The Unforgettable José Bautista Bat Flip Inning!
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- čas přidán 13. 10. 2022
- October 14, 2015: The Toronto Blue Jays rally around José Bautista's iconic Bat Flip to take the lead in the 7th inning of Game 5 of the ALDS against the Texas Rangers. The dramatic inning lasted 53 minutes as the Blue Jays would go on win the game and the series.
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This is weird. This was a suggested video in my feed for some reason today, and the story behind this is really freaking me out!
I watched this game live with my big brother Ronnie, who passed away 2 years ago from pancreatic cancer. I'm a huge Jays fan and Ronnie was 20 times more of a fan than I was. For some reasons , we never really got along, except when it came to watching the Blue Jays.
He came over to watch that game at my place that day, which was the first time he had ever done that.
So we're watching the game and the 7th inning comes around and we go from being in a major sour mood after the Russel Martin dead ball play, to actually hugging each other for the first time when Bautista hit that 3 run homer. Just over the moon ecstatic!
I am, at this moment now, living in the apartment he used to live in. In his old room, watching this video!
And,
*Today, October 23rd 2022, would have been his 66th BIRTHDAY!!*
Happy Birthday! And Rest in Peace bro. 🙏
Beautiful story, one of those moments you hold onto forever. Sports are one hell of a thing, able to make those crazy emotional moments. Peace and love to you my man!
Great story bud. My condolences, but glad y'all shared that moment.
❤🙏
Memories.
Thank you for sharing your story. That you recognize this to be an amazing coincidence, and took the time to share it with us means that our loved ones are still here with us, even if it is only in our memories.
Great to see him come back and retire with the Jays. I was sitting in the outfield about 50 yards from the ball. The place erupted like an earthquake, I swear you could feel the stadium shaking. We were all jumping up and down hugging total strangers. You would have thought we just won the World Series. I told my wife afterwards (she’s not a big sports fan) that she will likely never experience a better live moment in sports in our lifetime. What a crazy series of events. ❤
I agree. I was sitting in the 200s, and I'll never forget this game. The build up of frustration to exictment in that inning was unreal. There were two guys almost fighting when the beers were being tossed and after Jose hit the homerun they climbed over like 10 rows to hug each other. Then after the game walking back to the subway, all you hear are the "Jose, Jose, Jose, Jose" chants. Great day!
I was walking past the Joey's at Yonge and Dundas at the moment this happened and it felt like an earthquake that far north.
I wish I was there. My husband is not a sports fan. If we're qualifying or in the world series then.
Back then we and the raptors were playing. We had a dual program where there was raptors talking. He muted the Jays while they were in a commercial and vice versa. I'm glad that we won over 60 games and the Rays we broke the series.
I never thought the Yankee would be number 5 and Orioles #1. But go Jays go. I could only imagine how much the tickets cost
Rays winning streak
the kawhi leonard 3pointer to beat the 76ers tops it, but what a homer, what a game.
The noise when he hit that homer must have been amazing in the stadium,
WOW
i went to a world cup soccer game ... when a goal got scored the sound was like in this video.... you're screaming as loud as you can but can't hear your voice!
It’s up there. Barry Sanders breaking 2000 yards with a 50 yard run against the Jets, at the Silverdome, was the loudest I’ve ever heard a crowd.
Scary
I can't speak for inside, but I was working security at Gate 7. The sound we heard was crazy
“A seventh inning you’ll never forget”
Not even Harold knew how right he would be
Everything in this inning was insane. Martin at bat. Texas with the crazy errors. So much going on. You’ll never see a inning like this again ever.
This don’t even make too 50 innings of all time. Only for Toronto lol.
I thought they were going to reverse the call at the plate when he tripped the catcher
@@JustBeHonestYeah it definitely does
Andrus 3 errors is the craziest part of the inning.. that just doesn't happen
i actually saw a half inning like that...bartman interference of a fly ball in 2003...and the cubs errors and breakdowns...allowing the marlins to sneak through...
This was one of the single most amazing innings in Blue Jays history and I'll never forget it. Jose really was that guy, always gonna miss him
*mlb history.
Not just the most amazing in Blue Jays history...In MLB history!
