GIF: The Universal Language of the Bat Flip
Renowned hitmaker Edwin Encarnacion, born in the Dominican Republic, fluent in Spanish, spoke to Japan’s Yu Darvish Friday night without saying a word. Encarnacion’s bat flip — after a mighty home run, a “no-doubter,” as the kids say — did all the talking. Nothing else needed to be said.
In eight at-bats against Darvish, Encarnacion has five hits, two of them home runs. It’s obvious to me, and anyone who visits FanGraphs: Encarnacion irrefutably has Darvish’s number.
When winter is upon us up here in Toronto next month, and I look back on the Blue Jays’ 2012 season, one in which they will likely finish behind the Baltimore Orioles in the standings, I’ll remember Encarnacion’s T-Rexing ways, and his bat flips, as bright lights amid the darkness.
Gracias, Señor Encarnacion.
All praise be upon my friend Ian, @BlueJayHunter, for the GIF. Check out the latest on his Tumblr account — The Evolution of Edwin Encarnacion’s Bat Flip — and visit his website, The Blue Jay Hunter.
That is some grade A hot dogging it. I approve!
I didn’t know Bat Flipping was in Esperanto.
Nobody does it better than Edwin right now. Bat flip of the year!
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Swag
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Encarnacion is a newbsquire. Charlie Blackmon out!!!
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What?
Roids
It’s almost like he’s waiting for Darvish to look away.
I’d like to see an entire NG series on bat flip gifs. If someone can find a high quality gif of Hong Chih Kuo’s batflip, it’s possibly the greatest ever. This one rules, but Kuo’s was fantastic.