Pirates broadcaster Greg Brown breaks down Tuesday’s umpire snafu

By now, you’ve probably heard that the Pittsburgh Pirates and Baltimore Orioles played a half-inning of baseball with no umpires Tuesday afternoon.

If you haven’t, you live under a rock.

For context, the Pirates were the home team in the game and had a 7-4 lead after the top of the ninth. This seemed like the end of the game, however Orioles manager Derek Hyde approached Derek Shelton about playing a bottom half anyways so his younger players could get some additional practice. Shelton obliged and Baltimore took the field ready to start the unofficial frame.

There was one issue, though: there were no umpires.

Figuring the game was over, the crew of Derek Thomas, Chad Fairchild, Will Little, and…