The boos were expected.
The three-run home run to seal a Game 1 victory for the Toronto Blue Jays might not have been.
But that's just what Jose Bautista accomplished Wednesday night in Texas in a series that has a rich history of animosity between the two teams battling in the ALDS.
Jose Bautista gets even less popular in Texas with a 3-run shot to put the #BlueJays up 10-0 https://t.co/jUwVdNDyMm http://pic.twitter.com/pxO3E1HtpA
— @Sportsnet
Before the game even started, fans poured into the Rangers' stadiums decked out in Bautista-themed gear.
#Rangers fans letting Jose Bautista know that they love him very much. #WFAARangers #ALDS2016 #NeverEverQuit http://pic.twitter.com/CqcrRJlMuz
— @chrissadeghi
The amount of #Rougie #Bautista #punch shirts donned by #Rangers fans is remarkable #wfaarangers http://pic.twitter.com/htD8KIFMGK
— @wfaalauren
Batting fourth in the rotation as designated hitter, Bautista was greeted in his first at-bat with almost 50,000 fans mixing in boos and chants of "Rougie", a nod at Rangers' second-baseman Rougned Odor and the now infamous punch he laid on Bautista earlier this season.
Bautista gets a standing boo... http://pic.twitter.com/uF8S6PNN2u
— @PatDoneyNBC5
You could close your eyes rn and know who is up to bat. Welcome back Bautista.
— @alexxbanister
They're not booing, they're saying Booootista
— @MikeGianella
Bautista flew out to left field, but was back up to the plate in the third inning. With two outs and runners on first and third, Jays fans were hoping for something big to silence the crowd.
A bautista bomb right here to shut those boos down would be amazing
— @thomasarato
Though it wasn't a bat-flip bomb, Bautista quietly grounded a single to bring Josh Donaldson around to score in the middle of a five-run inning for the Jays. Two more runs in the fourth, including a home run, and suddenly the Rangers fans were booing more than Bautista.
Is Bautista up? I hear everyone in Texas booing...oh wait, that was for their ace pitcher.
7-0 Boys! #ALDS #OurMoment #BlueJays
— @twinky_sukhija
3.1... The number of innings it took Texas fans to move from booing Bautista to their own team. Record? #letsgobluejays
— @ttraill
I'd be more concerned with Hamels than Bautista but... #OurMoment http://pic.twitter.com/RPRqssYfR6
— @TheLukeSheedy
But Bautista wasn't done there, as he put the nail in the coffin in the ninth inning, hitting a three-run shot and tying the Joe Carter's franchise post-season record for career home runs with six. This time, it didn't take a bat-flip for Bautista to make his point.
That was a 425-foot, 104-mph middle finger from Jose Bautista.
— @ArdenZwelling
Jose Bautista is now tied for the 3rd longest streak reaching base in #BlueJays playoff history http://pic.twitter.com/uq7W9aZL9A
— @SNstats
Jose Bautista, after smashing that three-run home run, laid the bat carefully on the ground
— @bruce_arthur
Bautista flips 400-foot bird at booing Rangers fans
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