Miscommunication to the Bullpen

In Monday night's World Series game, Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa called out to the bullpen like he has done thousands of times in his managerial career. However, Monday was different. Two separate times the bullpen coach misheard the request of LaRussa. The first resulted in Mark Rzcepcynski staying in the game longer than LaRussa had hoped. The extra batter faced by Rzcepcynski hit what turned out to be the game winning double. Later LaRussa was forced to bring in Lance Lynn instead of closer Jason Motte.

It is amazing to think that in today's mobile world, a manager in the World Series could still have phone issues. I wonder if this will lead to a change in communication between the dugout and the bullpen. Maybe next year we will see new White Sox manager Robin Ventura tweeting or texting his requests to the bullpen.