Tigers Pitcher throws up on the mound, a breakdown

Jun 13, 2021 1.2M views 4:28

What Happened

Tigers rookie Bo Burrows took the mound against the White Sox in 2021, making his first big league appearance in front of fans. He labored through a rough inning that included a leadoff walk, heavy breathing, and a lot of coughing between pitches. He fought through some O-2 counts and 3-0 counts, even got a couple strikeouts, but eventually got physically sick and vomited on the mound mid at-bat. Manager A.J. Hinch came out, pulled him, and the Tigers sent him back to Triple-A after the game.

Why This Matters

Sympathy beats comedy here. Burrows wasn't getting shelled because he forgot how to pitch. He was fighting his own stomach. The clip catches the small tells most fans miss live: the deeper breaths, the cough after every delivery, the way his command came and went with the nausea. There's also a quick rules wrinkle worth knowing, when a White Sox run came off the board on fan interference, the umpires ruled it dead and sent the runner back. For a guy whose debut the year before came in empty pandemic ballparks, this was his first taste of a real crowd, and his body picked a bad moment to revolt. The Tigers optioned him afterward. Anyone who has tried to perform while sick gets why this one hit different.

At 1.2M views, this one sits in the top 14% of all Jomboy breakdowns, proof that a sick rookie got way more eyeballs than your average Tigers blowout deserves.

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Who / What Is Involved

Players: Bo Burrows. Teams: Tigers.

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tigers are down big to the white sox

because the tigers are bad and the white

sox are good so the tigers have rookie

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burrows on the bump he made his debut