Photos Reveal Jose Altuve Pulled Weird Move With Undershirt in ALCS Game 6 Before Homer off Aroldis Chapman
By Adam Weinrib
OK, so, folks, I know we're overanalyzing every little bit of Jose Altuve-related graphics, quick-changes, and slo-mo screaming, but you have to admit...this is weird.
Altuve famously came to the plate late in Game 6, and sent the Astros to the World Series with a monster dinger off an Aroldis Chapman slider. He refused to let his teammates rip his jersey off because he was shy, his wife got mad, he had a bad tattoo, or he was wearing an illegal buzzer.
But here's a new wrinkle -- mere minutes before, Altuve was spotted wearing an undershirt in the field for the top of the ninth. He wasn't wearing it all game, then popped it on for the top of the ninth, and ripped it off for the bottom of the inning. What gives?!
Heres an interesting wrinkle that just got sent to me. In the top of the 9th inning Altuve is wearing an undershirt. He took it off before stepping to the plate In the bottom of the 9th. He didnt have it on all game until top 8 or 9 though. pic.twitter.com/XWEt3aTX77
— Jomboy (@Jomboy_) February 16, 2020
Is that normal? An offense-defense shirt switch? One former MLB player says, "Nah."
if anything, its just weird. I asked @trevorplouffe if its normal to go on and off with the undershirt for fielding and hitting and he said 'lol no'
— Jomboy (@Jomboy_) February 16, 2020
Considering this is all the absolute dumbest, we're excited for the latest string of excuses to justify the shirt, which may or may not have been covering up something. Was Altuve too cold, then too warm seconds later? He'll never tell you!