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1B Umpire Manny Gonzalez ejected Pirates manager Derek Shelton for arguing a replay review reversal of 2B Umpire Randy Rosenberg's out call on Reds runner Jonathan India. Report: www.closecalls...
The play concerns Official Baseball Rule 5.06(b)(1) regarding base touching and passing a base, which may also be found in the MLB Umpire Manual: "A runner is considered to have passed a base if they have both feet on the ground beyond the back edge of the base or beyond the edge of the base in the direction in which they are advancing."
Pittsburgh's allegation in appealing to Rosenberg was that India failed to properly touch second base while advancing to third base: specifically, that India passed second base, then in a state of confusion, "un-passed" second base by stepping behind the base on the first-base side, and then passed second base again, but failed to legally touch second base on this second pass or last time by.
Replay Review overturned Rosenberg's out call on appeal based on baserunner India having not "unpassed" second base when placing his left foot on the first base side of the bag: the MLBUM interpretation states BOTH FEET must be on the ground, and only one foot was on the ground on the side of the base to which Pittsburgh alleged India to have passed (or "unpassed").
Also, umpires, stop doing the flicking of the wrist or similar gestures on top of a stop sign warning. And, coaches/managers, stop doing the backing away while chirping act. It takes two to tango, and two definitely did here.
This is the final ejection of the 2021 MLB regular season.