I really miss Bautista. He was always that guy when things were most dire and emotional, he would come up huge. I wish Jays had a player like that currently, but they don't. That chip and passion he played with his sorely missed. I see some of that in Soto and Tatis Jr though, too bad Jays didn't sign Soto when they could have.
@@albertawildcat3164 Not just MLB history, up there with the best of ALL sports history.
@@albertawildcat3164 lol sure
Get in contact with Bautista, and make a documentary on this inning. It's historic.
Agree
greatest moment in canadian sports history
@@sen6728 That batflip is an all time great moment in sports history let alone canada. I’ve never seen a playoff moment quite like this one since.
@@joshperry9976 since pujols 700th hr? shohei's historic season? there has been many iconic moments since then, this is Canada's iconic moment
@@sen6728 Bautista HR was insane, but it is below Joe Carter’s World Series winning walkoff HR for the Jays, (arguably) Kawaii’s shot vs the 76ers, Henderson’s goal in the Summit Series vs USSR and Crosby’s golden goal
15:05 The moment in Toronto Blue Jays history that will be talked about for years to come.
Giants fan here and I remember this moment vividly.
I was at a bar on Valencia in downtown SF with a friend.
There were quite a few Blue Jays fans in the bar watching the game but were pretty quiet after the previous inning.
Then this happened and they got back into it. Then the José Bautista bat flip happened and they went bonkers.
There are Blue Hays fans everywhere
Here after Bautista made the level of excellence and yes this is truly historic
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This is, and will likely always always be, baseballs defining inning in my life. Watching this live was, well, indescribable.
Watching the flip replay for weeks afterward was a source of tearfully laughter. The clip itself doesn't do the inning justice. What a ride this was.
me too. weird eh !
I was at that game. The stadium felt like it was a magnitude 5000 earthquake, absolutely insane.
Magnitude 5000? This planet no longer exists!
What a crazy inning and that's one of the loudest crowd reactions ever.
almost as loud as Carter's homerun :)
I left school to watch this game 😂 best game I’ve ever watched. Playoff baseball at its finest
Jesus loves you!!
Who are you bro. Stop commenting "Jesus loves you" on things that dont have ANYthingg to do with religion.@@Adampeachey2024
i dont love him back@@Adampeachey2024
I miss this blue jays team, these guys were exciting to watch even though they didn’t make it all the way through the playoffs, plus I remember watching this game, it was wild.
2015-16 had all my favourite teams doing good, London knights won in 2016, jays were amazing, canadiens were amazing too
The crowd atmosphere in Toronto is amazing! No matter what sport it is, the city is so fanatical!
Its a shitty city for sure
Could you imagine if every baseball game had this suspense and intensity?
My whole body just become one big goosebump watching that Bautista contact. Man. A homerun brought a city together.
Knew it was gone as soon as he hit it.
And I knew nothing about that inning.
Long suffering Cubs fan.
And that epic bat flip - wow! (I grew up an Expos fan)
True, in the first meeting between both teams at Texas the following season, Odor unleashed on Bautista in an infamous benches-clearing brawl, since the Rangers' 2B was still sour about this game, and I imagine, about the bat flip... But that's part of the crescendo of emotions unleashed with the stadium-shaking HR...
These are the moments that make baseball so much fun to watch.
I have much more empathy for the Rangers and their fans now after what happened to us this year. 3 consecutive errors to lose the game. Brutal. Just like blowing an 8-1 lead. Brutal. Sports can break your heart. Don't congratulate yourself too much for someone else's mistakes. Don't berate yourself too much for yours.
Well said
Its a great moment to remember so I don’t know why you have to ruin the moment
Nah all that empathy went out the window 2 minutes after the homer when the Rangers got on their unwritten rules right way to play the game bullshit. The Jays got jacked by a loophole in the rules in a deciding playoff game and then Bautista erased it with a 450-foot homer, they have every right to celebrate.
@@untexan exactly
This was so much worse for rangers fans hahaha
Goosebumps watching this again. Still get the exact same feeling as that day.
Unbelievable stuff!!!
I miss that team! I miss Bautista!!
So much excitement.
2015 what a turning point!!!
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iikkkkk
Probably the most memorable Blue Jays moment that I witnessed live. That whole 7th inning was crazy.
