Angels announcer torches MLB over change that ended Nolan Schanuel’s streak

As a result, Schanuel’s official on-base streak ended at 30 games. Schanuel and the Angels thought for several days that that the 22-year-old was still chasing former New York Yankees catcher Truck Hannah, who reached base in 38 straight games to start his career in 1918. Instead, MLB determined that the streak ended a week ago.

The play that was changed to an error-was a hard-hit ground ball that would have gotten through the infield if not for a fantastic diving play from Orioles first baseman Ryan Mountcastle. Mountcastle flipped the ball to pitcher Mike Baumann, who could not make the play.

Initially, the play was ruled an infield single. Angels play-by-play announcer Wayne Randazzo clearly believes that’s the way it should have stayed. He absolutely torched MLB during the Angels’ game against the Red Sox on Saturday night.

“Negative story after negative story, scandal after scandal, a fiasco in Oakland. You have these ridiculous-looking jerseys. You have the MLBPA challenging the league about the pitch clock today because of constant pitcher injuries. Not to mention, your global superstar is embroiled in a betting scandal,” Randazzo said. “On top of all that you have a young player trying to make a name for himself who has come up and reach base safely in every single game that he has played, and the league allows this scoring change to go on to end his streak, kill this story — a positive story that is happening in Major League Baseball. It is an absurdity.”

Randazzo is not the only one who felt that way. It would have been one thing if the play was initially ruled an error, but it seems absurd that MLB went back and changed it a week later.

Schanuel was called up by the Angels not long after the MLB Draft last season. He reached base safely in all 29 games he played in last year.