Rougned Odor continued his history of bad blood with the Toronto Blue Jays.
In the first pitch of his first at-bat against Jays starter Marcus Stroman on Saturday, Odor decided to mock the pitcher with a bizarre leg kick. He capped that off with a crotch grab.
Ah yes, I see Odor is as petty as ever. pic.twitter.com/q12oWMRq3T
— Ian Hunter (@BlueJayHunter) April 8, 2018
Stroman often hesitates and mixes his delivery to the plate, so that seemed to be Odor’s way of responding. One could even argue that Stroman may have been trying to hit Odor with the pitch too.
It’s pretty clear that the two do not like each other. Stroman posted this tweet about his Texas Rangers counterpart two years ago:
Zero respect for Odor. Never had respect for him, never will.
— Marcus Stroman (@MStrooo6) May 15, 2016
That tweet came after the infamous incident between the teams where Odor punched Jose Bautista. Even all that bad blood surprisingly didn’t stop the Jays from trying to trade for Odor last year though.
When asked after the game, both players denied there was anything to their actions.