Were you at the game? I remember watching it on TV, it's up there with my favourite moments in all sports!
Hello? Joe Carter? Walk off home run to win WORLD SERIES?!?
@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 most current Jays fans only hopped on the bandwagon in 2015 when the team finally had some relevance again, I doubt most of them have any clue who Joe Carter is.
@@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 “Probably the most memorable Blue Jays moment that I WITNESSED LIVE”
@@waschukd I guess 30 years ago is a long time ago. I witnessed the back-to-back World Series live.
needed this today. I'm still at a loss for words boys. Part of our journey I guess. Here come the trolls 😪
Yeah same here but hopefully they upgrade the bullpen and we still have a young team
I was there for this....and game 6 WS in 93.......both epic moments in baseball and Jays history!!!
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Must have been deafening
How awesome to be at both the Joey Walk-Off and the Joey BatFlip games. Hope you always cherish those memories.
what year was this one?
@@Crisperdad completely deafening! sound went through your bones
That day was the most fantastic day ever .I will never forget that day .Jose was soooooo great with that bat flip I thought I fall out off my seat .Jose you made history. You will always be number one with your fans and Toronto ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Oh, they won the world series?
I don’t care what anyone says I’ll be back rooting for my blue jays again next year baby!!! Let’s go jays
I think those kids need an aging elite veteran slugger amidst them. Vladdy and Bo thinkin they own the team just isn't working. They need someone they respect who keeps them keeping their socks pulled up kinda thing. It was a bit of an embarrassing season. Vladdy thumpin his chest in game 1 of a 3 game regular season game, after hitting a walk off single. I knew the second I saw it that would come back on him. And Bichette tryin to play hero, not respecting the speed and skill of Springer to make that catch and colliding. Then springer lying there like he got shot and replay showed he took a grazzed forearm off his head. Whopdeedo. GTFU Springer. Even Nick Kyprious was making fun of that a couple days later on hockey central. This current team is soft and if they even had 50% of the grit that 2015 team had, they could make a real run.
@@Flexb123 That or the New York Islanders.
@@Flexb123 mike trout could use some championship caliber teammates lol, we can only dream
Been shit since 2015
RIP ‘22 Jays. You had so much potential.
I feel so bad for Beltre. He fielded that bunt perfectly, threw a perfect throw to third base, and the shortstop just dropped it.
I know right. Beltre is an all-time great fielder. He must've been absolutely livid.
Dude, the look on Hamels’ face. He had pitched an absolute gem and it was absolutely wasted.
Elvis Andrus may as well have been replaced by the corpse of Elvis Presley
One of the greatest bat flips in history. Not even a Jays fan or a Rangers hater, just sublime.
The most disrespectful bat flip I've ever seen, very classless!
Lol clueless @@michaelguyea8970
@@sherryl7693 Yes that same attitude got him a shot in the mouth lol.
I. Was. Actually... There! I still can't believe I got last minute tickets to this game. Although they were the DEFINITION of nosebleeds (seats with our backs to the cement walls WAY up along the 3rd baseline) and just watching that ball SOAR across our viewpoint was nothing shy of MAGICAL! I will keep this ticket until the day I die and share it with my future kids, grandkids & any baseball fans I know. Too bad I had no time to pull my phone out because we were too busy going absolutely BONKERS over the most WILD game in Blue Jays History. What. A. Moment. #History
Better to be in the moment because that’s once in a lifetime
@@davidnoel7520 No doubt, I wouldn't change a thing. Memories that'll last forever in my head
yooooo no way I was sitting in the same area as you watching that game with my aunt, incredible game to witness even all the way from the nosebleeds the seats didn't matter, just being able to say "I was there" is special enough
Glad you didn't have time to pull out your phone. Better to live in the moment.
This gives me chills to this day. One of the best moments in Jays history
One of the worst moments in rangers history as well.
I'd say joe Carter h.r to win the world series is better
A Royals fan, but watching Batista in a high voltage, feisty mood was as entertaining as watching a Jack Russell terrier create mayhem chasing squirrels and tearing up Kleenex boxes at home. An iconic inning indeed. Molson beer cheers to the Jays for their passionate fan base-- their electricity can even be felt way beyond the Canadian border.
