In the first of what is hopefully many hilarious gaffes, Adrian Beltre set the gold standard for completely forgetting about baseball’s new rules. Beltre took a quick step out of the box to smack his cleats with his bat, maybe reassess the situation, when the umpire let him know he better get back in the box.
Adrian Beltre is just doing it for the vine, y’all
You would think Beltre would know better by now what happens when you don’t call a timeout.
In related news, it looks like the umpires are dead serious about enforcing this rule. Just like the rest of us, they’ve got places to be after work too.