This is utterly ridiculous in every possible way. Umpire Greg Gibson may have even misunderstood the rules here in order to help the Los Angeles Angels to a 4-3 win over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday evening. A win that gave them a two-game lead in the division.
Without getting too much into MLB’s Oxford-sized rulebook, check out the video below.
While unlikely that the league office will uphold the appeal, it’s rather obvious that the Angels were handed an unfair advantage in this all-important game.
If MLB does decide to uphold the appeal, it would be the second time this month that it has taken such a rare step. Remember, the San Francisco Giants protest of a rain-shortened loss to the Chicago Cubs was upheld earlier in August. That represented the first time that a protest has been granted in MLB since 1986.