As Royals manager Ned Yost debated an umpire’s call — or lack thereof — after Tuesday’s game, he acknowledged that he had not yet seen a replay to confirm his suspicion that Reds outfielder Billy Hamilton left the baseline to elude a tag.
A day later, he saw one.
It didn’t change his mind.
Yost still felt Hamilton should’ve been ruled out of the baseline in the 10th inning — meaning he was more than three feet outside of the established path. Instead, he dodged Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar’s tag without consequence, keeping the bases loaded and setting up Joey Votto’s go-ahead, bases-clearing triple.