Umpires checked the ears of San Diego Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove for possible illegal substances during Sunday’s first-round playoff game against the New York Mets. He was allowed to continue pitching after officials found nothing objectionable.
that sent them to face the rival Los Angeles Dodgers in a National League Division Series showdown, Musgrove said he had seen Showalter ask for similar checks on opponents in the past.“I mean, I get it, dude, they were on their last leg, they’re desperate, they’re doing everything they can to get me out of the game at that point,” the 29-year-old starter told ESPN. “I mean, it is what it is.
“The problem I have is that Joe Musgrove is a man of character,” Padres Manager Bob Melvin said at a postgame news conference. He added that Musgrove was “as aboveboard as any pitcher I know, any player I know.”Leading up to the ear-check sequence was a large amount of online chatter, after an image taken from the telecast appeared to show Musgrove with noticeably shiny ears. He was seen rubbing his right ear between pitches.
Not that I pay a lot of attention ppls’ ear sweat, but this doesn’t look like Joe Musgrove’s sweat to me.
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