By Matt Rappa, Sports Talk Philly editor 
The main topic of discussion coming out of the Philadelphia Phillies' 7-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Saturday was not poor pitching, defensive play or offense, but rather third base umpire Joe West confiscating LHP Austin Davis' reference card in the eighth inning.
West cited Rule 6.02(c)(7), in that a pitcher must not have "on his person, or in his possession, any foreign substance," nor "attach anything to either hand, any finger or either wrist."
After Saturday's game, West said that until the office tells him, he cannot "let the pitcher do it."
"I know all the players now carry a cheat sheet like this. I can't let him do it. I saw him take it out and I went, 'What the heck is that?' I said, 'You can have it back after the game, but you can't have it now.' I didn't want to throw him out," West told MLB.com. "I know it's foreign, but he's not trying to cheat."
Sunday afternoon, the office of Major League Baseball ultimately ruled against West, stating that reference cards are permissible and do not violate 6.02(c)(7), "as long as they do not delay the game," according to MLB.com's Todd Zolecki.
Read: Phillies Could Protest Loss to Cubs Following West’s Misuse of Rule 6.02(c)(7)
Headlines following West's ruling called the reference card a "cheat sheet" or "illegal card," when in actuality the card simply was a self-created reference card based on information provided by the Phillies analytics department.
"This is something I create," Davis told MLB.com."We have our meeting where we go over the hitters. I take that information and put it on a card so I don't have to try and memorize it, and use my mental energy to get ready for the game. Then I just take a glance and go.
"Our analytics department works really, really hard to come up with this stuff for us, and I want to use it because they work all day to come up with stuff to help get guys out. And if I have an answer to get a guy out, I want to know what that is."
Davis can now continue getting those answers, as long as he does not cause a delay in the game, thanks to MLB's Sunday ruling. Sorry, Joe.