Jose, Toronto will always be your city. We love you brother.
I got to interview home plate umpire Dale Scott about this inning. He said Gibby wanted to "protest everything" and that in all his years umpiring, this the most exciting - and strangest - 45 minutes he'd ever had
"You can only flirt with fire for so long, and it's gonna burn ya." My favourite quote from a sports announcer.
True that 😶
Harold Reynolds' "oh my God" when Andrus drops the third one @ 7:02 is iconic... brutal. What a sport.
Just thinking the same. It was so crazy he forgot he was a commentator for a quick second and was talking like a former player watching at home.
don’t use God’s Name in vain
@@SaltyChip don’t use God’s Name in vain
@@skeped8797 Give it a rest
@@Heathcoatman lol and if you actually listen it sounds like he said "gosh" anyway
Still gives me goosebumps. This game was just out of this world!
Did they win the world series?
😊😊
@@agayactornamedmichaeldougl6289n
The Centerfield camera was bouncing like a ping pong ball. Those maniacal Blue Jay's fans had that stadium literally rocking.
Noticed that. Just thought it was sloppy camerawork.
If that stadium is anything like Tulane stadium, fans could make it shake like that
With 41 thousand plus people, I have no doubt the stadium would shake.
At the time, several of the camera bays were enclosed platforms attached to sides of the stands. Sure, the stands are made of concrete, but 45,000 fans wildin out literally makes those platforms shake.
the camera bouncing up and down for some reason makes the atmosphere 10 times better i have no idea why
@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist1 bring it on
One of the most memorable moments of happiness I ever experience. The whole game was tense. I was tweeting from Victoria to a friend in Toronto between plays and working off the stress by cleaning anything I could find! When Bautista's bat made that sound though....everything stopped. An unmistakable sound. I will never forget that moment or the Jays team roster for that year. A moment in history had been made for me forever.
Seen this a million times and still till this day does the exact same thing- Goose Bumps. Crazy thing is I sometimes use it to test myself and I think- “today it wont work or because Im thinking about it I wont get goosebumps”. Im wrong every time- Real, natural, hair standing up on my neck, arms, and legs. Can’t think of anything else that does that for me. Insane inning, Insane game, Insane series. Great team. Can’t help but think what a Whit Merrifield at 2B would have done for them instead of a guy like Goins.
June 20th 2023
I just watched Bautista's back flipping home run and must say He was the best!
He was my favourite with the Toronto blue jays.
I was so disappointed when he was traded!!
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Best game of all time, the very 1st time watching baseball (I was 7), and if I can remember, my brother, dad, and myself (i think also my dads' parents and his brother also), loved 2015 and 2016, I wonder how you still remember what had happened during these years.
I never watch baseball. Did just now. And what a heck of an inning!! Wow!!!!
Angels fan here... just checking in to watch the greatest inning of baseball ever.
2001 WS game 7 9th inning when the dbacks dethroned the Yankees was the best inning ever.
@@gtcazusa Yeah, I am sure it was heartbreaking for their fans (game was in early November because the season was postponed for a few days because of 9/11)
@@joelsterling1445 Yeah and I'm sure that didn't at all affect the Arizona fans either huh. Smart guy. Are you suggesting they lost because of 911 or what? If not why bring it up?
@@gtcazusa You know what, I am done. I will continue to watch videos on CZcams but I will no longer post at all as if that''s how everybody acts, then screw them
@@joelsterling1445 Sorry if was a jerk. I just don't know why you brought it up. Has not much to do with 'best inning ever' and maybe I was assuming the wrong intentions.
This was why baseball is my favorite sport. Reminds me of that crazy Game 6 of the 2011 WS. And Bautista's dinger(and batflip!) was positively epic. For me, there's nothing else in sports like a dramatic home run
I like baseball over football any day.
@@TalibanSymphonyOrchestrafax
Jose signs a 1 day Jays contract, his name goes on the Level of Excellence forever, & he retires a BlueJay Saturday!
The fact that I was close to being at the game and that I watched it at home was just the cake without the icing. This inning where Texas gave us 3 free outs is the reason this inning will live infamy…
I remember listen to this series on the radio in my early 20's man what a year
THE BEST BAT FLIP IN MLB HISTORY !! And I’m a Yankees fan !! 😂 We’re happy cause We just got Judge #99 !!
