MLB blasts ‘unwritten rules’ in official post-season ad
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball is opening October by blasting the game’s so-called “unwritten rules.”
MLB released an advertisement ahead of Tuesday’s post-season opener denouncing the anti-bat flip attitudes of many baseball traditionalists.
“Don’t stop and stare. Don’t flip your bat. Respect the jersey,” says a narrator at the start. Meanwhile, the commercial shows Giancarlo Stanton admiring a lengthy home run, Carlos Correa tossing his bat, Mookie Betts flexing and Yasiel Puig wagging his tongue after a daring headfirst slide.
It also includes Atlanta rookie Ronald Acuna Jr. celebrating a home run against the Marlins. Acuna was plunked by Miami’s Jose Urena during his impressive five-game homer streak this season, an incident that put baseball’s unwritten rules back under the microscope.