The New York Mets were playing for their season on Sunday night with the Padres trying to pull a Game 3 NL Wild Card upset at Citi Field. And amid all that nervous tension, Mets fans could not stop staring at Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove’s ears.
Baseball teams and fans are inherently paranoid. They know that everyone goes to creative lengths to gain a competitive edge. It’s the “if we can get away with this, then just imagine what they’re doing” point of view. It’s partly why umpires check the hands of pitchers between innings. Teams don’t want foreign substances being used to give the pitcher an edge.
