Cody Bellinger, a former Dodgers outfielder currently with Chicago, returned to Los Angeles for the first time since leaving the team...and promptly was called for a pitch clock violation for taking too long to acknowledge the LA fans' tribute for Cody's first game back. Article: [ Ссылка ]

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Bellinger's return after a long career of success in LA found fanfare with pregame tributes and ovations. In the second inning, Bellinger was slated to lead off for the Cubs and as he stepped to the batter's box, the Dodger Stadium crowd again applauded Bellinger on his return. In acknowledging the crowd, the pitch clock timer ticked down to the eight-second mark, which by rule is when a batter must be in the batter's box and alert to the pitcher lest they be called for a pitch clock violation and incur an automatic strike.

With Bellinger not yet alert to the pitcher, that's precisely what HP Umpire Jim Wolf did—calling a pitch clock violation and starting the count with no balls and one strike.

MLB is known to tweak rules to accommodate odd situations that may transpire on the field, so will the Bellinger pitch clock violation during a standing ovation by fans applauding their former player prompt the league office to add an exception to the pitch clock rule? Only time will tell.

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