Byrnes does the inexplicable.

[The Epic]

On Friday night, he inexplicably pulled his bat back on a botched suicide squeeze in extra innings of a scoreless game. Ichiro Suzuki was tagged out on the play.

Texas manager Ron Washington was ejected for arguing with plate umpire Jim Wolf that there should have been a strike called on Byrnes on the botched squeeze play. Washington just "could not fathom" that Byrnes pulled the bat back.

Asked if he'd ever seen that in his 39 years of professional baseball, Washington said Friday night: "No, never have. That's why I couldn't believe when Jim told me that Eric pulled back on it. Ichiro's flying down the line, Eric squares the bunt -- how can you pull a bat back? But he did."

To top it off, Byrnes froze at a fastball right down the middle for strike three, squandering Seattle's chance to make Cliff Lee's debut with the Mariners a winning one.

The article.

Has anybody seen this (any of this, really) happen before? I'm still shocked.

[DuffMan]

Byrnes, who was living nearby in downtown Seattle, bolted out the front door of the clubhouse riding his beach cruiser bicycle mere minutes after the game ended. He made a right turn down a tunnel and then made a 90-degree left turn around approaching Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik before he could make eye contact.

This is the better part of the story:laughlol:

[Crazysilver03]

And this is why he was released and will be lucky to even find a AAA job.

[orioles119]

Byrnes is done... cooked... finished.

[Don Quixote]

Wow, toast.

[SammyBirdland]

Byrnes, who was living nearby in downtown Seattle, bolted out the front door of the clubhouse riding his beach cruiser bicycle mere minutes after the game ended. He made a right turn down a tunnel and then made a 90-degree left turn around approaching Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik before he could make eye contact.

This is the better part of the story:laughlol:

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[The Epic]

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Awesome photoshopped picture is awesome.

[waroriole]

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I was thinking Puck from the Real World

[Arthur_Bryant]

The article.

Has anybody seen this (any of this, really) happen before? I'm still shocked.

A classic brain cramp. However, I don't think that he had much chance of making contact even if he hadn't pulled back. The pitch was way outside.

The funny part is that it looks as if he realizes what he has done and tries to square up again after the pitch is already in the catcher's mitt. How late can you swing without having it counted as a strike? I've seen hitters swing that late on fastballs when they were looking offspeed.

[Glenn Gulliver Fan]

I guess he will take the 27 million he earned over the length of his career, his bike, his glove, and go home.

[howie14]

This story gets better and better.

[Arthur_Bryant]

This story gets better and better.

Busted link, but it was worth digging out.

This should work.

[scOtt]

I thought that was like an Onion article. Whatever floats your boat I guess.