A's pitcher Sergio Romo outdoes Max Scherzer by angrily dropping his pants over search
We’re just two days into Major League Baseball starting to randomly check pitchers for foreign sticky substances and it’s already a total mess of a process.
I mean, who could have seen this coming?!
Tuesday night in Philadelphia we saw Nats’ ace Max Scherzer angrily rip open his belt after being asked to be searched for a third time in four innings. It was a wild night in Philly that saw Phillies manager Joe Girardi get ejected after almost trying to get at Scherzer.
Well, later Tuesday night Oakland A’s reliever Sergio Romo was searched by an umpire and Romo outdid Scherzer with his reaction by doing this:
Oakland A’s reliever Sergio Romo was checked for “sticky stuff” and might have upstaged Max Scherzer in the process. pic.twitter.com/wL1jqt4CgE
— Chris Halicke (@ChrisHalicke) June 23, 2021
What. A. Mess.
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