Joe West Gums Up Phillies' Strategy With Textualist Reading Of Foreign Substance Rule
by Chris Thompson from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#3XZKV)
A strange thing happened in the eighth inning of Saturday night's Cubs-Phillies game. Veteran umpire Joe West, working third base, noticed Phillies reliever Austin Davis pull a notecard out of his back pocket before pitching to Addison Russell, and decided he needed to know more, and brought the game to a halt.