Braves/Giants play in the 13th

[Jay R]

I saw this play and wondered about it as well. This was not your classic backswing hits catcher. It was more catcher moves into bat. Rowand swung and missed and he did not move towards the plate, he stayed in his box throughout the play. What was odd is that Rowand kept his bat behind him after finishing his swing (almost like a glofer who pauses at the end of the swing). The catcher McCann came up and as he threw to second base, he made contact with the bat, the bat didn't "hit" him, he hit the bat. McCann mildly argued with the umpire (Tim Tschida) for interference. The base stealer scored the winning run on the next pitch I believe.