Remember back in August when the Nationals complained about Phillies pitcher Matt Strahm using a distracting glove? He was asked to swap it because it had white on it. Now, fast forward to the ongoing White Sox vs. Yankees game, and a similar move sparked a full-blown cheating accusation. This time involving White Sox pitcher Tyler Gilbert.

And to make things even weirder, the umpires responded with some really unusual steps. MLB Rule 3.06 states that pitching gloves, if found to be violating, could be seized by the umpires. It would be sent for further checking, but surely the seized gloves aren’t given to the rival clubhouse.

“Umpires removed the glove of White Sox pitcher Tyler Gilbert as he entered the game and gave the glove to the Yankees dugout. Gilbert was given a new glove and remained in the game,” Jomboy Media reported.

The incident happened at the bottom of the 5th inning. The umpires gave the confiscated glove of Gilbert to the Yankees’ clubhouse.

The Yankees complained about something unusual in the glove. Allegedly, the glove had some sticky substance on it. While the accusation is subject to investigation, the umpire’s bizarre act further amplified what the Blue Jays’ George Springer remarked.

“If they want New York to win, just tell me and give it to them already.” Jomboy Media cited Springer yesterday after his hit was called a foul ball by the umpires against the Red Sox.

This time, fans can’t help but wonder whether Springer was right with his rant. And that uproar is not about the Yankees’ complaint, but how the umpires could offer the confiscated gloves to the opponents!

The Yankees got called out by the fans

What do the Yankees have to do with the umpires after complaining? The fans are wondering… “Why not bring the glove to the White Sox dugout? And why not have someone in the White Sox dugout give him a new glove?” one asked.

“Yankees getting all the benefit of the doubt, you get an opponent’s property off suspicion? Lmao,” added another. In the case of Strahm, the umpires have returned the distracting glove and asked the player to replace it. The next option is that if the player is not adhering to the umpires, they could seize the same and send it for further investigation. And the investigation will surely not be carried out by the opposing team.

With that came another remark. “They gave it to the opposing team? That can’t be legit.”

A few are even skeptical if the Yankees are really getting favored by MLB as ranted by Springer. “Yankees paying the umps,” read one comment.

“Someone’s under the Yanks’ payroll,” another added. This accusation, right when the Yankees and Blue Jays are fighting for the pole position, is undoubtedly grave. Probably, the entire act was harmless, with the ump handing out the glove to the MLB employee at the Yankees clubhouse, or probably not! Nothing can be told for sure, at least as of now!

We would wait for the outcome of the investigation. All we know is that maybe the Yankees instigated the uproar unknowingly.