A few times a year, Skip Bayless will break out of his false outrage persona and act like a true and irrational fan. This only happens when he is tweeting about Vanderbilt sports. Bayless graduated from the university nearly 50 years ago and their sports teams remain his only true rooting interest; everything else is viewed through the veneer of content. So it seemed shockingly genuine yesterday when Bayless busted out the all-caps tweets blaming a "phantom" hit-by-pitch call that led to Vanderbilt's upset loss in the College World Series regional round.
The Commodores lost to Xavier, 2-1. Bayless was mad because the winning run was granted to Xavier after a very close and questionable HBP with the bases loaded and two outs.
The Undisputed host was incensed because he believed the batter flopped and the ump bought the sell job.
It was pretty tight, but as observed above Vanderbilt's manager could have challenged and did not which suggests it was the right call. Either way, that happened in the bottom of the seventh inning so the Commodores had two innings to rectify this alleged error on their own and failed to do so.
Bayless has opened himself up to some ribbing from Shannon Sharpe. If they're going to do things like that, given the latter's rapidly-approaching departure.
This article was originally published on thebiglead as Skip Bayless Flips Out Over Controversial Call Leading to Vanderbilt Upset .
