Trevor Bauer's sword celebration called 'disrespectful' by Japanese teammate on Yokohama BayStars

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Trevor Bauer’s signature strikeout celebration is causing some stirs with a teammate on his Japanese team, the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. 

When Bauer has struck out batters in MLB, he has been seen doing a motion where he appears to put a sword in a sheath. He's also done so in his games overseas thus far. 

Well, ahead of his first NPB start that's scheduled for Wednesday, the BayStars posted a short video of Bauer encouraging the fans to do the same when he strikes hitters out during his starts, and Yokohama’s closer Yasuaki Yamasaki isn’t a fan. 

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