{"id":1523085,"date":"2022-06-19T21:04:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T01:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1523085"},"modified":"2022-06-19T21:04:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T01:04:19","slug":"umpire-makes-major-league-pitcher-remove-his-wedding-ring-during-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/umpire-makes-major-league-pitcher-remove-his-wedding-ring-during-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Umpire Makes Major League Pitcher Remove His Wedding ring During Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fumpire-makes-major-league-pitcher-remove-his-wedding-ring-during-game%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1523085&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/cincinnati\">Cincinnati Reds<\/a> pitcher was left furious when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/baseball\">Major League Baseball<\/a> umpires made him take off his wedding ring, even though it was on his glove hand.<\/p>\n<p>Graham Ashcraft was told before taking the mound against the Milwaukee Brewers Saturday he couldn\u2019t wear the symbol of his love for his wife during a foreign substances check in the first inning. The right hander couldn\u2019t believe his ears, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/mlb\/reds\/2022\/06\/19\/reds-graham-ashcraft-removes-wedding-ring-mlb-begins-enforcing-rule\/7676508001\/\">USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe goes, \u2018you have to take your ring off,&#8217;\u201d Ashcraft said after the game. \u201cI was like, \u2018no, why do I have to take my ring off? I shouldn\u2019t have to.\u2019 Apparently, it\u2019s some new rule they came up with yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An umpire asked pitcher Graham Ashcraft to take his wedding ring off of his glove hand <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D5h2oFQVjA\">pic.twitter.com\/D5h2oFQVjA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JomboyMedia\/status\/1538297518102036482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ashcraft\u2019s ring was made of black silicone.<\/p>\n<p>The edict followed an MLB warning this week that it would begin enforcing a rule against hand, finger and wrist attachments. The rule is designed to stop pitchers from having foreign substances on their hands that they can then put on the ball to alter the way it spins as it crosses home plate.<\/p>\n<p>Rule 6.02(c)(7) of the MLB rulebook states that pitchers \u201cmay not attach anything to either hand, any finger or either wrist.\u201d Umpires have discretion to decide if such an attachment can be considered a foreign substance, \u201cbut in no case may the pitcher be allowed to pitch with such attachment to his hand, finger or wrist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The rule has long been in place, but umpires had not been known to enforce it. Reds manager David Bell said a memo was issued to teams earlier this week that the rule would soon begin to be enforced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI actually did get a memo about it,\u201d Bell said. \u201cI knew I had. I hadn\u2019t read it super close, so as soon as Graham came off the field, we went and double-checked and there is a rule. They just reminded us recently. I don\u2019t know if it was a new one or a reminder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ashcraft complied and promptly got shelled, giving up eight hits and six as the Reds lost by a score of 7-3.<\/p>\n<p>Ashcraft, a 24-year-old rookie, is having a strong season with a 3-1 record and an earned run average of 3.51 since being called up from the minor leagues on May 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Cincinnati Reds pitcher was left furious when Major League Baseball umpires made him take off his wedding ring, even though it was on his glove hand. 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