Throwing In The Towel

[Mad Mike]

I came across this article that referenced thrown player equipment. Looks like Beltre was throwing in the towel and showed some frustration as his team was getting routed last night. Has anybody ever had this happen to them in a game?

 

Adrian Beltre was lined up right for Carlos Gonzalez, well off the third-base line, but CarGo sliced the ball perfectly down the line for an easy RBI. Beltre responded as any frustrated athlete or seven-year-old would do, and chucked his glove as hard as he could.

 

On the one hand, Beltre is lucky he didn't make contact, because hitting a ball with a thrown glove is an automatic triple and would've scored the runner from first -- per Rule 7.05 ©:

 

Three bases, if a fielder deliberately throws his glove at and touches a fair ball. The ball is in play and the batter may advance to home base at his peril.

 

 

 

 

[maven]

On the one hand, Beltre is lucky he didn't make contact, because hitting a ball with a thrown glove is an automatic triple and would've scored the runner from first -- per Rule 7.05 ©:

 

And on the other hand? Still no glove, right?

[SoCal Lurker]

I'm taking a wild guess that he didn't agree wih the radical shift his team was playing, and thought he would have had that ball if he were playing normally..

[Mark Pepper]

In the gif it looks like a weak throw, like he started to but his brain kicked in just in time and "pulled the punch." 

 

Several years ago in a Babe Ruth league game I had a left fielder chuck his glove up at a ball that was going over his head.  Way over his head.  And he hit it.  Great shot, but 3 bases.  R3 would have scored anyway, and batter probably would have had a triple.  Coach weakly argued that it was a dead-ball and a double, but gave up quickly.  League game so it turned into a good teaching moment.

[jpperez14]

Adrian Beltre is always full of shenanigans like this.. look at the other beltre videos such as beltre on third vs the Astros.

 

 

Also, I have seen him throw his glove up in the air at someone hitting a blooper down the line. Most of the time when I see him, he doesn't get any close to ball when he throws it.