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A video showing a home plate umpire reversing a two-run homer hit by a nine-year-old youth baseball player has gone viral on social media. The controversial clip has sparked an ethics debate. Was the right call made, and if so, should it have been overlooked? There are some that agree with the official, saying he […] The post Umpire Reversal Of 9-Year-Old’s Home Run Sparks Ethics Debate appeared first on BroBible.
Cubs manager Craig Counsell emphasized on Friday that his earlier remarks questioning the so-called “Shohei Ohtani Rule” had nothing to do with the team or player it benefits. “Look, this is not a Dodger thing, it’s not an Ohtani thing,” Counsell said. “It is a bad rule.” Cubs manager Craig Counsell maintains the rule that...
The New York Yankees lost 5-4 in extra innings to the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday night, the ballclub’s fourth loss in a row. The Yankees had a chance to extend the game in the bottom of the 10th inning, with Tampa Bay’s Jonathan Aranda coming to the plate with one out and the bases…
Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. made an all-time mental error to end the game Saturday, then made things even worse with his postgame explanation.
With one out, the bases loaded and the game tied 4-4 in the bottom of the 10th, disaster struck on a humiliating error which consigned his team to another loss.
Yankees' Jazz Chisholm blows ending, doesn't even know rules in Rays walk-off win sportingnews.com
Tony Vitello’s first MLB ejection is already drawing attention after Giants lose series to Mets. The post Giants’ Tony Vitello Faces Backlash for Bizarre Ejection Explanation In Loss To Mets appeared first on Heavy Sports.
Bryce Harper was left frustrated on Wednesday when he had an out taken away from him thanks to a rule that rarely comes up in Major League Baseball. Harper thought he had the third out of the inning when he tagged Washington’s Jacob Young out at first during Wednesday’s game between the Nationals and Philadelphia … The post Bryce Harper loses an out on rarely-enforced rule appeared first on Larry Brown Sports.
MLB games will look different this season, and we have you covered on what to know about the newest rule changes, including the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System.
MLB players who want to make use of the new challenge system for balls and strikes are going to have to make up their minds quickly if they want those challenges to be recognized. Houston Astros infielder Cavan Biggio found out the hard way that the new ABS challenge rules contain a strange caveat that … The post MLB player was denied a challenge thanks to weird rule appeared first on Larry Brown Sports.
