Tarik Skubal Should Apologize To All 17 Million Youth Baseball Players In America And Tell Them It's NOT OKAY To Throw A Ball Between Your Legs And Backwards To First

I was doing a show during the 6th inning, so I had White Boy Rick feeding me Guardians game updates, and I got this text from him: "You're going to wanna watch the clip of what Skubal just did"

Let me say with complete and utter honesty, I wish I'd never seen what Skubal just did. Sure it completely cost them the game. Sure I've never been more right about something in my entire life than Tarik Skubal not being able to pitch in big games. But I wish this clip had never crossed my eye line, as I'm now scared for the future of this country and this great game. Or let me rephrase, I hope that the over 17 million kids playing youth baseball across America never see what Skubal just did. It's one thing for me, a 32 year old that's played his last ball game of his life, to see Tarik Skubal field a bunt and try and throw it backwards, threw his legs to first base.....but it's a completely different thing for an impressionable young child to see their hero do it and develop the thought in his brain that it's "cool" or even worse, "acceptable". Hey Tarik, since I know you read these blogs (and that's not sarcasm), maybe take a look at this poem that I shared with my high school basketball team each preseason:

"You are setting an example every day in all you do; for that little youth baseball player who's waiting to grow up to be like you"

All I'm saying is that when this next generation has a throwing the ball through their legs (and backwards) probably, it's not their fault. It's Tarik Skubal for not setting a good example. So please, kids, NEVER put yourself in this situation and try and make the out at first:

Tarik should issue an apology today. Not for the Tigers blowing a 15.5 game lead in twenty seconds, but for setting a bad example for the kids.

**Side Note: the Detroit version of this play is absolutely unbelievable