The headline in Monday's Dallas Morning News said: 'Rangers have chance Monday to retaliate for Jose Bautista's haughty bat flip, but should they?'
As the Blue Jays and Texas Rangers got ready to meet for the first time on Monday since the deciding Game 5 of the AL Division Series last year, the talk was whether the Rangers pitchers would send a message to Toronto slugger Bautista, who became Public Enemy No.1 in Texas in last year's playoffs for his bat flip heard around the world. Bautista hit a three-run homer off Rangers reliever Sam Dyson to break a 3-3 tie, stared at the pitcher for a second, and then did the now-infamous bat flip.