In the illustrious history of bat flips and subsequent hurt feelings, it doesn’t get much higher than what went down between the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox in their crosstown game on Friday.
Up 1-0 in the third inning, Cubs catcher Willson Contreras launched a three-run homer. He followed it up with an even more lofty bat flip, as you can see in the video above. Statcast measured the home run at 377 feet with a peak height of 74 feet. Unfortunately, it did not also track the bat.
The White Sox clearly did not appreciate that level of celebration, as this happened two at-bats later:
White Sox pitcher Jimmy Cordero was suspended three games for his response, MLB.