On Tuesday, prior to the Rockies' victory over the Giants at Coors Field, Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow suggested that Rockies superstar Troy Tulowitzki was stealing signs.
"I swear he's getting signs," Krukow said on the KNBR morning show. "There is no way you can hit like that, for this long. I mean, if you hit .571 (Tulo's home average at that point), that's for a weekend or a week. But you don't do it for six weeks. That's insane."
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Colorado manager Walt Weiss responded to the claims on Wednesday with a rather comical explanation. "We've got a light bulb on the scoreboard we flash. Keep an eye on Dinger (the Rockies' mascot); he's involved. We switch out the balls. We've got the umpires in on it. I love it when other teams talk about that. I think it just feeds the beast."
But Tulowitzki needed to get in a shot as well, so he decided to troll in a way that everybody in the ball park could hear him.
In response to accusations of sign stealing, Troy Tulowitzki is using "I Saw The Sign" as his walk-up song today. Not kidding.
— David (@TwittinSports) May 22, 2014 Tulo's walk-up song today is "I Saw The Sign" by Ace of Bass: #Rockies http://t.co/N8lH66vdY8
— baseball reddit (@baseballreddit) May 22, 2014For those of you unfamilar with Ace of Base's "The Sign," allow us to remind you.
Tulowitzki deserves a Silver Slugger award for this alone.