"The Beltre Play"
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This play, I think, should go down in the books. It was the worst called play I have ever seen. If anyone doesn't know what I am talking about, maybe you should have seen the highlights.
A game between the Mariners and Tigers. A play at the plate, called safe. Beltre attempts to steal second, dives and lightly touches the bag and slides past it. Guillen then clearly tags him twice, not within the umps eye and Beltre jogs to third while Guillen loses the ball when he tries to take it out of his glove.
Beltre is safe at third, and the Mariners score 3 runs on the play and end up winning this game. Right after the play happens, Leyland runs out of the dugout to argue this play, as he was one of many who saw Guillen tag Beltre (by the way, there were 2 outs so the tigers would have gotten out of the inning). Leyland then tries another thing- complains that Beltre missed second base.
The stupid friggin ump agrees. Inning over. Mariners still win. This ump has to be fired as there were three things that he misjudged on this outlandish play- - Guillen taked him on the ground - Beltre stood up, Guillen tags him again. - Beltre clearly slides his hand on the outer side of the bag
