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Originally Posted by JR12
First I see beltran turn his head, look right at Rungee and start jawing.(not looking down) it was obvious to the announcers that he didnt like the call. However Rungee then tried to one up Beltran by speaking to him(mask off) BEFORE cleaning the plate.
Manuel should have went earlier. IMO
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Am I the only one who thinks if Brian had cleaned the plate THEN spoken to Beltran, Beltran would have gotten the negative press for being aggressive/whiny? IMO, Brian's unmasking, then talking to Beltran, then cleaning the plate is what made him look aggressive, even though his initial intent was to tell Beltran to shut up and keep playing ball. Not to defend Beltran or Manuel at all, because Manuel had NO business leaving the dugout, but despite Brian's intentions I think he LOOKS bad to everybody but umpires who know what he was doing (ie the idiots I heard on XM yesterday who said there was no excuse for him to take off his mask and talk to Beltran because he "wasn't being shown up".)