re: Ivan Melendez Titanic Blast

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I like how the dude just ran around the bases without some tee ball team celebration. Golf clap

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He (regrettably) had a bat flip against South Carolina this year that went halfway to the pitcher's mound. It was his second HR of the game (Game 1) and they didn't take too kindly to it. I don't blame them.

South Carolina responded by sweeping the sunday double-header to take games 2 and 3 and hand Texas its first series loss of the year. Ivan still had a good series, and hit a HR in game 3 that went 500+ feet, but at the end of the day, Texas was walloped and sent packing.

After that, he's carried himself with humility on the field and stayed focused, which has put him in a front-runner position for the golden spikes. Can't say other sluggers on some high-profile teams have had the same grace in conducting themselves...