Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
August 31, 2008
Subtle Interference

Bleeding Blue and Teal links to a video to Adrian Beltre getting hit by a batted ball. He was on second with a runner on first, Beltre is called out and the batter gets a hit. The ball was likely a double play grounder, however, and Eric Wedge argued that Beltre intentionally interfered with the ball. It wasn't as blatant as Reggie Jackson in the World Series, but he certainly looked like he turned to present a bigger target to the ball. If the umps had seen the play as intentional, they would have granted a double play and the inning would be over. Instead, Seattle scores another run in the 10th inning, and wins the game 4-3.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:20 AM | Base Running | TrackBack (0)
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