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Little tip for any Houston Astros players out there: shut the f**k up. It’s too late now. You all had your chance to speak. In fact, we were waiting for someone from the organization to issue a denial, but it never happened. And now the organization is without a manager or G.M.
Following Major League Baseball’s decision to suspend Astros manager A.J. Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow (who were then fired), fine the team the maximum amount allowed ($5 million), and revoking Houston’s first- and second-round picks in the 2020 and 2021 drafts, but NOT vacate the team’s 2017 World Series championship, the less said the better.
This is something Astros right-hander Lance McCullers learned the hard way when he decided to clap back at outspoken Cincinnati Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer who decided to do a little gloating at McCullers’ expense after having his Astros cheating accusations vindicated.
Bauer was joined by the by pitcher Mike Clevinger, Bauer’s former teammate on the Indians, in taking shots at the Astros and McCullers.
❄️❄️❄️
— ❂ Mike 𝕊𝕌ℕ𝕊ℍ𝕀ℕ𝔼 Clevinger ❂ (@MikeClevinger) January 13, 2020
McCullers fired back saying he was living “rent-free” in either Bauer or Clevinger’s head.
Rent free 😂😂😂. I don’t even know this cat ❄️❄️❄️
— Lance McCullers Jr. (@lmccullers43) January 13, 2020
And off we went…
Judge not, lest you be judged. Isn’t that what the book of GOD says? Remove the plank of wood from your own eye before inspecting the speck of sand in someone else’s? https://t.co/RA2FUFYE6u
— Trevor Bauer (トレバー・バウアー) (@BauerOutage) January 13, 2020
We don’t know each other either yetttttt you speak on me as if you know me…🤔🤷🏻♂️ https://t.co/RCKwvfWiav
— Trevor Bauer (トレバー・バウアー) (@BauerOutage) January 13, 2020
Then when someone on Twitter brought up Clevinger allegedly cheating on his girlfriend and mother of his child, McCullers re-tweeted it with the following comment.
Damn… @BauerOutage drop that book of God again quote for the homie @Mike_Anthony13
— Lance McCullers Jr. (@lmccullers43) January 13, 2020
Oh no he didn’t.
It was at that point Clevinger decided to drop the hammer on McCullers.
Yeah drop your ERA first and speak another word about something you have no idea about and we can be talking in person https://t.co/y49zqi9g9d
— ❂ Mike 𝕊𝕌ℕ𝕊ℍ𝕀ℕ𝔼 Clevinger ❂ (@MikeClevinger) January 13, 2020
Bauer and Clevinger weren’t done though.
#TakeItBack ❤️ https://t.co/1lMVRBv0ek
— Trevor Bauer (トレバー・バウアー) (@BauerOutage) January 14, 2020
https://t.co/ACL3y5UT48 pic.twitter.com/lvq3OTnEPQ
— ❂ Mike 𝕊𝕌ℕ𝕊ℍ𝕀ℕ𝔼 Clevinger ❂ (@MikeClevinger) January 13, 2020
Spoken about this a lot. Not a bigger story because pitchers league wide use foreign substance to boost spinrate. But you can ask some of the players about melting pine tar, Coca Cola, firm grip and rosin together in a coke can on the stove to create their substance of choice 🤷🏻♂️
— Trevor Bauer (トレバー・バウアー) (@BauerOutage) January 14, 2020
I mean, once you know you know right?
— Trevor Bauer (トレバー・バウアー) (@BauerOutage) January 14, 2020
Pine tar, firm grip, Coca Cola boiled/melted together in a metal coke can. And maybe some rosin. Just a guess though 😉 https://t.co/BPlxQG9ojf
— Trevor Bauer (トレバー・バウアー) (@BauerOutage) January 14, 2020
https://t.co/U7bn8eqE83 pic.twitter.com/Fy95ffO152
— ❂ Mike 𝕊𝕌ℕ𝕊ℍ𝕀ℕ𝔼 Clevinger ❂ (@MikeClevinger) January 13, 2020
This whole thing is just getting started too. Wait til we get news on the Red Sox and maybe the Mets.
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