If you were watching the Boston Red Sox opening game against the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night, you may have noticed something strange about Nathan Eovaldi.
No, it wasn’t his first pitch that hit 100 mph. Although that was nice to see.
Eovaldi took the mound wearing his usual number 17, but when he returned at the top of the third something was missing. The right-hander seemed to have lost the one on his shirt, becoming number 7, which is worn by Christian Vázquez.
Did Nathan Eovaldi just change his jersey number mid-game? pic.twitter.com/45RMcxp8VT
– Cut4 (@ Cut4) July 25, 2020
And, as expected, Twitter had a lot of reactions.
He was throwing so hard that 1 fell.
– Vickie (@vickieisthegoat) July 25, 2020
EVO-LUTION BAY BAY
– Dirty Water Rants (@dirtywaterrants) July 25, 2020
Nathan Eovaldi shows so much disrespect for the NFL’s shirt swapping policy that he’s doing it midway through the game.
– Andrew E Haskell (@AndrewEHaskell) July 25, 2020
Nathan Eovalving?
– Alex 🏒 (@ AM_PensFan_96) July 25, 2020
I also share t-shirts with my best friend, I don’t see any problem
– jackie dadley jr (@jdmartinezstan) July 25, 2020
Vasquez is pitching? Evoladi is catching?
– S-Mar (@ smartin5) July 25, 2020
Did he just release a Ray Bourque?
– Vanilla Gorilla 🦍 (@BernoByrne) July 25, 2020
Eovaldi’s full number returned an entry later. But why the missing in the first place remains a mystery. For now, anyway.
Thumbnail photo via David Butler II / USA TODAY Sports Images
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