Chicago Cubs pitcher forced to change glove for having American flag

Last Wednesday the Chicago Cubs beat the Houston Astros at home with a score of 4-3. But beyond the victory of the Illinois team that places it in second place in the National League Central Division, the most striking thing happened on the mound.

And at the top of the seventh inning, reliever Luke Little took the mound with one out to close the inning. However, the left-handed pitcher was forced to change his glove by the umpires due to a curious detail.

Well, the pitcher’s glove, despite being all black, had the United States flag at the top. And while there are no rules against wearing the flag on a baseball glove, there are rules about glove colors for pitchers.

The MLB is quite strict in its rules with the use of gloves, especially for pitchers, because among the details that pitchers’ gloves cannot have, white is one of the colors prohibited from being used and the American flag It had a presence of white.

Faced with this inconvenience, before starting his work on the mound, Little had to change his glove to be able to pitch and finished with 0.2 innings with a strikeout to close the seventh inning. Cubs manager Craig Counsill spoke to reporters after the game about what exactly happened with Little’s glove that made the officials so angry.

“The problem was that he had the American flag on his glove. Pitcher’s gloves, they are pretty strict about not having targets on the pitcher’s gloves. “Apparently the flag had what could be a distraction for the batter,” explained the Cubs helmsman.

Given the unusual complaint from the umpires during the ball game and the request to the pitcher to change his glove before starting his work on the mound, Little himself launched the response to this situation through his personal X account.

“The Cubs told me they had received an email from MLB informing me that I couldn’t use it. But I didn’t assume they were just going to cut me off. It’s not that he has an advantage in the game. It’s not that I blinded the hitters. Simply representing my country. A complete disaster. I have to prepare without him and go through it,” commented the young 23-year-old reliever.

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