The Red Sox third baseman did something unprecedented in baseball, leaving fans in awe
It's been a terrible season for the Boston Red Sox. Too bad, really.
They are at the bottom of the American League in almost every metric. They won't win at home. They're innocent, and there's no star power.
The fans are furious. The manager has been fired. Their ace has been in IL for a month now. Their starting shortstop was out until August, and even when he played, he was among the worst players in the league.
Everywhere you look, it's rotten. The 2026 Red Sox — the organization with the most World Series titles this century — are truly awful.
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Boston Red Sox first baseman Wilson Contreras looks on after hitting the Minnesota Twins in the first inning at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minn., on April 14, 2026. (Photos by Jesse Johnson/Imagn)
So, when the team gives us short periods of intensity, we have to take it. They haven't come often this season, as I just wrote. We haven't gotten a ton of those, “Wow,” moments from this group.
We got one during Wednesday night's rare home win against the Baltimore Orioles, thanks to third baseman Chad Epperson going where no one has gone before:
Was this legal?
Amazing. I'm going to go ahead and echo what all the announcers are saying here and say that I have never, in my life, seen a third coach do that. Not once.
Not in Little League. Not in travel football. Not in high school. Not for the worst D-III college baseball team in the country. Never.
Wilyer Abreu of the Boston Red Sox is tagged out by Adley Rutschman of the Baltimore Orioles during a game challenge at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 3, 2026. (Jaiden Tripi/Getty Images)
Obviously, the question becomes … was it legal? Good question. Good question. It came with a somewhat surprising answer, at least to me.
Yeah, it was … kind of. Here is Rule 5.03(c) from Major League Baseball:
Base coaches must stay inside the coach box, except that the coach who has the ball in his position may leave the coach's box to signal a player to slide, advance, or return to base.as long as the coach does not interfere with play.
Boston Red Sox interim third base coach Chad Epperson is on the field during a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at the Rogers Center in Toronto, Ontario, on April 27, 2026. (Photos by Thomas Skrlj/MLB via Getty Images)
The law states that the manager can complain if he sees that the coach has broken the law, the referee can issue a warning. But … it seems that what Epperson did was legal, as long as he he didn't disrupt the game.
An MLB official later told Mac Cerullo of the Boston Herald that there is no automatic penalty for a pitching coach during a play, but he may be called for interference if he … interferes … with the play.
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So, again, this looks like the right move for Chad Epperson. Weird, sure, but good.
As for the Sox … they won, 8-1, to improve to 10-20 at Fenway Park this season.
