Mike Scioscia Umpire Quotations

It was a swing. Our catcher caught it. Doug Eddings called him out and somewhere along the line, because the guy ran to first base, (Eddings) altered the call, ... When an umpire calls a guy out and you're the catcher, and I've caught my share of them, he's out. He didn't call swing, he rang him up with his fist and said 'You're out.'

The hitter can take off, but as a catcher when an umpire calls him out, rings him up with a fist, he is out.