Giants Jeff Samardzija Punctuates Home Run At Coors Field With Bat Flip

And Samardzija got to show off the flip Friday night when he went deep at Coors Field against Rockies pitcher Anthony Senzatela.

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And, hey, was that a modified “One Flap Down” between first and second? Should a pitcher feel shame or pride when a fellow pitcher styles after homering? To the unwritten rulebook! 

The roundtripper was the third of Samardzija’s career and his first with the Giants. (UPDATE: Joe Rodgers of Omnisport noted that the homer traveled an estimated 446 feet, making it the longest homer by a pitcher in MLB’s Statcast era, which started in 2015.)

(UPDATE 2: Karma caught up with Samardzija. He allowed eight earned runs over six innings, including a pinch-hit home run by Trevor Story that landed in almost the same spot as Samardzija’s blast. The Giants lost 10-8.)