MLB Players Were Apoplectic Over Kevin Cash Pulling Blake Snell: TRAINA THOUGHTS

Numerous MLB players expressed shock and anger at the controversial pitching move.

1. Fans, media members and random people across the world are always questioning moves made by a manager or coach. It's not often, though, that a slew of players within a sport will publicly call out one of their own.

But Kevin Cash's mind-boggling decision to pull Blake Snell in Game 6 of the World Series on Tuesday night after the starting pitcher had only given up one run on two hits while striking out nine on 73 pitches in 5 1/3 innings was so hard to believe that baseball players from all over came out firing on Twitter.

Here is a sampling:

Can’t believe they pull him here 💀

— Lucas Giolito (@LGio27) October 28, 2020

So who gets to pull the manager? #worldseries

— Noah Syndergaard (@Noahsyndergaard) October 28, 2020

Dude has a 9k-2 hit shutout, with 75 pitches??? And u yank him?? Fire me......I’m riding my horse! Now 2-1 Dodgers.....

— Chipper Jones (@RealCJ10) October 28, 2020

Another Analytical Meltdown!! Total Disaster for Tampa. Blake Snell was your only chance of winning a tight game tonight. 73 pitches are you kidding me!

— Frank Thomas (@TheBigHurt_35) October 28, 2020

The #Rays front office & computers may end up being the MVP for the #Dodgers. #WorldSeries

— Alex Rodriguez (@AROD) October 28, 2020

73 pitches... I’m hella mad for him 🤬🤬

— Taijuan Walker (@tai_walker) October 28, 2020

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— Jack Flaherty (@jflare_) October 28, 2020

73 pitches. He's won a Cy Young. I get 3rd time through concerns and he's already up against his longest outing this season but man alive, this is just such a bad look.

— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) October 28, 2020

How you going to pull your #1 starter in that situation? Smh

— Dallas Keuchel (@kidkeuchy) October 28, 2020

No one on the field or in that Rays dugout will say it but they are pissed right now with that move.

— Vernon Wells (@VernonWells10) October 28, 2020

Stat-ball May have cost the Rays 🤷🏾‍♂️

— JIMMY ROLLINS (@JimmyRollins11) October 28, 2020

I really don’t understand the pitching change. Snell is dealing. Game 6. Let your top dog finish what he started. He was not happy nor should he be.

— Todd Frazier (@FlavaFraz21) October 28, 2020

The best pitcher in the ballpark tonight just got pulled after giving up a single!

— RyanDempster (@Dempster46) October 28, 2020

We even had a solid conspiracy theory.

Manfred speaking calmly for someone who negotiated the Rays pulling Snell because of a looming game 7 disaster.

— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) October 28, 2020

And, of course, Cash's Wikipedia page got the obligatory update.

2.  A brand-new SI Media Podcast dropped Wednesday morning, and it features a great conversation with ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit. The college football analyst covered a ton of topics during the interview, including doing College GameDay without fans, college football getting politicized, his thoughts on social injustice, working with Brent Musburger and Lee Corso, the infamous Eminem interview, whether he’d leave college football for the NFL and much more.

You can listen to the podcast below or download it on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher and Google Play.

3. Tom Brady took to his Instagram story Tuesday to say that more people have died from suicide than COVID-19 over the past two months. He is wrong.

In an average month, about 4,000 people die from suicide.

In the month of June, over 19,000 people died from the coronavirus. In the past 30 days, nearly 22,000 people died.

This Instagram claim from Tom Brady is False: https://t.co/2zqKuglqZG https://t.co/YaYT76pCII

— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) October 27, 2020

4. If you were on Twitter on Tuesday, you know Kim Kardashian caused a stir with this post:

After 2 weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine, I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip to a private island where we could pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time. pic.twitter.com/cIFP7Nv5bV

— Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian) October 27, 2020

The best sports-related tweet mocking Kardashian came from ESPN's Dave Pasch.

After 2 weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine, I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip to a private island where we could pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time. pic.twitter.com/aKAyW3zzc8

— Dave Pasch (@DavePasch) October 27, 2020

5. The Good Morning Football crew had a nice surprise for their viewers at the top of today's show.

Over 7 months at home.

This is how GMFB started today.

Wait for it. There is much joy. pic.twitter.com/wJvNiamsYS

— Kyle Brandt (@KyleBrandt) October 28, 2020

6. RANDOM VIDEO OF THE DAY: With Halloween a few days away, the Clemson Tigers paid homage to The Office.

7. SPORTS VIDEO OF THE DAY: ESPN will never stop pursuing Peyton Manning to call Monday Night Football if he keeps doing stuff like this. Manning broke down a Tom Brady pass from the Bucs' win against the Packers two weeks ago and claimed that one of the quarterback's best throws that day was a mistake.

Nothing gets by Peyton, especially when it comes to @TomBrady getting a little too much credit. 😂#DETAIL: https://t.co/wZvh0BpmZO pic.twitter.com/IVe2Ad4ISB

— NFL Films (@NFLFilms) October 27, 2020

Be sure to catch up on past editions of Traina Thoughts and check out the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast hosted by Jimmy Traina on Apple, Spotify or Stitcher. You can also follow Jimmy on Twitter and Instagram.