Cardinals, Rockies Players Tilt Caps a Day After Umpire Eddings’ Comments to St. Louis Rookie
- On Friday, Sept. 4, Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol was ejected from the team's 7-6 victory over the Colorado Rockies after a tense argument with umpire Doug Eddings regarding rookie pitcher Hancel Rincon's slightly crooked cap.
- Rockies catcher Hunter Goodman questioned the hat's angle during the sixth inning, prompting Eddings to demand a change as he enforced an "unwritten rule" against distracting field attire.
- Marmol criticized the umpire's intervention as a "power-hungry move," citing other pitchers like Dontrelle Willis and CC Sabathia who wear tilted hats without interference, and called the situation "pretty embarrassing."
- Reliever Justin Bruihl received a pitch clock violation during the argument, leading to Marmol's fourth ejection of the season as he remained away from the dugout.
- Despite the earlier disruption, the Cardinals secured a 7-6 comeback win when Ivan Herrera smashed a 430-foot ninth-inning home run, while Rincon said via an interpreter, "It's fine.
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Doug Eddings is facing huge backlash after enforcing an “unwritten rule” on a rookie pitcher’s tilted cap, but his explanation for the decision is now under further scrutiny. The umpire said that a Colorado Rockies batter had asked whether Hancel Rincon was allowed to wear his cap that way, prompting Eddings to tell the St. […]
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DENVER (AP) — Players from San Luis and Colorado put on their bowing caps on Saturday night in an apparent protest against umpire Doug Eddings, who the day before rebuked Cardinals Hansel's rookie pitcher...
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Cardinals, Rockies players tilt caps a day after umpire Eddings' comments to St. Louis rookie
Players from St. Louis and Colorado tilted their caps Saturday night in apparent protest of umpire Doug Eddings one day after he instructed Cardinals rookie pitcher Hancel Rincon to straighten his hat.Eddings’ comments prompted an argument with St.
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