Originally Posted by Eric

It is not a way of showing a pitcher up, many times when you hit a ball perfect and you know you hit a homerun the pitcher is busy watching the ball sail out of the yard. It is more a small celebration for the batter, because as soon as you make contact you know the ball is gone. It is the same as spiking a football, a pitchers fist pump after a K, a basketball player flexing after he throws down a monster slam.

People take this shit too seriously.