San Diego Padres pitcher Paul Clemens may now be known as “Player 91” forever.
Clemens, the starting pitcher for the Padres on Saturday, was forced to change out of his original uniform when he got pine tar all over it while batting.
“Before he went to hit he put more pine tar on his bat than more guys use in a year, and he managed to get that on his uniform,” Padres manager Andy Green said, via Jeff Sanders of the San Diego Union-Tribune. “It was under his arm, across his chest, across his shoulder. Which basically is a foreign substance on his uniform.”
Clemens was forced to change by umpire Paul Emmel, and apparently the only available replacement was a generic “Player” jersey with the number 91 on it.
We’ve seen players wear the wrong uniforms before, but nothing quite like this. Better to be known for something than for nothing at all, I guess?
