Here's a fun fact. Whenever the runner is picked off, but runs to the next base instead of diving back to his original base (Runner on first tries advancing to second instead of diving back to first) and is tagged out, that actually gets scored as a "Caught Stealing" for the catcher, despite him not even touching the ball.
As much as we fuss at umpires, I am amazed they can make accurate calls like this. I won't even mention the deadly accuracy of the throws. We're talking out by inches.
I played against two powerful catchers in my day; Jeff Boldger of Lilly Pa. and a guy from Ebensburg Pa in the early 80's. They had cat like reflexes and powerful arms. When you were on first base you looked at two things separately, one eye on second base and the other eye on the pitching battery especially on the catcher; particularly after the pitch was done, the catcher must have carried a grudge against me for making it to first base and was firing rockets any chance they could, with out notice and you were out, in the dugout you'd go. Looking back I have to laugh because I thought I was the treat but it was quit opposite. I miss those days.
The runner was actually a pitcher who was put in to pinch run. He didn't have alot of experience on the base paths, however, he was fast. You can see that when the pick off was thrown, he was actually looking towards the bag to see how good his lead was. Jomboy actually has a breakdown on this specific instance as well.
Looking it up I found that it was "during a game at Minute Maid Stadium in Houston on May 29, 2019." The lawsuit claimed negligence toward the Astros' Management.
Oh yeah that little girl just trying to see that ball coming and jump right out of the way right? Only an Inconsiderate person would make that kind of a comment! Get a real life!
