As professional sports organization continue to crack down on any form of celebration and form of personality in sports. Players and fans appear to have joined in reprimanding for shows of emotion. Case in point, Lance McCullers in game four of the ALDS. Watch:
As I put on the caption, I thought I was seeing was Lance McCullers jacked up after closing out the sixth inning against the Royals -- arguably the biggest inning McCullers' career. The Royals players and fans saw it another way:
Just saw the throat slash of McCullers after he imitated Hosmers kid's in the backpack #Trash
— RoyalBall (@royal_ball) October 12, 2015
Volquez and others in Royals dugout said they saw McCullers do a throat-slash gesture after he came off the mound after the sixth.