Kansas City, Mo. — In the heat of the moment Tuesday night, when umpire John Tumpane made Casey Mize change gloves after the first inning, Tigers manager AJ Hinch didn’t immediately think about how that move might be perceived on social media and across the league.
But he certainly did after he heard Mize’s angry postgame reaction.
“I didn’t think of the ramifications on the Twitter-verse where they’re going to accuse before they really know anything,” Hinch said Wednesday morning. “It’s unfortunate and I thought Casey had every right to defend himself and be proactive on that.