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Mike Napoli Fires Off Totally Unsolicited Tweet Insulting Alex Bregman

By Scott Rogust

Mike Napoli calls out Alex Bregman following his bat carrying incident at World Series Game 6.
Mike Napoli calls out Alex Bregman following his bat carrying incident at World Series Game 6. /

Houston Astros Alex Bregman third baseman is an acquired taste for some Major League Baseball fans. Like many members of the Astros squad, Bregman carries very real swagger around with him, which you love as a Houston fan, but probably hate if you're the opposition.

During World Series Game 6 on Tuesday night, Bregman hit a go-ahead solo homer off Washington Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg. After the blast, Bregman celebrated by carrying his bat all the way past first base.

Astros fans loved it, but one former MLB player wasn't a fan, and that's former World Series champion Mike Napoli. The ex-slugger fired off an emotional tweet towards Bregman, that requires no explanation.

Told you.

The league has fully embraced it's new "Play Loud" campaign, but the old regime is not buying into it. Even so, the "old guard" weren't afraid to flip their bat after hitting a ball out of the park.

Later on in Game 6, Nationals 21-year-old phenom Juan Soto hit a go-ahead homer of his own, and mimicked Bregman's bat trot. Does Mike Napoli feel the same way about Soto as he does Bregman? We'll probably get that answer at some point on Twitter.