My view on “professionalism” is to act like you’ve done it before, act like you expect to succeed. At the office, when some code I write works, or a client is pleased with my work, there’s no need to put on a show - I expect my code to work, I expect of myself to execute projects that please my clients. It’s what I do.
So most touchdown dances are really stupid. Can’t stand it.
On the other hand, hitting a decisive clutch home run in the deciding game of a post season series... well, that’s something few people ever do. It’s the kind of stuff we dreamed about when we were kids - and, ya, still dream about ; )
So I’m OK with Joe Carter going nuts in 1993, and I’m OK with Bautista’s bat flip on that really special occasion.
Odor should have punched out Andrus for those 3 - THREE!! - errors that set up the home run. Or punched out Dyson for giving up the gopher ball. Like David Price says, “make better pitches”.
Andrus makes 3 errors in a row, and Odor punches out Bautista for a bat flip? Man, what’s goin’ on in Odor’s attic?
The punch was not for the bat flip. The pitch that hit Bautista took care of that. But Bautista decided to go after Odor with an illegal dirty slide targeting Odor's knee at second base. Then, rather than getting up and walking toward the dugout after the dirty illegal slide, Bautista decided to walk up to Odor and get in his face. Odor shoved him and then Bautista leans back in to Odor with clenched fists.