The Subway Series at Citi Field ended with wild Sunday night game that included some trash talk over … whistling.
Given the sign-stealing controversies we’ve seen in recent years, however, it’s not that crazy to hear teams getting accused of doing something to tell hitters what’s coming.
But the New York Yankees denied any wrongdoing.
We’ll break the whole thing down anyway: as Lindor rounded the bases during the second of his THREE home runs on Sunday, he mimed whistling at the Yankees. The explanation? He thought the Yankees where whistling during Taijuan Walker’s start on Saturday, perhaps to indicate what Walker was about to throw.
Last night the Mets thought the Yankees were stealing pitches by whistling so after hitting his second home run tonight Francisco Lindor was doing a whistling motion toward the Yankees as he rounded the bases pic.twitter.com/gZEjss59RM
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) September 13, 2021
When Giancarlo Stanton hit a game-tying homer later on, he stopped to talk some smack to Lindor, which ignited a little face-to-face meeting between players from both sides:
Giancarlo Stanton hits a home run to tie the game and has some words for Francisco Lindor as he rounds the bases so benches clear pic.twitter.com/l4eAdOI3f8
— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) September 13, 2021
After the game, Lindor didn’t go all the way to accuse the Yanks of sign-stealing, but …
Francisco Lindor says he's not accusing the #Yankees of stealing signs, "because I'm not 100% certain, but I felt something out of the ordinary was going on. I heard what I heard.''
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) September 13, 2021
Yankees players said the whistling wasn’t related to pitches:
Joey Gallo says the whistling the Mets heard is absolutely just Yankees reliever Wandy Peralta trying to fire up the team
“It hurt my ear honestly. It’s unbelievable how loud he can whistle.” pic.twitter.com/PhEPCqRKlH
— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) September 13, 2021
Joey Gallo said that Wandy Peralta was the one whistling, and that his whistle is so loud that it “hurts his ear.” But added that it had nothing to do with tipping pitches. https://t.co/ES0Ohwcgcn
— Marly Rivera (@MarlyRiveraESPN) September 13, 2021
Giancarlo Stanton on what happened between him and Francisco Lindor:
"If you've got a problem with Wandy, give it to Wandy. Don't be talking to multiple people, bringing everybody into it, especially running around the bases." pic.twitter.com/OM9ugc6gRE
— Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) September 13, 2021
Giancarlo Stanton said that the Yankees were not whistling to relay signs/pitches. Instead, Stanton said that Wandy Peralta was the one whistling in the dugout the first few innings "to bring some noise." https://t.co/CiLzQ2ALCb
— Bryan Hoch (@BryanHoch) September 13, 2021
Let’s end all of this with Lindor’s third home run on the night that was the game-winner:
FRANCISCO LINDOR SENDS ONE FOR THE LEAD 😱
WHAT. A. MOMENT. pic.twitter.com/55BvEOm7Z7
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 13, 2021
.@Lindor12BC's Mets moment. pic.twitter.com/Jxf6HCuzqz
— MLB (@MLB) September 13, 2021
