Maple Leafs respond to Stars Twitter jab with Jose Bautista bat flip photo

The Toronto Maple Leafs edged the Dallas Stars 3-2 Tuesday night, but the more interesting battle between the two teams played out on Twitter.

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As we know, the Stars jumbotron can get a bit cheeky with trash talk about things. Just ask the city of Winnipeg or Kim Jong-on or even the Leafs, who are familiar in this department.

Early in the first period, the Stars put up a friendly reminder to any Leafs fans in attendance about the consequences of throwing beer and hitting babies, referencing the American League Divisional Series Game 5 delay between the Texas Rangers and Toronto Blue Jays last month when fans tossed beverages onto the field, with some suds hitting small children in the lower sections.

What happened following that delay? Jose Bautista’s monster homerun, which wasn’t forgotten by the Maple Leafs’ social media team in their response.

Well played, by both sides, but using Bautista’s bat flip would have to force us to give the Maple Leafs a bit of an edge here.

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