The narratives in the national media (with some exceptions, certainly) are pretty laughable. Gomez in no way stood at home plate and stared at his shot. He flipped the bat (which I suppose includes standing there for a second) and immediately started trotting to first base. Everyone starts trotting slowly if they either a) think they hit it out or b) think they made an out. Additionally, people are saying that Gomez started swinging his helmet, using it as a weapon. No. He was holding his helmet during the yapping. The one time the helmet was raised up was when the umpire was holding Gomez back and Gomez moved to free himself. He had to lift his arm up to get free of the ump, the arm that happened to be holding the helmet. Once his arm was free, he dropped the helmet and went at it. I do agree that, with the exception of Bryce Harper, the players who get criticized for antics are overwhelmingly Latino. I also don't think that's a coincidence. Should Gomez have just dropped the bat and started running? Yeah, probably, but whatever. Who cares? Should he have not gotten so mad when Cole jawed at him? Certainly. But if Cole doesn't cuss him out and if Snider and company don't come charging out of the dugout, nothing would've happened. Really, Gomez should've done this when Cole yelled at him: http://i.imgur.com/tWp8Z.gif