Ryan Braun Gets Called Out For Batting Out of Order

The Milwaukee Brewers are not a good baseball team. They are currently 36-46, and a whopping 16 games behind the Chicago Cubs in the National League Central. The team does not have a lot of talent, which explains why they haven't made the playoffs since 2011. Yesterday, we saw yet another reason why the Brewers have never even made it to a World Series in their 47 year history. In yesterday's game against the Washington Nationals, Ryan Braun was called out for batting out of order. Yes, you read that correctly: A Major League Baseball team was guilty of a mistake that would be embarrassing for a tee-ball team. If you're interested, here's a video of the play in question:

As you probably know, a baseball lineup is set before the game starts by the team's manager. A copy of that lineup is presented to the home plate umpire and to the opposing team's manager to avoid any confusion. Now, it should come as no surprise that the batting order MUST be followed as it is listed/ Apparently, the Brewers missed that memo yesterday.


Here is the official lineup that Brewer's manager Craig Counsell issued yesterday:

As you can see, Ryan Braun is listed as batting 4th, how he wound up batting 3rd yesterday is beyond my comprehension. Batting in the correct order is something so simple that it is not even something that should even be thought about. For the Brewers though, even something that simple proved to be difficult. This reflects negatively on Counsell, the manager, for not being aware of the situation. Its also a bad look for Braun (who is a really bad human being), for not being able to understand the very simple concept of the number 4 coming after the number 3. Most of all though, it reflects poorly on the Milwaukee Brewers organization, who are pushing 50 years now without even sniffing the World Series. Winning teams do no make these types of mistakes.