Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán was dominant in Saturday’s 6-1 win against the Minnesota Twins. He struck out 11 batters in 6.1 innings, allowing just one run on three hits. But his day probably should have ended much earlier.
After Germán started the game with three perfect innings, the umpiring crew led by crew chief James Hoye did the customary check for foreign substances. And that’s when they noticed an unusual amount of rosin or sticky stuff on Germán’s hand. Germán could have been ejected right there, but he was allowed to wash his hands and stay in the game.
Yet, Twins manager Rocco Baldelli couldn’t believe it when Germán was checked again in the fourth inning and was still allowed to stay in the game despite the foreign substance remaining on his hand.
Rocco Baldelli got tossed after the umps allowed Domingo German to remain in the game following a lengthy substance check pic.twitter.com/6cWSg3iJPo
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The broadcast slowed down the conversation with the umpires, and we could see that Germán was told to wash his hands. Baldelli was understandably furious with the leniency that Germán was being showed in that situation as MLB rules call for the pitcher to get ejected if a foreign substance is detected. Instead, it was Baldelli who got ejected.
Rocco Baldelli says his issue was that Domingo German was warned for having excess rosin and then was not ejected after failing to comply with the warning pic.twitter.com/ggazj4LySc
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MLB fans also couldn’t believe that Germán was allowed to stay in the game.