Teachable - Adam Beck's Patience in Play on Bat vs Hand

In this Teachable, Tmac visits Milwaukee as HP Umpire Adam Beck's fair ball call is upheld following Brewers manager Craig Counsell's challenge over whether batter Keston Hiura was hit by a pitch on a ball that bounced off the knob of the bat and into fair territory. Patience is key to officiating this and many other kinds of close plays.

Amongst several clues regarding the ball's physics and sounds themselves, we observe the players' reactions—specifically the batter's seemingly-delayed reaction that seems somewhat inconsistent with the expected reaction a batter would exhibit if they were hit by a pitch.

Pirates catcher Roberto Perez quickly retrieves the soft ground ball, turns around to see Beck signaling a fair ball, and throws to first base to retire the batter-runner.

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