Tuesday was the second day of Major League Baseball policing the use of foreign substances by pitchers.
The second day.
Day one was rather uneventful with consummate professionals like Jacob deGrom and Yu Darvish on the mound. But Day Two descended into absolute chaos almost immediately.
It all started when Max Scherzer took exception to a routine post-inning check.
Haven’t seen anyone this annoyed being frisked since TSA took my almond butter. pic.twitter.com/cCNpyfuAEd
— Britt Ghiroli (@Britt_Ghiroli) June 22, 2021
Now we all know Scherzer is about as crazy as crazy gets.