I’ll bet a lot that you didn’t know this Major League Baseball rule that was enforced Saturday night.
And that’s totally OK, because neither did an MLB manager: The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Dave Roberts.
On Saturday night, the Dodgers were down 9-4 to the New York Mets. In the ninth inning, Roberts decided that he didn’t want to waste a reliever — although, that’s a pretty close game to do so in — so he called on Zach McKinstry to pitch.
McKinstry is a utility player.
But umpires declared that it was against the rules to bring in a position player to pitch in this case, so the Dodgers needed to call on Evan Phillips instead. And the Dodgers’ bullpen coach was furious because Phillips didn’t have enough time to warm up. It was a whole mess.
Let’s break this all down:
