On April 29, 2013, in Japanese baseball, Arai Ryota (surname first), with the Hanshin Tigers, is up at bat facing Bryan Bullington of the Hiroshima Carp.
A number of pitches are thrown to Arai, and after one of them, he calls time-out. The umpire grants him the time-out and has his hands up indicating so. In fact, Arai has his right hand up as well for a good two seconds... and from another video I watched, Bullington is looking right at him.
The count is two balls and one strike.
A second later, Bullington delivers a pitch during the time-out, hitting him across the chest as Arai tries to get out of the way.
Now...since time was called, being hit by a ball NOT IN PLAY does not allow for the hitter to go to First Base.
So Arai has to keep batting despite his bruised ego and chest.
Long story short, despite getting the hit (on the chest), Arai actually was struck out by Bullington adding American insult to Japanese injury.
Here! Check it out at the 40 second mark:
Owtch!
For those of you who care, Bullington, a former #1 overall pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2002, gave up five earned runs over 7.1 innings... but after he departed and Japanese batters regained their bravery, the Carp got two runs in the top of the 9th inning to eke out a 6-5 victory.
Isn't Japanese baseball fun?
Cheers
Andrew Joseph
A number of pitches are thrown to Arai, and after one of them, he calls time-out. The umpire grants him the time-out and has his hands up indicating so. In fact, Arai has his right hand up as well for a good two seconds... and from another video I watched, Bullington is looking right at him.
The count is two balls and one strike.
A second later, Bullington delivers a pitch during the time-out, hitting him across the chest as Arai tries to get out of the way.
Now...since time was called, being hit by a ball NOT IN PLAY does not allow for the hitter to go to First Base.
So Arai has to keep batting despite his bruised ego and chest.
Long story short, despite getting the hit (on the chest), Arai actually was struck out by Bullington adding American insult to Japanese injury.
Here! Check it out at the 40 second mark:
Owtch!
For those of you who care, Bullington, a former #1 overall pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2002, gave up five earned runs over 7.1 innings... but after he departed and Japanese batters regained their bravery, the Carp got two runs in the top of the 9th inning to eke out a 6-5 victory.
Isn't Japanese baseball fun?
Cheers
Andrew Joseph
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