In the broadcast footage, Beltran stood frozen, unable to even make a swinging motion, his face full of disbelief. He quickly glanced toward his own team area at first base, eager to know what happened: "How could it be a fastball?! Isn't this the signal for forkball?"
Feeling the dozens of eyes almost simultaneously fixed on him, the staff responsible for decoding the signals was on the verge of tears: "I don't know why this ball turned into a fastball, clearly... clearly the signal wasn't like this?!"
Seeing his teammates in the dugout shrugging at him, Beltran's face visibly darkened; he turned his head again toward the pitcher's mound and thought to himself:
"So, did the opponent realize the signals were cracked and temporarily change the pitch signals?" But he quickly dismissed this thought, "No, no, even if the opponent suspects we might be stealing signals, they shouldn't know the specific method, this is not the time to scare ourselves."
