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I'm going with Seattle Mariners third baseman Adrian Beltre signals for a timeout after identifying a fan on the field as Izzy Alcantara.
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How and why is that mask floating in the air?
vkut79 - April 5, 2008
ahahahaha
Jeff that has to win.
Great caption.
PShwa - April 5, 2008
Send him his prize!
Robert - April 6, 2008
"To no avail, Adrian Beltre try's to tell his biggest fan Red not to use his laser-vaporizer on Mike Reilly after Beltre was called out on strikes before being allowed to appeal his own swing."
kentroyals5 - April 5, 2008
Adrian Beltre does battle with the catchers maks that magician Yuniesky Betancourt has bewitched to chase him around the field
nadzor - April 5, 2008
INVISIBLE CATCHER
Nick S - April 5, 2008
"Beltre called time out. While his pitch recognition wasn't the greatest, he couldn't shake the feeling that the last pitch was in fact a catcher's mask."
Jeff Weaver's Doritos - April 5, 2008
"Use the Force, Adrian."
"Your eyes may deceive you. Only the Force helps you battle the masked enemy who cannot be seen."
iglew - April 5, 2008
Yes, yes, let the hate flow through you!
Fin - April 6, 2008
Don't make me slap you, Invisible Catcher! I've got a bat!
Gomez - April 5, 2008
Home plate umpire Jerry Crawford
evaporated from the intense heat generated by an Adrian Beltre stare down during an appeal of a called strike check swing.
116in01 - April 5, 2008
oh man I've got to stop cheesing on game day
I am totally tripping balls
JI - April 6, 2008
YES
what a good episode.
CKremer - April 6, 2008
"Well,"
a winded and slightly disheveled Beltre explained, "I first suspected something was off when instead of calling the pitch, home plate umpire Jim Joyce bear hugged Pierzynski from behind and cackled menacingly. It’s not often you actually hear someone cackle. I mean, really cackle. So when he and A.J. dematerialized, I just knew Jim had kidnapped A.J. and escaped somewhere back in time, and it was up to me – and my familiarity with Quantum-mechanical phenomena – to save him. It was a simple matter of deduction to know where in time Joyce would most likely taking him. I pointed down to the first base umpire to corroborate my theory, though I suppose in retrospect it wasn’t all that necessary. Anyway, you all know the rest, and that’s how Red and I saved the universe. Honest. You can check with the first base umpire if you don’t believe me! He’ll tell you!"
Jamelah - April 6, 2008
Overheard in the stands....
"Yellow and blue for Adrian .... pitch comes along... and THAT happened! Over to the right.... I'm not sure what that means..."
abelard - April 6, 2008
nice
thenatural - April 6, 2008
STOP! Batter time!
Sidi - April 6, 2008
Teacher?!? Should I whack it??
GhettoBear04 - April 6, 2008
Here goes...
Seattle's Adrian Beltre recoils in shock after seeing that Jason Voorhees is on a mission to be the only guy with a sports mask.
SethGrandpa - April 6, 2008
Note "shock" not "fear"
Beltre fears nothing except the occasional curvy pitch.
SethGrandpa - April 6, 2008
Adrian Beltre performs as lead dancer for the Weather Girls' new 7th inning stretch tune "It's Raining Masks"
mikeA - April 6, 2008
Ironically umpless Adrain Beltre
GonzPeter - April 6, 2008
I like this one.
CapSea - April 8, 2008
Easy...
STOP. Hammer time.
Sidi - April 6, 2008
And I'm rather drunk...
Doing a similar reply to the thread half an hour later.
Sidi - April 6, 2008
Who dare threatens?
for I am King Awesome!
Fin - April 6, 2008
"Whack a Mole? No, this is Wack a Mask!"
Coach Owens - April 6, 2008
Despite the recent nationwide cat ban
Adrian Beltre is caught "cheesing his fucking brains out" in the middle of a game. Afterward, Beltre attempted to rationalize his use of the illegal substance, "Have you seen our offense?"
The Mariners organization has yet to release an official statement.
thenatural - April 6, 2008
This one is tits.
This one wins.
borgy - April 6, 2008
Seattle Mariners third baseman Adrian Beltre reacts to the floating catchers' mask before appealing to the 1st base umpire.
ThundaPC - April 6, 2008
That dude just ripped part of his face off!!!
hcoguy - April 6, 2008
The force is strong in this one, Richie Sexson....not so much.
Alaska - April 6, 2008
Accosted by what appeared to be an invisible catcher and having difficulty deciding whether to bludgeon his opponent to death or vaporise him with heat-vision, Adrian Beltre appeals for time.
Graham MacAree - April 6, 2008
Someone could probably put this more eloquently:
"King Awesome halts the universe of time to delve into the mind and soul of his opponent."
Wilder. - April 6, 2008
"Ay dios mio! El Chupacabra!"
Willmore - April 6, 2008
Fed up with the game, Adrian Beltre decided to practice his telekinesis skills
Last Fan Of Jose Lopez - April 6, 2008
Adrian Beltre battles the black hole of suck that has pulled Ramon Hernandez from the place of existence
OlSalty - April 6, 2008
plane*
Fuck.
OlSalty - April 6, 2008
Ramon Hernandez never played for the Texas Rangers.
Wilder. - April 6, 2008
Ill shoot
The Mariners' Adrian Beltre reacts in shock as the entire Orioles team disappears from the face of the earth from this season's sheer irrelevance.
sandalfan - April 6, 2008
There is no mask.
