Originally Posted by RJM:
Originally Posted by Matt13:
Originally Posted by RJM:
Taveras was called out because the umpire believed he waved his arm at the ball to purposely interfere with the play.
Nope.
That's what they said on tv. It came from the sideline reporter down on the field who listened to the umpires explaining it to the managers.
I think that is the telephone game at work. There's no movement by Taveras that is consistent with that assessment, and the call is indicative of RLI. Far more likely that Matheny said something that questioned if it had to be intentional and that was what was picked up.