Yankees' Nestor Cortes Issued Automatic Ball After Not Making Eye Contact With Batter

Next up, Umpires issuing balls for using wrong pronouns!

Speed up rules. Guy speeds up. No, not like that!

MLB is really trying to f up their game even more. Stupid rule.

I don't know man, if you are in the box you have to be ready. So what if the batter spends 8 seconds to get ready, the pitcher cant pitch till the batter looks at him. Then the pitcher gets put on the clock because of a slow batter in the box.

What next? The pitcher is gonna have to throw the batter a kiss, and then ask for permission?

Nobody watches MLB anymore anyway, so let’s piss off the few remaining fans by adding and enforcing some idiotic rule changes. LOL!

Establish eye contact with the batter. So gay!

ridiculous. Pitcher should be allowed to pitch whenever he's ready. It's the batter's responsibility to be ready at all times. Speed the damn game up!!

Guy keeps his head down excessively long, feels like college defenses laying on ball carrier of a HUNH offensive. I thought MLB wanted to speed the game up.

So, what happens to the batter if he doesn't make eye contact with the pitcher?

Stupid freaking rules like aren't going to bring back fans that have walked away. What's next??...the catcher can't shite talk the batter anymore?? Pathetic

It appears the umpire wasn't ready for the pitch. His arse shouldn't be behind the plate. Gets a bad grade instantly!

Umpires are the biggest pussies in sports.