Congrats on Judge!
@@catbriggs8362 Thank you !! 😊
UNBELIEVABLE... never will We see anything like that day ... miss all the original players wow ... next yr Blue Jays ... then there is the WOPPING ... 28 run game by Blue Jays... yessss
My favourite inning and game of all time
I still get goosebumps watching this game/inning.
Amazing to see play after play where Rangers took their eyes off the ball and missed catch after catch.
They are all excellent athletes, professionals in the playoffs, and it looked to me like the pressure just got to them
“A 7th inning you’ll never forget.” Foreshadowing at its finest.
Andrus had the toughest inning I’ve ever seen. I had forgotten about this. Biggest 1 inning team collapse ever. Odor huge mistake. Bautista was a BOSS. Thanks for posting
One of the most iconic moments in Blue Jays history.
I distinctly remember my Cubbies come outta nowhere in 2015 against the Mets and got swept. I was heartbroken. This game I believe may have been after they got swept? Anyway, back then this put a smile on my face when I was full blown depression mode. WOW!
The peace of mind of Hamels throughout this should be in the Hall of Fame
There are so many things I forgot about this inning. Toronto forever Mr Bautista
JB thanks for the memories never been a home run like that since Joe Carter jacked one.
Amazing moment. Will never forget it! Can’t believe it’s coming on 10 years soon
That was incredible to watch. Everything that happened in that inning plus the bat flip too. The energy of the crowd was electric.
I was at this game and I can say it was the greatest thing I ever witnessed and the loudest crowd I had ever heard. I was in shock as the inning unfolded culminating in the Bautista dinger. I must say I was unaware of the mounting drama caused by the bat flip until I got home........I never even noticed it live.
This has the same feeling as John Tavares getting that OT Goal in Game 6 or Kawahi Leonard's famous "Bounce". Toronto sports dreams are made on single highlights like these that last a lifetime
This is the best inning in baseball history
Tough to beat Cubs/Indians 8th inning was it? Or 7th and beyond to extra innings in a Game 7 of the World Series but damn, tough to argue your point man. This was incredible
Or the worst. Depending on who you were for.
If you’re a jays fan, clearly you were not alive for Joe Carter’s walk off homer against Philly. That was national history in Canada and a seriously underrated moment in playoff history. I watched it live when I was in lil league and it was one of those life defining moments for me. In my mind it should be talked about every time anyone utters the word baseball. But it’s seemingly never talked of.
Cardinals/Rangers 9th Inning Game 6 2011 WS was better. Texas on the losing end of that one too.
No it was a comedy of errors not a excess of offensive skills. The inning was a gift.
I remember how my blood was boiling after the top of the 7th. Every moment of this inning is etched in my mind. And the exhilaration of that home run. "What a game!" is right. It's the moments in sports we live for. Happens rarely, which makes them so much sweeter. Grats on Nick Taylor having his moment yesterday. Not a shabby 'bat flip' by him too. :)
What happened in the top of the inning?
I remember watching this like it was a week ago, but I NEVER knew this was the result of a 2-0 series comeback!!
This moment was so memorable everything was in the right place...the homerun, the batflip, the crowds reaction, even the goal horn that was going off in the stadium. Such a crazy atmosphere to be in
Sucks that we lost to Seattle but Ill be back to root for the Jays next season
Mets fan and this is one of my favorite moments watching the game of baseball.
My dad brought me to this game when I was 13…. Most insane thing I’ve ever been at. All police, security and anyone in Toronto had to come into the field to try and stop fans from throwing cans / garbage everywhere, they put up messages on the jumbotron for fines of $1000 if you were caught throwing items onto the field etc. best game of my life.
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A badass bat flip done like a boss!
Haven't watched a baseball game in years. This is nice!
The baseball gods were with us that day!! What an amazing game.. I remember watching this!
