Sunday, April 12, 2009

Head Hunter

Abreu up to bat, Beckett on the mound, good match up. When Abreu calls time, the umpire grants his request, only Beckett didn't get the signal in time. He through the ball and it sailed right over Abreu's head, causing an argument and the benches to clear. A couple players got suspended after a second bench clearing incident. But, was Beckett going for his head? Or did he just get messed up by the time out. I'm sure it's a disrupting scene when you go to pitch and see people moving around by the plate because of a time out. The count was 1-2, meaning Beckett could've been wasting a pitch. A great waster is a high and tight fastball, setting up for low outside off speed. It's possible Beckett could've been going for that move but missed when he was disrupted by the commotion, causing the ball to be a little more high and tight then he'd hoped for. We will never know if it was intentional or not, I just think it should be though through before people start blaming Beckett for trying to take off Abreu's head.

1 comment:

  1. It could have been a bit of both. Remember when Piazza's bat broke and Clemens threw the bat at Piazza running down the first base line? It was on purpose, technically, but it also felt looked totally reflexive. Also, Clemens was probably amped sky high on steroids, which also could have contributed to it.

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