Controversy in Yankees vs. Astros: Taylor Trammell’s bat confiscated
The game between the New York Yankees and the Houston Astros on Thursday night was interrupted in the ninth inning due to an unusual situation. The umpires confiscated the bat used by Astros outfielder Taylor Trammell, generating controversy. Everything started after Trammell hit a double. Yankees manager Aaron Boone asked the officials to check the player’s bat. After a conversation between the managers and the home plate umpire, Adrian Johnson, the replay office in New York was consulted. Finally, Johnson handed the bat to an official near the plate and the game resumed.
Trammell, for his part, stated that he was informed that the Yankees suspected that his bat “was shaved too much”.The discoloration was on the label. I don’t know if it was something natural or if it was sand… I don’t know. I don’t want to accuse Taylor. I’m not saying anything untoward or anything like that.
Aaron Boone, Yankees Manager
Trammell, who entered as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning and remained in the game, called it “surprising” that the Yankees, with whom he played five games last season, requested a review of his equipment. “In my time there, I felt a lot of respect for Boonie. He was straight with me,” Trammell said. “In that situation, I really don’t understand it. I don’t understand it.”To be honest, I have no idea how to doctor a bat. I don’t know what it is,” Trammell told reporters in a postgame interview. “My biggest problem is that I feel a little defensive right now, more than anything, because it’s testing my character, as if I were going to do that on purpose. I’m a little lost on that topic. I think if anyone knows me, they know I’m never going to cheat or anything like that. I have no idea. That baffles me, that they even checked it. They didn’t like it. Sorry.
Taylor Trammell, Astros Outfielder
