Baseball players: It's Bat Appreciation Day, so try not to break so many of them

What's your favorite holiday? Wait, don't answer, we already know - it's April 17, Bat Appreciation Day. According to the Organization for Bat Conservation, "Today people around the nation celebrate the role of bats in the environment."

So celebrate them, everyone. Celebrate and conserve. None of this business:

Or this:

YOU GUYS. Don't you know that bats are an integral part of the ballpark ecosystem? They're so universally beloved that grown men will fight over them like fussy children:

Let's all try to be more like Carlos Gomez. Just look at him, appreciating bats:  

He understands that bats can fly at speeds reaching up to 60 miles per hour, and can eat as many as 1,200 mosquitoes in an hour, saving farmers an average of of … oh, wait, the holiday is celebrating this kind of bat?

In that case, be more like Christian Yelich, seen here hanging out with bats of both varieties:

And we take back everything we said before. Keep those broken-bat hits coming:

And never be afraid to keep it classic: