Well, its importance as a “crucial” game is minimal, so that’s why it isn’t THE WORST play ever.
But so much is wrong.
It starts with a bad throw from third to first, but we’ve all seen that before. It pulls the 1st baseman up the line. This is where the idiocy begins.
The runner going to 1st makes a u-turn and starts heading back to home plate. That isn’t the bad part.
The 1st baseman starts chasing him back instead of just stepping on first.
But, we’re not finished with the horribleness of this “major league” play.
After the 1st baseman started inexplicably running the runner back to home (lol) no one covered first, just in case something bizarre happened. Which it did.
Watch—
And to make matters worse, the guy that ended up on second scored when the next batter singled.
Was that, Wear Your Eye Patch Day, for the Pirates. Wow. A good lesson of why you never give up though.
Let me guess…they also voted for biden?
Huh? All the first baseman had to do is touch the base.
The 1st baseman had his head so far up his arse! To make matters worse, there were two outs! All he had to do was just tag Baez at the plate who had nowhere to go or simply just tag 1st base. It was all on the 1st baseman who short-circuited! Like my little league coach would scream: keep your head in the game and always know how many outs there are. I Love this game!
Anything can happen in baseball and it usually does.
So the worthless, “participation trophy” winner made it to the big leagues.
Who says there is no crying in baseball.
Of course some crying can be induced by uncontrollable laughter.
Okay, that was stupid but I have a question that has never had to be asked. Because there were 2 outs would the run to home have counted *if* the batter was forced/tagged out *after* he scored? Now that I think about it, it wouldn’t have counted the same as if there was a score before a high-fly ball was caught with 2 outs, but I suppose that may be wrong as it’s not entirely the same situation…
hmm
With 2 outs, if the batter does not make it safely to first, no runs count. So had Baez been tagged out or had the first baseman touched the bag, no runs would have scored.
…Professionalism: Dead everywhere in 2021.
I don’t even remember the summer pick-up games back in my youth going that badly.
Ecp No. if the run scored before the batter-runner made it to first base the run would not have counted. They could have chased the guy between home and first for five minutes after the runner touched home and the run still would not have scored. (The batter-runner would have been automatically out if he made it all the way back to home plate.)
If the (batter-)runner got past first base and was tagged out at second then the run would have scored. This play was all over YouTube last night.
There is a YouTube channel called CloseCallSports that explains the rules behind a lot of calls. I find it pretty interesting. He explains many calls that on face value look wrong, but were actually right.
Who won?
^^^ “Who won?”
Trump
I distinctly remember making that same play in pony league… um… pony league.
I bet 1st baseman’s teammates are going to come up with something to razz him about this. Like Pascual Perez, of the Braves, missed the exit ramp to the ball park and drove around I-285 about three times, missing his start. Later, the rest of them team put maps all over his locker and made a warm-up jacket with number “I-285” under his name.
How did I KNOW… our BUTT Pirates would be on the 💩ty end of THAT stick… 🤮
I actually bought tickets earlier today, to three games later this season (after the face diaper requirement is gone), BEFORE seeing that play… 🙄
GOOD thing my kids have Autism, and don’t REALIZE how badly our BUTT Pirates SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK. 😳
So the answer to “Who’s on first?” is no one then.
Those guys will never make it to the pro’s.🤔
high school coach used to say “Think! What am I going to do if the ball is hit to me? Every pitch is a different situation. Think!”
but, of course we all have brain farts
btw, do not watch or participate, in any way, w/ MLB anymore … they decided, not me, to hate me & my $
The run cannot score on a “force out”, no matter how long that force out takes. An out at first is considered a force out.
But if a runner gets in a run down and the runner crosses the plate before he is tagged, that run scores.
This was boneheaded all the way around.
Keep in mind.. there is a big difference between a force out and a put out. Runs score on put outs if the runner crosses the plate before put out is made.
Thx BFH, nice explanation bud👍!