Umpire Called Out for Hat Scandal | MLB News

0:00On September 7th, so a rookie pitcher, Hansel Rinkon, makes his big league debut and the umpire, Doug Eddings, tells him his hat is tilted wrong. This happened on Friday night. The whole baseball world saw it and thought the umpire was out of line and now the league itself is saying he went too far. According to reports, the league believes the umpire's actions exceeded his authority. Umpires do have some leeway if they think a player is being distracting, but in this case, the league fell Eddings crossed the line with his. Admonishment of the young pitcher. What's interesting is the background. The umpire claimed he acted because a rocky's hitter asked about the hat. However, sources with the rocky's are saying that never happened. They say none of their hitters brought up Rinkon's cap to the umpire at all. Furthermore, it turns out there isn't even a rule dictating how a player's cap should be worn. The umpires apology the next day reportedly came after the league told him he was in the wrong, which makes you wonder about the sincerity of that.

1:01Apology. This whole situation is still developing. We'll have to see if the league makes any further statements or if this incident just fades away after the umpire was seemingly called out for not. Telling the whole truth. Baseball news powered by AI. This is MLB News Today.