Overview
- Home-plate umpire Doug Eddings stopped play and asked Cardinals rookie Hancel Rincon to straighten a slightly tilted cap during the sixth inning of Friday’s game at Coors Field, and Rincon complied.
- Cardinals manager Oli Marmol confronted Eddings during a pitching change, the umpire assessed a pitch-clock violation to Justin Bruihl, and Eddings then ejected Marmol from the game.
- Rincon struggled after the interruption, was removed after allowing multiple baserunners, and the Cardinals later rallied to win 7-6.
- Teammates showed visible support for Rincon by tilting their caps the next day, Rockies catcher Hunter Goodman denied complaining to the umpire, and Eddings and Rincon spoke briefly on the field.
- MLB’s written rules do not set a cap angle, Eddings described his action as enforcing an "unwritten rule," and fact-checkers have found no credible evidence that the league suspended or disciplined him.