Cardinals Announcers Torch Umpire over Ridiculous Power Trip
- 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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Umpire Doug Eddings is under fire after going on an insane power trip that ruined the MLB debut of St. Louis Cardinals reliever Hancel Rincon. But this wasn’t just your normal umpire overstep. Instead, Eddings decided to throw a temper tantrum over the way that Rincon, a 24-year-old from the Dominican Republic, was wearing his hat while on the mound. […]
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