As is widely known by now, in the third inning of last night’s unfortunate game against Atlanta, Phillies manager Gabe Kapler went to the mount to relieve Vince Velasquez and bring in lefty Hoby Milner. Unfortunately, for as yet unknown reasons, Milner wasn’t ready to come in, having barely started to warm up.
This is obviously not acceptable. Crew Chief Jerry Layne made an executive decision to allow Milner more time to warm up on the mound than the standard pace-of-play clock provides.