Pride comes before a tag out – IOTW Report

Pride comes before a tag out

Breitbart: During Monday’s World Baseball Classic semifinal between Puerto Rico and Netherlands, one player for Netherlands learned a lesson about celebrating.

Jurickson Profar laced a single to right field and advanced Andrelton Simmons to third.

The throw from the right fielder went home to Yadier Molina.

As Profar walked back to first base, he turned to the bench and crowd to pump them up.

Molina noticed Profar was not paying attention, so he zipped the ball over to first baseman T.J. Rivera, who tagged a stunned Profar out.

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9 Comments on Pride comes before a tag out

  1. his mistake was rounding first, instead of just over-running the bag to leg out a single. when he turned to second base he’s on the basepath & fair game … he’s ‘in play’
    it’s amazing that even professional players mess up the fundamentals
    … guess that’s why it’s so noteworthy when they do …

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