In the new era of sticky-stuff awareness, umpires gathering at the pitcher’s mound to inspect a pitcher’s hands has become common practice in today’s baseball reality. But Thursday’s meeting between umps and Rays pitcher Zach Eflin brought about an entirely unusual conclusion.
Before the second inning of Tampa Bay’s game against the Pirates, Eflin was summoned and eventually told by the umps to remove the wedding ring from his left ring finger. Despite the odd request, Eflin, a right-handed thrower, complied, returning his now ring-less left hand to his glove to remain in the game.
.@RaysBaseball righty Zach Eflin had to remove his wedding ring 😔 pic.twitter.com/jgYrXuXUQJ
— Bally Sports Florida & Bally Sports Sun (@BallySportsFL) May 4, 2023
