Reds rookie pitcher Graham Ashcraft was walking off the mound after the first inning yesterday when first-base umpire John Tumpane stopped him, checked his hands, and told him to remove his wedding band from his left hand, which is his glove hand.
Ashcraft was rightfully in disbelief but later was seen talking to his manager, David Bell, who told him about an old, obscure rule that MLB was starting to enforce this week.
The pitcher came out in the second inning with his band attached to his necklace.
