Willson Contreras On Eating Grip Tape: "It Was Disgusting. It Was A Bad Taste."

Willson Contreras On Eating Grip Tape: "It Was Disgusting. It Was A Bad Taste."

When Willson Contreras showed up for his first spring training as a full-time first baseman, he knew the learning curve would be steep. A year after he'd made over his catching mechanics entirely, a massive effort that earned some vinegary grousing from his co-workers and led to him getting his forearm broken on a catcher's interference, Contreras arrived at camp ready to start all over again. He was notably bulked up, and spent hours throughout…

'That was a bad taste': Why Contreras put his batting tape in his MOUTH

ST. LOUIS – A dying clock and the fear of striking out caused a panicked Willson Contreras to do something that he instantly regretted in the bottom of the third inning of the Cardinals’ 5-1 win over the Twins on Saturday.

Cardinals’ Contreras eats batting tape as unique intimidation tactic

Faizal Khamisa highlights the best 60 seconds in sports, featuring Tony Finau’s struggle with a three-inch putt, Willson Contreras testing a new intimidation tactic and Griffin Conine potentially making the catch of the year.

Table of ContentsWillson Contreras removed the tape from his batThe ideal tape for chewing Baseball is always loaded with particular moments in its development of the calendar.One of them was executed by the Venezuelan Willson Contreras, who fixed the spotlights of the cameras after his action from the battering section. Contreras aligned as second in the order to the bat and initialist for the ninth of St. Louis Cardinals in the crash that took…

Willson Contreras goes viral for disgusting move during game

Willson Contreras is a true menace to society. The St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Contreras went viral during Saturday’s game against the Minnesota Twins for the wrong reason. In the middle of an at-bat against Twins starter Joe Ryan in the fourth inning, Contreras noticed that the batting tape on his lumber was becoming unraveled. As a result, he brought the bat up to his mouth and used his teeth to help rip off the excess tape. Fair enough,…