Wait. Hold up. Guess he wasn't?
Will Middlebrooks showed bunt and then pulled back. However, the ball hit him on the wrist. The umpire also fell so he didn't get to make the call. He claimed he heard the ball and the bat connect, despite Middlebrooks showing the umpire the welt on his wrist. He showed it. A big bruise. He showed it! It was there! Bobby V comes out to argue and he gets furious. Yelling and screaming! He gets tossed. On the walk back to the dugout, Cody Ross and Dustin Pedroia are telling him that he's right and to stand his ground. So he turns around and keeps arguing. Walks back. Turns. Keeps arguing. He's fired up and screaming! Then, Adrian Gonzalez and Josh Beckett are angrily yelling from the dugout. Beckett gets tossed. (Which is good, because Beckett needed that or else his rep in Boston would be at an all-time low). Next pitch. Middlebrooks single. Then, Pedro Ciriaco bloops it into right field and scores a run. 3-2 score. Inning ends and Alfredo Aceves emotionally shuts down the Yankees. That was awesome. All after Pedroia's motivating comments. I like that. They beat the Tigers, then after. Hopefully. Hopefully, they can turn it around.
And it's still the best 10th inning I've ever seen.
Good one to choose!
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