- meme usage
- Used in sports commentary and meme reactions to MLB plays, trade news, or player controversies
- sarcasm patterns
- Three strikes ⚾ used when calling out someone's repeated failures or bad takes
- quote tweet context
- Reacting to hot takes with ⚾ to say 'you just threw a wild pitch'
- trending context
- Spikes during World Series, MLB playoffs, and major trade deadlines
- reply use
- Fans use it to show up in sports threads or signal disagreement with the pitcher/manager decisions