The Unforgettable José Bautista Bat Flip Inning! 

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. 🙏

“A seventh inning you’ll never forget” Not even Harold knew how right he would be

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. ❤

The noise when he hit that homer must have been amazing in the stadium,

Get in contact with Bautista, and make a documentary on this inning. It's historic.

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

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.

15:05 The moment in Toronto Blue Jays history that will be talked about for years to come.

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.

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.

These are the moments that make baseball so much fun to watch.

I was at that game. The stadium felt like it was a magnitude 5000 earthquake, absolutely insane.

Could you imagine if every baseball game had this suspense and intensity?

The crowd atmosphere in Toronto is amazing! No matter what sport it is, the city is so fanatical!

Here after Bautista made the level of excellence and yes this is truly historic

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.

I left school to watch this game 😂 best game I’ve ever watched. Playoff baseball at its finest

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.

What a crazy inning and that's one of the loudest crowd reactions ever.

I don’t care what anyone says I’ll be back rooting for my blue jays again next year baby!!! Let’s go jays

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!!! 🪐☄️ ⚾️

My whole body just become one big goosebump watching that Bautista contact. Man. A homerun brought a city together.

Probably the most memorable Blue Jays moment that I witnessed live. That whole 7th inning was crazy.

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

Jose signs a 1 day Jays contract, his name goes on the Level of Excellence forever, & he retires a BlueJay Saturday!

Jose, Toronto will always be your city. We love you brother.

I feel so bad for Beltre. He fielded that bunt perfectly, threw a perfect throw to third base, and the shortstop just dropped it.

"You can only flirt with fire for so long, and it's gonna burn ya." My favourite quote from a sports announcer.

I was there for this....and game 6 WS in 93.......both epic moments in baseball and Jays history!!!

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 ❤❤❤❤❤❤

The audience sound here is incredible

needed this today. I'm still at a loss for words boys. Part of our journey I guess. Here come the trolls 😪

This gives me chills to this day. One of the best moments in Jays history

“A 7th inning you’ll never forget.” Foreshadowing at its finest.

The Centerfield camera was bouncing like a ping pong ball. Those maniacal Blue Jay's fans had that stadium literally rocking.

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

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.

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

RIP ‘22 Jays. You had so much potential.

One of the greatest bat flips in history. Not even a Jays fan or a Rangers hater, just sublime.

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

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.

Harold Reynolds' "oh my God" when Andrus drops the third one @ 7:02 is iconic... brutal. What a sport.

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!! 😢

Still gives me goosebumps. This game was just out of this world!

Amazing half-inning, amazing video. Thanks for uploading this!

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

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.

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

I remember listen to this series on the radio in my early 20's man what a year

I never watch baseball. Did just now. And what a heck of an inning!! Wow!!!!

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

I still get goosebumps watching this game/inning.

My favourite inning and game of all time

When I I feel like crap which is often, I watch this inning. Love to see happy, cheering people. I have hugged total strangers as a bystander in similar situations. Sports and Music can be the Great Uniter.

Amazing moment. Will never forget it! Can’t believe it’s coming on 10 years soon

Angels fan here... just checking in to watch the greatest inning of baseball ever.

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.

That was incredible to watch. Everything that happened in that inning plus the bat flip too. The energy of the crowd was electric.

THE BEST BAT FLIP IN MLB HISTORY !! And I’m a Yankees fan !! 😂 We’re happy cause We just got Judge #99 !!

One of the most iconic moments in Blue Jays history.

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. :)

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

There are so many things I forgot about this inning. Toronto forever Mr Bautista

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…

This is the best inning in baseball history

JB thanks for the memories never been a home run like that since Joe Carter jacked one.

People can say what they want about Toronto fans. EVERY BIT as passionate about sports as CHI,PHI, BOS,NYC,LA and whomever feels slighted. This isn't even their game. To me this would be like the Dallas Star's rocking the American Airlines Center and being deafening. Man I am glad the Rangers finally won this past year. Game 6 in 2011 was heartbreak, and this is right behind that a step. I cannot imagine the heartbreak Maple Leafs fans go through this generation with the talent they have in Nylander, Matthews, Marner, Reilly, etc.....but yeah, you guys are amazing! -_ Liam from Texas.

I could watch this every day .........

Sucks that we lost to Seattle but Ill be back to root for the Jays next season

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 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!

Mets fan and this is one of my favorite moments watching the game of baseball.

This inning is history 🙌🏽

Haven't watched a baseball game in years. This is nice!

A badass bat flip done like a boss!

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

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.

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 will never forget this. I still watch it alot. The best ever!!!!!

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.

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.

Love that the commentators let the moment breathe when Bautista hit his homerun. The crowd noise was all that was needed in that moment.

Man I love the atmosphere of post season baseball. Nothing like it!

The peace of mind of Hamels throughout this should be in the Hall of Fame

This thing was awesome. One of if not the most legendary bat flip

I will never get tired of watching this

The baseball gods were with us that day!! What an amazing game.. I remember watching this!

BAUTISTA HITS A DRIVE, DEEP LEFT FIELD NO DOUBT ABOUT IT

Let's make some new memoies this season. Let's Go BlueJays in 2023!

I was driving home when this aired and I genuinely ended up pulling over so I could actually watch. Only time I've ever done that, I despise driving and always want to be home asap.

Watching this again 5 moths later. Our boys are killing it!

I heard just recently that a Rangers player in this game said his jersey was actually shaking from the noise 🇨🇦🇨🇦👍⚾️

I remember watching this and right when Joey Bats tossed the bat I tossed my hat in the air. Can't wait to see him live getting his much deserving love this month.

You see the way Bautista is so focused on the pitcher? Like he was making it personal, eyeing Dyson up even after the pitch was thrown in 0-1 and 1-1 count. Bautista was such an amazing clutch player. Soto does this kind of thing also. Would love to see some of the current Jays play that way.

the clip of him bat flipping and then panning to Goins, goes abosolutely ballistic is one of my most favorite clips in sports history

Greatest inning of baseball of all time! Hollywood couldn’t even make this up. Absolutely LOVE IT!!!!!!

The way Stroman jumping up and down, russ and dio being crazy, Edwin also jumping up and down 16:55

I will never take good baseball for granted ever again.

Bautista legendary bat flip but also getting rocked by Odor, man what a career. Respect