Eddings inserted himself into the game, apparently believing that fans buy tickets to see umpires, when Cardinals rookie reliever Hancel Rincon entered the game to make his major league debut.Rincon had his had tilted to the side, obviously not the traditional way to wear a baseball hat, but hardly anything exception or unusual in the modern game.
Bizarrely, though, Eddings felt it necessary to instruct him to fix it.Cardinals manager Oli Marmol was unsurprisingly furious, rushing out to defend the 24-year-old pitcher.Marmol could be seen telling Edings to "grow the f*** up" before getting tossed from the game, then went off about Eddings behavior afterward.HOT MIC CATCHES HEATED ARGUMENT BETWEEN MLB MANAGER AND UMPIRE AFTER CONTROVERSIAL EJECTIONSt.
Louis Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol argues with home plate umpire Doug Eddings in the sixth inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver, Colo., on Sept.4, 2026.
(IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect)"I had an issue with Doug," he said to the media after the game."Just Doug.
He took it upon himself to tell our rookie pitcher the kid’s ‘not going to wear his hat on my field that way.’ You got Dontrelle Willis, CC Sabathia, Pedro Strop -- plenty of guys that have worn it way more tilted.I have an issue with that.
That’s just a power-hungry move, in my opinion."Eddings then defended himself by telling reporters that he'd made the decision to step in after a hitter from the Rockies complained about the hat."The batter said, ‘Hey, can he wear his hat like that?’" he explained after the game."I really didn't know, but it was really, really crooked.
I asked the catcher to tell him to straighten his hat out, and the pitcher did.Nobody said anything until he gave up a couple runs."Except only one Colorado player had been up to the plate when the warning was issued, Hunter Goodman, who promptly denied he'd said anything.St.
Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Hancel Rincon pitches in the sixth inning a...