Players from St. Louis and Colorado tilted their caps Saturday night in apparent protest of umpire Doug Eddings one day after he instructed Cardinals rookie pitcher Hancel Rincon to straighten his hat.

Home plate umpire Doug Eddings did the one thing nobody wants to see in professional sports on Friday night in the St. Louis Cardinals-Colorado Rockies game.

Umpire Doug Eddings made Cardinals rookie Hancel Rincon fix his hat on Friday night.

The sixth inning turned tense during Friday’s Rockies-Cardinals clash in Colorado when Hancel Rincon’s MLB debut was interrupted by a dispute over his cap.

Baseball umpires could be known to sometimes have some control issues, but rarely has it ever been taken to the level that Doug Eddings took it on Friday night when the St. Louis Cardinals visited the Colorado Rockies.

A viral social media post falsely claiming that Major League Baseball suspended umpire Doug Eddings has been debunked. The report emerged following a contentious game between the St. Louis Cardinals and Colorado Rockies.