Philadelphia Phillies left fielder Matt Joyce (7) (David Kohl/USA TODAY Sports)
Last month, Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa criticized his own slugger — Yermín Mercedes — for violating an unwritten rule of baseball by homering on a 3-0 count while ahead 15-4. If the Hall of Fame skipper was at the Philadelphia Phillies-Cincinnati Reds game Tuesday evening at Great American Ball Park, he surely would have an issue with what Phillies left fielder Matt Joyce did in the top of the ninth inning.