“Gerrit Cole. He cheated. He used like a lot of sticky stuff to make his pitches better and he got called out on it.”
Alek Manoah of the Toronto Blue Jays in action against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on May 27, 2021 in New York City.Toronto Blue Jays ace Alek Manoah was put in a tough spot as a guest on NBA veteranDuring a segment the Milwaukee Bucks center calls “spicy questions,” he posed a series of queries to Manoah with the catch being that the pitcher would have to drink cricket tea — which is exactly what it sounds like, a glass of tea with live crickets inside it — if he refuses to answer.
When baseball tried to crack down on pitchers using sticky substances on their fingers in an effort to get a better grip on the baseball and increase the spin rate of their pitches, thedramatically in 2021, as did plenty of other pitchers. Cole — who left the Astros for the Yankees and a record-setting nine-year, $324 million contract after the 2019 season — finished second in American League Cy Young Award voting in 2021 and ninth in 2022. He posted ERAs of 3.23 and 3.
Manoah and Cole have a history, which Manoah discussed with Ibaka. When Manoah hit Aaron Judge with a pitch in a game in August,“I didn’t even notice he had left his bench because I was talking to the guy I hit. I was like, ‘You know I’m not trying to hit you right here. Like, why is this guy coming out onto the field?,’”
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