Cardinals Manager Couldn’t Challenge Call by Umps Thanks to a Security Guard, and MLB Fans Had Jokes

Andy Nesbitt | Apr 16, 2024

Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol wanted to challenge a call but couldn’t after a security guard got in his way. /

We've all seen a lot of weird things happen in MLB games, but what occurred during Monday night's St. Louis Cardinals-Oakland A's matchup might have been a first, and it was absolutely wild.

In case you missed it, Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol and one of his bench coaches were talking about challenging a call in the seventh inning. At the end of their discussion a security guard stepped between them and seemed to disrupt their talk at a very important moment. By the time Marmol was able to get the security guard out of the way, he was too late to the challenge the call and the umps went on with the game.

Here's how that scene played out:

The Cardinals couldn't challenge a call because a security guard accidentally got in the way 😅pic.twitter.com/Rm6Xm3FYov

— The Rickey Henderson of Blogs (@RickeyBlog) April 16, 2024

MLB fans had lots of jokes:

Cubs fans rock. Way to go sir. https://t.co/TG2eYN64vF

— Danny Rockett (@SonRanto) April 16, 2024

The Athletics staff is starting to go rogue lmao https://t.co/dxo8V5NJw2

— DeeDeeFifty (Rising Twitch SimRacing VTubing Star) (@DeeDeeFifty) April 16, 2024

Error, security guard https://t.co/zX8FOs1Oob

— MLB Errors (@mlberrors) April 16, 2024

Larry David: yeah I got a job as security guard! Best seat in the house! https://t.co/hyOOcKIsfR

— joelb (@jbhofmann) April 16, 2024

Not only can I imagine being this security guard, but I’m sure I’d ruin a Dodgers challenge. https://t.co/WCiqMm3Hrv

— mike (@RizziMike) April 16, 2024

This is legitimately one of the funniest baseball things I’ve seen so far this year https://t.co/p5iI4SJHaB

— Greg Huss (@OutOfTheVines) April 16, 2024

St. Louis went on to win the game, 3-1.