Anderson gets Team USA manager DeRosa's approval to flip bat

Get ready for some Tim Anderson bat flips.

The Chicago White Sox shortstop, who's representing Team USA at the World Baseball Classic, was given the go-ahead by manager Mark DeRosa to flip as many bats as he likes after hitting home runs.

"I need the bat flip," DeRosa told Anderson, according to The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal.

"You're going to get it," Anderson told his coach.

"That was a first, definitely" Anderson added. "But I think it's the right setting. We're playing exciting ball. We don't just have one town behind us. We've got the whole country. Of course, they want something that's going to get them fired up."

Anderson made a name for himself as a bat flip aficionado after a 2019 toss of epic proportions, which led to him eventually being hit by a pitch, a benches-clearing brawl, and a suspension.

Anderson continued his bat-flipping ways even after the incident with the Royals and being criticized for not buying into baseball's so-called unwritten rules.

The sentiment didn't seem to bother him one bit.

Team USA plays its first WBC game March 11 against Great Britain.