The Colorado Rockies haven’t had much to celebrate this season at all. But for a few innings on Wednesday night, it looked like they might steal that feel-good moment for once. Their top prospect, Chase Dollander, was cruising against the Los Angeles Dodgers. They shut them down through five innings, just allowing one hit. It made LA fans go silent.
However, the sixth inning happened, and the skies quite literally opened up!
With two outs, Dollander faced Max Muncy after giving up a walk and a single. Muncy lofted a routine pop-up between first and second base. So, usually this play ends the innings and gets everyone back to the dugout. Right? But with rain falling and the stadium lights making it worse, the game continued.
Umpires pushed their luck with the pouring rain and it cost the Rockies.pic.twitter.com/iMuoFhNzjc
— Foul Territory (@FoulTerritoryTV) June 26, 2025
Rockies second baseman Thairo Estrada looked up and lost the ball in the rain. First baseman Michael Toglia followed the same, and none of them caught the call. Because there were already two outs, Dodgers baserunners Shohei Ohtani and Rushing were moving, and they ended up scoring easily. And just like that, what should have been a 0-0 game ended up with a 2-0 lead for LA. Then the umpires decided to delay the game!
For the Rockies fans, or anyone watching, this was confusing. Why let a game continue in unsafe conditions till LA scored and then only call in a rain delay? Dollander ended his night then with just two runs allowed over 5.2 innings. And well, frustration was written on his face, and it is understandable—a well-pitched outing simply unravelled by the weather and some weird umpiring decisions. And as expected, fans had plenty to say, and Twitter lit up, calling the umpire’s move rigged and saying that MLB always favors the Dodgers.
MLB fans call out longstanding Los Angeles Dodgers favoritism
One fan summed it up with a sarcastic jibe about how convenient this decision was for the Dodgers. And honestly, a lot of fans seem to agree, and for a reason. See, this isn’t the first time that the MLB or umpires are having fingers pointed at them. Like the Dodgers in a game with the Cubs, they were handed a brutal 16-0 loss in a game. However, fans noticed that MLB’s social media still poured all attention on the Dodgers and didn’t acknowledge the sheer dominance of the Cubs. So this favoritism isn’t new.
A user in X didn’t hold back, saying that not calling a rain delay and risking a player getting hurt is ridiculous. And this is the frustration that is widespread. It’s no secret that the Dodgers are the biggest brand in MLB. Not just in America—look towards Japan. They had their series opener this season, and the streets were plastered blue. And Ohtani was everywhere, from the walls to the drinks. So the narrative is that given that the Dodgers, with their superstar players with supermassive contracts, are bringing the world’s eyes, they are favored by MLB.
I’m a Dodger fan and that’s horrible…Not calling a rain delay and risking a player getting hurt because the umps have dinner reservations or a tinder date lined up is ridiculous
— Dippin and Spittin (@BKFGBIGSTEVE) June 26, 2025
Pointing a finger, one user said that it is pretty messed up to keep playing. And this rage is understandable to an extent. Didn’t the Dodgers not get an upper hand in literally the World Series game, too!? Last year, during the WS, umpire Carlos Torres made questionable calls, where the Umpire’s Scorecards reported 11 missed calls. The most damaging ones came at the top of the first and all hurt the Yankees. While Soto and Stanton still got on base, fans felt like the tone was already set. Another example of the most marketable team getting the upper hand.
Expressing their frustration, one fan mentioned, Tell it’s rigged without spelling it out. That reaction echoed across social media recently after the Padres-Dodgers showdown. There, Fernando Tatis Jr. was hit again, and it triggered a bench-clearing moment. Padres pitcher Robert Suarez then hit Ohtani, but only manager Roberts faced a suspension. The lack of further punishment raised eyebrows, especially given Tati’s injury scare.
Tell me it’s rigged, without telling me
— OC (@ocastro03) June 26, 2025
Taking a jibe, another user mentioned that the league is not rigged! This sentiment is not growing from a year or two; in fact, this has been going on for years. For example, back in the 2017 World Series, multiple pitchers had raised eyebrows, suggesting that the balls were slicker and more juiced up to help the hitters. That only adds to the long-standing suspicions that maybe MLB is tipping the scales when it comes to the marquee teams.
Do you stand by most of the fan sentiment here of the Los Angeles Dodgers getting favored? Let us know.
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