The Vanderbilt Commodores look extremely silly after latest Tennessee Vols news
The Vanderbilt Commodores look extremely silly after the latest news surrounding their three-game series with the Tennessee Vols this past weekend. Vandy was swept by the Vols, despite the Commodores winning a protest over a bat that Tennessee outfielder Jordan Beck used to hit a home run in the top of the first inning on […]
The Vanderbilt Commodores look extremely silly after the latest news surrounding their three-game series with the Tennessee Vols this past weekend.
Vandy was swept by the Vols, despite the Commodores winning a protest over a bat that Tennessee outfielder Jordan Beck used to hit a home run in the top of the first inning on Friday night.
The umpires deemed Beck's bat illegal because it didn't have the proper pregame inspection sticker on it (Charlie Burris and I offered up some theories on why the sticker was missing on this week's Big Orange Podcast).
Vanderbilt may have won the battle over the bat, but they lost the series.
And they actually shouldn't have won the battle over the bat.
According to WNML's John Wilkerson, Beck's bat was legal. The only bat that failed inspection was a Vanderbilt bat.
This whole process is ridiculous. Beck's bat was legal, but because the sticker fell off, it was deemed illegal (until a new sticker could be placed on it). Because a sticker fell off, a home run was disallowed and Beck was called out.
What kind of sense does that make?
And the fact that a Vandy bat was the only bat to fail inspection is objectively hilarious with all the finger-pointing toward the Vols.
The Commodores swung big this weekend. They tried to con their way into a win on Friday night, but it failed. They also tried to sneak an illegal bat into the series, which also failed.
The Vandy Boys had a few tricks up their sleeve, but they just couldn't quite hang with the boys from Knoxville.
Featured image via George Walker IV / Tennessean.com / USA TODAY NETWORK
