX3poA

metsjetsknicksrangers.............can it get any worse?

by dabu7 on May 23, 2011 5:20 PM EDT reply actions

I wish Mike Piazza played for my favorite squadron right now.

by Fmaxpont on May 23, 2011 5:46 PM EDT reply actions

Kuo's bat flip was pretty stylish when he homered off of Maine

but that sucked to see as a Met fan.

by graves9 on May 23, 2011 7:41 PM EDT reply actions

You mean this one:

As Mike Scioscia’s Tragic Illness pointed out, Piazza’s flip was better but Kuo gets the positional adjustment for being a pitcher.

And if you didn’t remember, Kuo’s was the tail end of back-to-back home runs off John Maine.

by Eric Simon on May 23, 2011 7:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Yes, that's it

that was in the middle of the Mets June swoon after being Swept by the Phils at Shea. The Mets did get revenge by taking three out of four in Philly in late June, but we all remember how that stupid season ended.

by graves9 on May 23, 2011 7:53 PM EDT up reply actions

I just watched this again and, for the first time, noticed the little hop step Piazza takes after one stride

Priceless

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by CTRefJay on May 23, 2011 8:18 PM EDT reply actions

If I could make this my profile picture on everything, I would.

In fact I would like to get a shirt with this bat-flip on it, and then wear it every day.

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by Thomas Wachtel on May 23, 2011 8:56 PM EDT reply actions

Hmmmm.....

If only I could do animated tshirts.

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by twoeightnine on May 23, 2011 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions

How bout this?

Just a still but I did my best.

http://www.gifninja.com/Workspace/f35bb62e-c94b-41b2-b80d-86c324d3489d/0026.jpg

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by Jsz on May 24, 2011 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions

As if we needed one more reason he should be enshrined as a Met

Most home runs – Mets
Most games played – Mets
Most post-season appearances – Mets
Longest tenure – Mets
Most important moments – Mets
Best bat flip – Mets

Retire the damn number already!

by rcfriedberg on May 24, 2011 12:52 AM EDT reply actions