MLB Fans Ripped Pirates Catcher After His Obvious Flop Led to Awful Call by Ump

This was embarrassing. For the catcher and the ump.

Andy Nesbitt | Apr 21, 2023

MLB Fans Ripped Pirates Catcher After His Obvious Flop Led to Awful Call by Ump /

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The 13–7 Pirates are the most surprising team in Major League Baseball through the first few weeks of the 2023 season, but they should really be ashamed by what their catcher pulled off in Thursday night’s win over the Reds.

In case you missed it, Austin Hedges tried to throw a runner out at second when he noticed his throw was really bad and was going to land somewhere in the outfield.

Instead of just living with his obvious mistake he decided to do a wild flop that caused the home plate umpire to call hitter’s interference and called the runner out at second.

This was bad:

MLB fans were not impressed:

Published Apr 21, 2023

ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.