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Furious Guardians catcher Austin Hedges demands MLB apologize for 'embarrassing' call


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If you've been watching Major League Baseball lately then you might have noticed how they are making a lot more blocking the plate calls on catchers.

It seems like every day there is a new call that doesn't seem to make sense and leaves fans and players scratching their heads.

There was another one of those calls Tuesday night in the Tigers-Guardians game and it had Cleveland catcher Austin Hedges calling for MLB to apologize to his pitcher for the "embarrassing" call that led to Detroit taking a big early lead and changed the shape the game.

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How does that get overturned by MLB?

You need to watch this passionate rant by Hedges about MLB. He makes a lot of good points and will likely be fined for those points but he's right: