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The NCAA Division I postseason continues this weekend with Super Regionals play. Boston College and Miami split the first two games of their best-of-three matchup, and they are playing the decisive Game 3 on Sunday.

In the seventh inning Sunday, Hurricanes third baseman and nine-hole hitting Edgar Michelangeli cracked a grand slam to give Miami a 9-3 lead. They went on to win the game 9-4 to advance to the College World Series.

Michelangeli didn't just hit a grand slam though. He hit the grand slam, admired it, flipped his bat, and talked trash to the catcher while rounded the bases. Here's the video:

I am very much pro-bat flip. Michelangeli definitely took it too far though. I know it's an emotional moment and all that, but geez, a bat flip and talking trash to the catcher? That's going overboard.

Unsurprisingly, benches cleared between Miami and BC after Michelangeli finished rounding the bases.

Now here's the thing: Michelangeli has a history of doing things like this. He hit a go-ahead three-run home run against North Carolina State during the ACC Tournament two weeks ago, when he also admired the homer and flipped his bat. From Michael Lananna of Baseball America:

Tempers flared as Michelangeli rounded first base and began his trot around the bases--but Michelangeli said he couldn't hold back his excitement, especially after seeing Shepard admire his own shot the inning before.

"I mean, there was no hard feelings with (the bat flip)," Michelangeli said. "When they did it, we didn't get angry or anything. And then obviously I got excited and all that stuff, and I found an opportunity to do the same thing, and I did it. But it wasn't anything--it wasn't anything, no hard feelings, nothing. It was just excitement, just caught up in the moment."

Well, you can say there are no hard feelings, but when you do it time and time again, opponents are going to take it personally. Michelangeli is not making many friends on the field with his antics. That's for sure.