With Cubs speedster Dexter Fowler on first Tuesday, Sanchez threw over to keep him on the bag, but Cabrera so was unprepared that he didn’t have his hand in his glove. So when the throw came at him, Cabrera threw his mitt to try to knock the ball out of mid-air.
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Maybe that was Miggy’s plan all along.
Fowler took off when he saw the botched catch attempt, but Cabrera recovered the ball quickly and made a great throw to shortstop Jose Iglesias in time for the out at second.
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The rulebook says if that a fielder “deliberately” throws his glove at a thrown ball, there’s a two-base penalty. Obviously, the umpires didn’t see it that way.
