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Carlos Delgado was up with 2 outs, bottom of the 1st, 1-2 count. He throws the bat at the next pitch and makes contact. The ball bounced and FIRST hit his shin, then hit him square in the chest...all while he was in the batter's box. The ball rolled in fair territory to about 4 feet in front of the plate where Braves catcher Johnny Estrada tagged him for the out.
Seeing it live, I saw it clearly hit his chest, although I didn't see it hit his shin until I saw the replay. The home plate ump made the call and when Carlos asked him for help, he refused to ask. No one - and I mean no one - not Caddilac Jack or the Marlins third base coach, came out to argue.
I found it strange that he wouldn't ask for help on that one. The pitch was way low and outside and I can see where the plate ump might have missed it...but you've gotta ask for help there, especially when Carlos says, "Blue, that hit me TWICE!" Carlos didn't get in his face either. It was a very calm argument. He wasn't showing the guy up or anything.
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