Hammer v. point on strike

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I think Eddings brought this all on himself and the tell you the truth, I’m not at all sure that Eddings just didn’t boot the call.

One of the local sports programs here had a great piece on this situation. They showed all of the swinging strikeouts from the game. In all the swinging strikes that were caught, Eddings pointed then gave the hammer signal. They then showed three dropped third strikes calls from that game prior to the ninth. In all three, Eddings pointed, but did not give the hammer until after the catcher tagged the batter.

Now if we judge Eddings by what he had done all game, then his signal was consistent with what he signaled all game for a caught third strike and the Angels had a legitimate beef.