Mets pitcher Marcus Stroman responded on social media late Tuesday night after an Arizona Diamondbacks broadcaster mocked him for wearing a doo rag under his cap.
Stroman fired off a series of tweets critical of former D-backs manager turned analyst Bob Brenly, after Brenly dissed Stroman's patented doo rag, which he has taken to wearing in recent years to hold back his long hair.
Brenly, who won a World Series as Arizona's manager back in 2001, bizarrely brought up Mets legend Tom Seaver, to contrast his style with Stroman's.
"I’m sure that's the same doo rag that Tom Seaver used to wear when he pitched for the Mets," Brenly said during the home half of the fourth inning.
The remark was picked up on Mets Twitter, where not only were fans miffed by the ham-handed comment, but Stroman himself seemed apoplectic after apparently learning of the situation following the game.
Responding to the episode, Stroman excoriated Brenley for the "racist undertones" of his lame observation, and promised to move "onward and upward." The right-hander also retweeted a series of fans calling for Brenly to be sacked, as well as one who called his comments "sick" and another who called the incident "embarrassing."
Stroman even seemed to see the incident as a potential business opportunity.