Joe Torre, Major League Baseball's Chief Baseball Officer, reached out to San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt on Friday to discuss critical comments Belt made about umpire Doug Eddings on Wednesday night, manager Bruce Bochy said.
Belt was upset with a game-ending called third strike by Eddings in Wednesday's 6-3 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. Belt said afterward that he thought the ball was clearly outside and that Eddings called a strike because he was eager to end the game.
"It's tough, because you hope that an umpire doesn't affect a game like that.