Baseball nice Albert Pujols discovered himself in the midst of a weird controversy within the Dominican winter league championship collection.
Pujols was managing Leones del Escogido in opposition to Tigres del Licey within the championship collection.
The controversy got here on Sunday night time when Leones discovered itself one out away from successful the championship when Gustavo Nunez — a former Mets minor leaguer — hit a two-run homer that tied the sport for Tigres, who finally received in 13 innings to power a Sport 7.
Pujols, a three-time NL MVP, questioned the legitimacy of the house run and requested that Nunez’s bat be checked to ensure he wasn’t utilizing an unlawful bat to hit the homer.
“Bat is inspected, and dissected, this morning. Bat is found to be legal,” baseball reporter Shawn Spradling posted on X.
A number of posts on social media confirmed simply how completely the bat was inspected, with one video displaying employees chopping the bat up into little items with a purpose to decide if it had been corked.
The posts clearly confirmed that it was certainly clear.
Whatever the consequence in Sport 6, Pujols nonetheless led Leones del Escogido to a championship in Sport 7 with the ballclub coming away with a 6-5 victory on Monday night time.
Nunez was within the Mets farm system at Double-A Binghampton for the 2017 season.
