Crappy situation: D-Backs' Bradley soiled pants before taking mound

By the very nature of their job, relief pitchers are often thrust into messy situations. Earlier this season, Archie Bradley, the Arizona Diamondbacks' setup man, undoubtedly navigated the messiest.

During an appearance Tuesday on the Yahoo! Sports MLB Podcast, Bradley revealed that he soiled his pants moments before entering a game earlier this year, and took the mound before he was able to clean himself up and change his underwear:

"I was warming up to go in a game. I knew I had the next hitter. I knew he was on deck. The at-bat was kinda taking a little bit. As a bullpen guy in these big situations, I call 'em nervous pees, where like I don’t have to pee a lot, but I know I have to pee before I go in the game. I can’t believe I’m telling you this.

So it’s a 2-2 count, and I’m like, 'Man, I have to pee. I have to go pee.' So I run in our bathroom real quick, I’m ready to go. I’m trying to pee and I actually s–-- my pants. Like right before I’m about to go in the game, I pooped my pants. I’m like, 'Oh my gosh.' I know I'm a pitch away from going in the game, so I’m scrambling to clean myself up. I get it cleaned up the best I can, button my pants up, and our bullpen coach, Mike Fetters, says, 'Hey, you’re in the game.' So I’m jogging into the game to pitch with poop in my pants essentially."

Still, Bradley said, he was able to pitch effectively.

"It was the most uncomfortable I’ve ever been on the mound," he said. "And I actually had a good inning. I had a clean inning, and I walked in the dugout and I was like, 'Guys, I just (expletive) myself.' They didn't believe me, then the bullpen came in and they’re like, 'Oh my God, you had to see this.'"