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Riley Greene's pants tore themselves apart after the Tigers outfielder slid into home base to score against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday, as he freshly embarrassed Fanatics and Nike in the process, after complaints on the newly MLB uniforms from fans and players.
The 23-year-old Greene, who was the fifth overall pick of the 2019 MLB draft, scored off a Gio Urshela single in Detroit's 5-3 win against the Pittsburgh Pirates, but did not notice his pants being all torn up, as Zach McKinstry also came around after Michael A. Taylor's throw to third base bounced into the dugout.
Greene's pants ripped along the seam of his right leg, leaving a humongous gap in the material along his thigh, as show in viral footage on X.
The player laughed off the tear in the Tigers' bullpen but he did seem a little stunned over what happened to his uniform as he is heard shouting 'are you kidding me?!' to his teammates in another video circulating on
