The Yankees were up 2-0 in the fifth when a blown call nearly stalled their momentum. With Trent Grisham on base, JJ Bleday’s diving attempt in left field clearly resulted in a trapped ball—but umpires initially ruled it a catch. Grisham, unsure of the call, was doubled off second.
After a crew conference, the call was overturned to a base hit, and runners advanced one base. But for Yankees fans, the reversal didn’t go far enough. Many felt Trent Grisham should have been restored to second base, not sent to third.
Instead of letting the moment derail him, Trent Grisham responded the very next inning. In the sixth, he delivered a key at-bat that helped extend the Yankees’ lead, staying composed under pressure and playing the kind of baseball that doesn’t show up in highlight reels—but wins games.
As of the seventh inning, New York held a 5–0 lead, capped by Jasson Dominguez homering from both sides of the plate—another spark in a game that began with controversy but quickly became all Yankees.
“Use your eyes”: Yankees fans torch umps over misjudged call
The moment lit up Yankees Twitter. “Embarrassing this call was missed in the first place,” wrote Glen DeNigris. “Even more embarrassing that umpires can’t use common sense to place runners after their own mistakes.”
“Are you on CRACK @MLB?????” added Kyle Broughton, while another fan joked that “LASIK needs to sponsor MLB.”
The common theme: frustration not just with the initial mistake, but with how the reversal failed to fully account for the play’s consequences. Several fans argued that Grisham, who was forced into hesitation by the blown call, should have been placed back at second.
Although the umpires correctly reversed the out call after review, the decision to move runners up only one base remained the biggest point of contention. Grisham had been penalized for reacting naturally to a misjudged play—a flaw, fans say, in how MLB applies judgment after video corrections.
Even with replay, the human element still governs how fairness is restored. And many Yankees fans felt that fairness was missing on this play.
Trent Grisham’s name again in the spotlight
The game continued with power from the Yankees. Aaron Judge’s double in the first set the tone, and by the sixth, the Bombers had added insurance runs—most notably through Jasson Dominguez’s second homer of the night.
Still, even as the lead grew to 4-0, the umpiring moment remained a central theme of fan discourse online.
Manager Aaron Boone hadn’t commented as of the seventh inning, and no formal challenge had been made on the play. But with calls for officiating reform intensifying around the league—and replay still providing imperfect justice—the pressure is building.
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