Red Sox Minor Leaguer enters game wearing wrong jersey
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Michael Sansone, a left-handed reliever for Salem, the Red Sox Single-A affiliate, strolled from the bullpen to the mound on Tuesday night, ready to take over in the bottom of the ninth inning of a road game against Hickory (Rangers) at L.P. Frans Stadium.
There was just one problem.
Sansone wore red socks, but he also sported a red jersey when all his teammates were wearing blue. Considering baseball isn¡¯t soccer -- pitchers aren¡¯t allowed to wear different colors as goalkeepers do -- the Salem reliever was directed by the umpires to change.
The southpaw found a replacement, grabbing a blue uniform top from a teammate in the Salem dugout and putting it right over his red jersey so play could resume. Hickory Crawdads broadcaster Brian Rushing sympathized with Sansone¡¯s plight.
¡°In Minor League Baseball, it happens,¡± Rushing said. ¡°Sometimes you forget a jersey, so you¡¯ve got to pull another one on. It just becomes part of the territory.¡±
Sansone might have had the wrong jersey, but he had the right stuff: Despite allowing three hits and a run, he finished out the game -- a 12-6 Salem win.