In the bottom of the first inning of Thursday night's Red Sox/Orioles game, Andrew Benintendi struck out and Mookie Betts came to the plate. And NESN viewers heard this exchange:
Dave O'Brien: Now back to last night and Gausman getting thrown out. [Replay shown.] This was ridiculous. On a 77-mph curveball, no hesitation by Holbrook at all. Now I gotta tell you, he has leeway here. He doesn't have to throw anybody out of the game.
Dennis Eckersley: Well, that's good to know. Because that tells me, did he see the spin on the breaking ball?