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James Shields ups ante on bat flipping with a full-fledged launch

Updated Mar. 5, 2020 2:20 a.m. ET

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Celebratory bat flipping has become baseball's sports within a sport.

Toronto Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista registered one of the most momentous flips yet after clobbering a three-run blast in a dramatic win over the Texas Rangers in Game 5 of the 2015 ALDS. Just yesterday we saw this pretty lofty flip in a college game in Texas.

Now here's San Diego Padres pitcher James Shields on Monday with one of the more absurd flips yet while much of the team was gathered around the cage,. Actually it's more of a heave or a launch than a flip:

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