Man I love the atmosphere of post season baseball. Nothing like it!
the top and bottom of this inning was unreal, I was driving in the car listening to the whole thing, I don't usually listen to baseball games on the radio, this one had me spellbound, one for the ages
Love that the commentators let the moment breathe when Bautista hit his homerun. The crowd noise was all that was needed in that moment.
major facts
I heard just recently that a Rangers player in this game said his jersey was actually shaking from the noise 🇨🇦🇨🇦👍⚾️
Bring back this level of excitement again 😂🇨🇦🔥
This thing was awesome. One of if not the most legendary bat flip
greatest bat flip
I'd say probably the most epic bat flip ever. But it came at a cost when Bautista eventually got his face rearranged for it.
@@jonnyt16 but then the Jays knocked out Texas again that year😂
Remember the phrase “I would rather get punched in May than knocked out in October“
@@andre9710 Yeah but man, that punch to the face seemed to damage Bautista internally as well...he just wasn't the same after that and his career dwindled.
This inning is history 🙌🏽
the bautista moment was literally so hype that it changed baseball forever
I could watch this every day .........
Let's make some new memoies this season. Let's Go BlueJays in 2023!
Amazing half-inning, amazing video. Thanks for uploading this!
That has to be the single best feeling in all of sports
im not even a blue jays fan but i remember watching this game in 2016 and holy shit it was so electric. the circumstances, the stakes, the bat flip, the crowds reaction. still the best bat flip to this day
What an inning, hard to believe it's been 7 years already. I remember watching this game live and was so happy when he hit it out of the park, that entire 7th inning was just unrealistic. We unfortunately lost to the royals the next series in the ALCS. 2015 & 2016 were amazing years for the blue jays.
Current Jays -- take notes of this 2015 team. The chip, the passion, the grit. These guys hated to lose more than they loved to win. They didn't celebrate measly HRs or thump their chest saying "my house" after winning game 1 of a regular season 3 game series. These guys played with so much heart and passion and fans adored them for it.
I’m assuming you’re a newer fan that wasn’t around back then because Donaldson Bautista and Edwin were known for celebrating every home run 😅
I was around in 2015 but I agree with how silly it is for them to do it including putting the home run jacket on everytime they hit a home run and the player saying my house after 1 of the home runs in 2022 was Valdimidar Gurrereo Junior who wears #27, yeah if I was in his shoes I would not have done that
@@ronmexico7256 Edwin? HAHAHA He never celebrated shit on field (outside his parrot signature trot) till his walk off vs the O's. That trio hit around 500 HRs for the jays, name me even 10 regular season HR where they celebrated an empty, meaningless (measly) HR? (you know, the type of HR Carerra would usually only hit when they're already up by 6 or down by 9. LOL
@@Flexb123 Man literally said Edwin didn’t celebrate home runs except for his signature home celebration he did almost every time…. I don’t care about your feels my dude a celebration is a celebration. I’m not sure why you’re so triggered this isn’t a big deal lol
Bautista legendary bat flip but also getting rocked by Odor, man what a career. Respect
I don't know if I'm the only person on the planet to notice this--but listen to the initial roar of the crowd when Bautista hits it out. There's only one other time I have ever heard that phenomenon....it's Gibson's 1988 homer. It's a roar that is so guttural and deep....it's AMAZING. Listen to it. AMAZING moment in baseball!
I will never take good baseball for granted ever again.
Greatest inning of baseball of all time! Hollywood couldn’t even make this up. Absolutely LOVE IT!!!!!!
Nah. '93 joe carter
BAUTISTA HITS A DRIVE, DEEP LEFT FIELD NO DOUBT ABOUT IT
the clip of him bat flipping and then panning to Goins, goes abosolutely ballistic is one of my most favorite clips in sports history
As a die hard Rangers fan, with the World Series curse having been exorcised, I can finally let this moment go along with all the heartache it gave me. I rewatched this now and it didn’t even sting one bit. It’s amazing what a championship can do, best of luck to y’all getting yours.
The way Stroman jumping up and down, russ and dio being crazy, Edwin also jumping up and down 16:55
As a Jays fan this inning was glorious.
I still can’t believe Andrus kicked it around 3 times in a row. That guy was a great ball player. But like Harold said, you play with fire, you’re bound to get burned. Epic blast by Joey Bats. I cried when it happened n I still get choked up watching the replay. Legendary Canadian iconic moment.
Now let’s see that unforgettable “right cross” 🤜🏽 🎯