MrIncognito - April 6, 2008
Adrian Beltre
was forced to fend off the apparently haunted catcher's mask with his bat for more than 4 minutes until the grounds crew could arrive with a makeshift net. There is still no official explanation for how or why the mask floated out of the Orioles clubhouse and attacked Beltre. "I never really thought those fencing lessons would come in so handy," Beltre quipped afterwards.
TheOptimist - April 6, 2008
I was too slow typing up my fencing reference... now I look like I was copying.
WWUPhil - April 6, 2008
S'Okay, you went in a completely different direction. ^_^
TheOptimist - April 6, 2008
Beisdes, I just noticed that if you look carefully in the background...
this picture was taken while they were facing the Rangers. Oops. >_<
TheOptimist - April 6, 2008
Coming from a fellow Angels fan, this might seem like bias, but
WINNER.
Zu Long - April 8, 2008
King Awesome says
"Your welcome for the seppuku, bitch"
don gato - April 6, 2008
Two possibilities
1. Batter Adrian Beltre signals baserunner Ichiro Suzuki to return to third base after realizing that pitcher Bugs Bunny, arguably the best player ever banned from baseball, had employed the famous switcharoo play in which he pitches the catchers mask and then tags out the runner leading off of the base. It was all for naught as Beltre, Vidro, and Wilkerson all struck out on the ensuing pitch. It was described as a slow, curvy ball, the main weakness of the 2008 mariners.
or
2. Olympic qualifier Adrian Beltre, Dominican Republic, protests the host nation China's mistreatment of Tibetans by holding a fencing exhibition against the world's most difficult opponent, the invisible man. Beltre is revolutionary in fencing after employing a bat as opposed to the traditional epee or foil, only after his attempt at using no instrument failed.
WWUPhil - April 6, 2008
Clearly, it's:
Funk Blasted: Adrian Beltre, in full disco motion, is stunned by his first ever Reverse Funk Blast, which ejected the catcher, and not the ball, from the field of play at Oriole Park at Camden Yards late Saturday. No runs were credited for this version of the Funk Blast, though the catcher had to be replaced. The Orioles won the game 6-4.
EireDuck - April 6, 2008
Ironically personless Gerald Laird
qrsouther - April 6, 2008
Er, rather,
Aptly personless Gerald Laird.
qrsouther - April 6, 2008
Adrian Beltre
will take some time getting used to new 3rd string emergency catcher David Eckstein (and his amazing see-through skin!)
but what he lacks in skin pigmentation and visibility he makes up with...uh...
Karma Police - April 6, 2008
"Stand Back!...
..I'll deal with this."
Greybear - April 6, 2008
Seattle Mariners third baseman Adrian Beltre waits to be tapped in by Houston Rockets center Yao Ming during this year's Annual Pro Sports Battle Melee. To his right, Melee veteran Alan Iverson slings a trophy from his recent conquest over Milwaukee Brewers catcher Jason Kendall. Beltre is 3-0 lifetime for this charity event, raising over $40,000 for autism research through match pledge donations.
iheartjavelinas - April 6, 2008
Caption
"Beltre just recently finished watching 'Saturday Night Fever'"
marinerbaseball116 - April 6, 2008
Who wins? Who wins?
kentroyals5 - April 6, 2008
"I said throw me a belt high fastball!!!!"
shunter160 - April 6, 2008
hmmmm
"Rangers Catcher Gerald Laird had apparently laughed at Beltre's appeal of his own check swing. After teleporting Laird to a remote part of Argentina, Beltre 'appealed' to the third base umpire and asked if anyone else had something to say."
"Beltre signals to a baserunner that Texas Catcher Gerald Laird had fallen for a classic trick: "I told him that there were free Funyons near the M's dugout."
"Adrian Beltre appealed to the first base umpire after determining that he, and not Gerald Laird and Tim McClelland (both caucasian) had survived the lightning attack by the demented killer. 'I have seen many movies,' said Beltre afterwards, 'and I have no seen this situation.'"
"Beltre's off-season workout plan included Tiger-Crane style, which helped getting home plate umpire Mark Carlson to change a called strike. Gerald Laird, not pictured, fainted."
marc w - April 6, 2008
Hello, my name is Adrian Beltre.
You kill my father. Prepare to die.
borgy - April 6, 2008
"Alarmed upon suddenly realizing...
that Texas Rangers catcher Ghost Laird is spooking him on Martin Luther King Jrs birthday, Adrian Beltre asks "What would Ichiro do?' and immediately goes into Killer Kung Fu mode."
kva15 - April 6, 2008
Damn!
Evolution has done these mosquitoes well. Invisibility powers AND catchers masks??? Wow!
PositivePaul - April 7, 2008
WWWWWWIIIIIIIIIZZZZZZZZZZZAAAAAAAARD
Now you can choose the size of your circle.
CapSea - April 7, 2008
I know this isn't one of the best,
but I'm curious how many people got this reference.
CapSea - April 8, 2008
That phone company commerical
Altell I think...whatever..it sucks!
kentroyals5 - April 8, 2008
Awesome. I just wanted someone to get the reference.
CapSea - April 8, 2008
...um
"...the Snickers bar had flown from Beltre's left hand almost to the mound before Laird made his move..."
pakipaki - April 7, 2008
Realizing he might have "caught a peice" of the catcher on his warm up swing.
King Awesome requests a time out from the umpire.
Thingray - April 7, 2008
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