Chicago Cubs reliever Luke Little had a minor subject throughout Wednesday night time’s 4-3 victory over the Houston Astros. He needed to change his glove earlier than coming into the sport within the seventh inning, because the umpires requested him to do it over a rule.
Little stepped on the mound and received the job accomplished after pitching 0.2 innings with a strikeout to shut out the inning Cubs supervisor Craig Counse spoke to the press after the sport about what precisely occurred with Little’s glove that received the umpires so labored up.
Counsell instructed the media that each one the fuzz was about an American flag that Little had on his glove.
The difficulty was the American flag was on his glove. Pitchers’ gloves, they’re fairly strict about not having white on the pitchers’ gloves. Apparently the flag had what could possibly be a distraction to the hitter.
Luke Little stated in regards to the incident
The little ‘incident’ brought about some controversy after they banned him from utilizing his glove with the flag, as it’s the identical one he has been sporting since he was in Class A. After his outing, he posted on his Twitter/X account a GIF with Hulk Hogan and the caption ‘Proud to be an American Go Cubs Go.’
Little commented after the incident.
The clubbies instructed me that that they had received an e-mail from MLB that I am not allowed to put on it. However I simply did not assume that they had been simply going to simply reduce me. It isn’t prefer it has a bonus within the recreation. It isn’t prefer it blinds the hitters. Simply representing my nation. Only a entire debacle. Bought to prepare with out it and throw via it.
Little made his MLB debut in 2023, and on this 2024 season, he has pitched 8.1 innings with a 2.16 ERA and 7 strikeouts.
