"These things happen sometimes," Dusty Baker told reporters after the Milwaukee Brewers batted out of order in the first innings of Monday's game and the Washington Nationals' skipper called them on it. Baker's had it happen to him.
Milwaukee Brewers' manager Craig Counsell took the blame for the lineup card gaffe that resulted in Ryan Braun stepping to the plate in place of Jonathan Lucroy with two out in the top of the first inning Monday in Nationals Park.
Braun singled to center, but Washington's skipper Dusty Baker emerged from the dugout, lineup card in hand and had a discussion with home plate umpire Corey Blaser, who convened his crew before making a ruling.