The Rangers’ Rougned Odor will have to think twice before trying to sneak a late timeout past home plate umpire Tripp Gibson again unless he wants to start all at-bats with a strike.

During the fourth inning of the Rangers’ game in Baltimore, Odor wanted to start the inning with a timeout call to get settled. Pitcher Wade Miley had already started his windup, but Odor must have expected to be granted time anyway because he stepped out of the box.

He was not granted time. Instead, Miley lobbed a breaking ball over the plate for a strike.

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Odor was not pleased. As you may remember, Odor punched Jose Bautista in the face. That’s not relevant here, but deserved a mention nonetheless. Still, he looked quite annoyed with Gibson for not granting him time. Gibson noticed that immediately and explained the reasoning to Odor.

Though we hardly ever see umpires stand up to the batter and deny a timeout, Gibson was totally right to do so there. It was the first pitch of the inning, and Miley was already in the process of delivering the pitch. There’s no reason for Odor to call time.

Odor would strike out on the at-bat because baseball justice is tough but fair.