Watch Mickey Mantle batflip - A Hunt and Peck

The blatflip wars have been bitter and bloody. Personally, I am pro-batflip, unless a player does it against my team, in which case he is an arrogant ass and I hate him.

I kid, I kid. I don't care about batflips.

Anyway, Team Batflip pressed forward in a full scale attack against team Team Notflip. Witness the glorious carnage below.

Oh in case anyone ever tells you Mickey Mantle didn't bat flip. He did. And it was fucking awesome. 1 / 2 pic.twitter.com/7krIVJWDYW

— Scott Horsfield (@hfield07) January 5, 2016

Oh in case anyone ever tells you Mickey Mantle didn't bat flip. He did. And it was fucking awesome. 2 / 2 pic.twitter.com/0guhL1KwIB

— Scott Horsfield (@hfield07) January 5, 2016

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You've seen the Trout tire workout and Hector Santiago kiss/push-up/sit-up combo. It's Bartolo Colon in the DR time! pic.twitter.com/G6LxOX5D9e

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