Did anyone see all of this?

[johnnyg08]

interesting...did the BU take a strike away from the hitter? :-)

[tjones1]

Say what? The batter appealed his check swing... hmmmm, sounds like if he's that dumb he deserves a strike.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Having not seen the play, I am going to guess that Beltre felt that he had checked his swing and asked the PU why he didn't ask for help before making the call. Probably pointed down to the BU when he pleaded with the PU.

[Rita C]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Having not seen the play, I am going to guess that Beltre felt that he had checked his swing and asked the PU why he didn't ask for help before making the call. Probably pointed down to the BU when he pleaded with the PU.

Nope, the call was made after he pointed.

Who knows?

Rita

[DG]

Originally Posted by Rita C

Nope, the call was made after he pointed.

Uh, I confused. PU did not call a strike and batter appealed after which a strike is ruled by BU?

Rod Serling is surely smiling?

[Nigel Tufnel]

As a Mariner fan in the Northwest, and an umpire to boot... I had to join this wonderful forum after months of just being an observer... because this topic was killing me..

This is what Beltre does every time he checks his swing...

[SethPDX]

Beat me to it, Nige...I heard Rizzs or Niehaus (M's announcers) explain it last year, and they also said they don't know why he does it since it doesn't do him any good.

Mystery solved.

(I hope that wasn't too controversial for my first post!)