Umpires checking pitchers for foreign substances has led to some weird moments — the Max Scherzer near-belt rip, checking position players who pitched and so on.
And now there’s Sonny Gray rubbing his backside on the mound.
Here’s what happened: the Cincinnati Reds pitcher batted in the third inning on Sunday and had some pine tar on his pants. So the Reds made sure to inform the home-plate umpire so that Gray wasn’t tossed if he had been found to have a foreign substance on them.
Instead of changing his pants, he requested to rub some dirt on them. And that’s how this scene came to be:
Sonny Gray had what is believed to be pine tar on his pants so he rubbed his butt on the mound to get it off
(via @PitchingNinja) pic.twitter.com/EGsZf3C4Ga
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) July 18, 2021
Wild stuff.
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