If you were paying attention at the bottom of the third inning during Saturday’s game, you may have caught something rather odd—Contreras ripping the tape from his baseball bat with his mouth ...

A very odd sequence. This article was originally published on www.si.com as Baseball Fans Left Baffled After Willson Contreras Appears to Eat Bat Tape at Plate.

St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras found an innovative way get rid of some batting tape on his baseball bat on Saturday. During his team's home afternoon tilt against the ...

After working a full count, the 32-year-old proceeded to remove the batting tape off his bat in a rather unconventional manner. The somwhat bizarre act was caught on camera and even analyzed by ...

While at-bat, Contreras stepped back from the plate and ripped what appeared to be tape off the handle of his bat with his teeth. He then popped the tape into his mouth. It was far too casual.