The Houston Astros are participating in the World Series and Lance McCullers Jr is presently in the spotlight. Though it’s rather for the wrong reasons. Some pitching footage of McCullers from Tuesday’s game has gone trending online. McCullers thus got accused of tipping the opposition batters.?
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McCullers started the game for the Astros on Tuesday. The Astros are facing off against the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series. The Phillies hosted the third round of the seven-game series at Citizens Bank Park. McCullers totally faltered in the game and almost had no control over his pitches.?
Following on from a poor performance, the tipping accusations against McCullers dominated social media platforms.?
Salt on the wounds of Lance McCullers Jr?
The Phillies batters handled Lance McCullers Jr with utmost ease in Tuesday’s game. Though McCullers forced 18 strikeouts, he got smashed for five home runs. The conceded run leakage didn’t get undone as the Astros’ offense failed miserably as well. After the game, a rather shocking report haunted McCullers.?
The Astros have got thrown into infamy before. Now it was McCullers’ turn to stand at the receiving end on multiple levels. Footage from his pitching highlights caught a change in his bodily movement in between pitches. A special focus on his wind kick angle got decoded as an indicator of the coming pitch. Therefore, some people have cried foul play over McCullers’ body movement, perceiving him as handing the game away.?
Famous baseball analyst Ben Verlander posted the report on Twitter quoting, “Well here?s the answer. Tipping.”?
Well here’s the answer. Tipping.
(Credit: @LegKickNationOG)
— Ben Verlander (@BenVerlander) November 2, 2022
One person replied by writing, “How does a pitcher go out on the biggest stage of his career and he?s tipping pitches this bad? Yikes.”
How does a pitcher go out on the biggest stage of his career and he’s tipping pitches this bad? Yikes
— Greggory Mayfield (@GregMayfield15) November 2, 2022
Another person tried to be a bit more technically informative about the issue by writing, “Or it could be that he?s leaking because he?s too amped up, leaving his arm behind and causing him to drop his elbow and ultimately leave his sh*t up in the zone. Oh, that and his changeup is way too hard.” ?
OR it could be that he’s leaking because he’s too amped up, leaving his arm behind and causing him to drop his elbow…and ultimately leave his shit up in the zone. Oh, that and his changeup is WAY too hard.
— Kelly Wunsch (@KellyDWunsch) November 2, 2022
While another person annoyed with McCullers’ performance wrote,?“He’s throwing absolute balloons up there.”
He's throwing absolute balloons up there.
— SFloyd21 (@SFloyd21) November 2, 2022
A few more fan reactions:
https://twitter.com/HSchnurbusch/status/1587626438911475713?t=EAXUU2-faGvzhqukiq1kEw&s=19
Oh he is late out of the glove on the right.
— Preston Wilson (@PrestonWilson44) November 2, 2022
excuses. just admit this phillies r good
— jonathan radwanski (@jonathanradwan1) November 2, 2022
Has he not done that all year? You think that would’ve came about by now.
— Paden Wiese (@PadenW306) November 2, 2022
Therefore, baseball fans yet again have got divided regarding their opinions on an issue involving the Astros.?
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Nonetheless, the Phillies were still the better team in Tuesday’s game by all means.?
The MLB career of McCullers Jr?
McCullers made his MLB debut for the Astros in 2015. He is a one-time All-Star player. McCullers won the World Series with the Astros in 2017.?
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Do you think Lance McCullers Jr. really tipped the opponents, or is it just an accusation??