Umps were wrong last night

According to Henry Schulman, who spoke with a league official, the umpires made a mistake in the way that they removed Jonathan Broxton from the game.

The official said that the rule requiring a pitcher to be removed after two mound visits should have been superseded by a comment underneath Rule 8.06 that says if two mound visits occur while the same batter is up, the umpires must eject the manager and require the pitcher to face that batter. Only then, should the pitcher be removed.

Lucky for the Giants that the Dodgers didn’t protest the game otherwise it would have to be replayed.

In related news, Torre is serving his 1 game suspension tonight but Clayton Kershaw was given a 5 game suspension and is appealing it.