White Sox pitcher Chris Sale was suspended five games after he cut throwback jerseys with scissors before a scheduled start.

Sale was upset because the uniforms were uncomfortable and felt that the team was putting a promotional decision ahead of winning games.

The pitcher spoke for the first time since the incident in an interview Monday with MLB.com.

He called out manager Robin Ventura for not overruling the throwback jersey promotion:

“Robin is the one who has to fight for us in that department. If the players don’t feel comfortable 100 percent about what we are doing to win the game, and we have an easy fix — it was as easy as hanging up another jersey and everyone was fine. For them to put business first over winning, that’s when I lost it.”

Sale regretted that his behavior forced him to miss a start for his team and the fans, but he stands by the message he sent.

He went on:

“I have regret, because I play 33 times a year at most in the regular season. So I put a lot of emphasis on when I play and I take a lot of pride in work that I do. When I can’t or don’t do that, yeah, I have disappointment in myself for not being there for my guys.

“Do I regret standing up for what I believe in? Absolutely not. Do I regret saying business should not be first before winning? Absolutely not.”

In a separate interview with news-press.com, Chris’ father, Allen, explained Sale was concerned that he physically couldn’t pitch in the loose-fitting 1976 throwbacks without affecting his mechanics.

He said via news-press.com:

“His objection was that mechanically, he can’t pitch in it. If you’ve followed him long enough, you know Christopher has an unusual delivery and he’s extraordinarily flexible. He struggled with (the uniform) more than most players but all of the players hated them. They wore it one time last year and the team never made them wear it again.

“If you put him in a situation where it’s either wearing the uniform or winning the game, he’ll shred the uniform. It doesn’t surprised me one bit that he did that.”

Allen added that Chris was prepared to pay for the jerseys when he decided to shred them, and he just thought that the team would bring out a different uniform.

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