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*Answers to questions* * Bunts aren't "risky" in the sense you're thinking. You're reacting to extraordinary plays. Most bunt plays are uneventful. * You're correct, catcher is the most difficult defensive position. Maybe second-most-difficult if you count pitcher as a defensive position. * The bench area where players sit is called the dugout. You can remember this because they're subterranean. * Double plays are quite common. Triple plays are extremely rare. There's triple play compilations on RU-vid. Triple plays aren't particularly difficult for fielders to do, it's just that the opportunities are rare. The most rare play in baseball is the unassisted triple play (one fielder records all three outs). There have been fewer unassisted triple plays than perfect games. * The "stump" is called a base. It's literally the name of the game. * The MLB version of the All-Star game is called the All-Star game. The HR derby is the equivalent of the slam dunk or 3 point contest.
Unassisted triple plays are insanely easy to pull off, but the problem is the circumstances to do so are super uncommon. Pretty much the only possible way to do it is to have 2 or 3 guys on base, no outs, then an infielder has to catch a line drive while the runners are in a double steal attempt. Batters will almost never swing away on a double steal, you’re far more likely to see a bunt attempt, making it a super uncommon. Last one I remember happening was Tulo in 07, but a quick google search shows that Asdrúbal Cabrera got one in 08, and Eric Bruntlett got one in 09
@ElusiaBoomkin The pitcher is part of the defense and it is the hardest defending position. But it isn't the hardest fielding position. If a pitcher is an average fielder, it's considered a bonus. Usually, they land in a position after throwing that it makes being good at fielding almost impossible. But catchers too, what makes them so valuable defensively is all the stuff they do aside from fielding, like how they handle the pitching staff. If you took that away and just look at fielding, it still MIGHT be the hardest, but maybe not. It would be a lot closer.
@ElusiaBoomkin subtle baseball terminology that you apparently don't understand. Watch some more games, you'll catch up. The difficulty of the pitching position is unrelated to fielding. When "the difficulty of defensive positions" is spoken of, it is relative to fielding
@@Sam_on_RU-vid that in itself is not necessarily true, the pitcher relies on the catchers calls and what his eyes are seeing on the bases and its their job to execute. Id call it more 1A and 1B on ranking the difficulty. Pitching is the most offensive position on the defense, other than relays, backups or hits to the right side of the field they really don't do anything "defensively"
8:19 The dugout. 11:19 Yes, there have been triple plays in baseball history, but they're rare. Still, most every season, one team or another pulls one off in some game. The baseball All-Star Game is called the MLB All-Star Game. The Home Run Derby is held around the time of the All-Star Game every year and is part of the festivities of the All-Star Game. The Home Run Derby is basically just a home-run hitting contest. I've never really been a fan of the derby because it's hard for me to see why that one aspect of the game is so prominently displayed. There's so much more to the game than just clobbering the ball out of the park.
Just so you know, the MLB is going to be playing a London Series sometime in June! Tickets are a bit pricy but it certainly would be a great experience if you’re enjoying baseball!
Big daddy Fort nite man Even slow games there’s always a high level of skill to watch. Such as pitch selection, defense, etc... even “boring” games still have a level of entertainment
J R Not to mention the atmosphere of a baseball game is enjoyable even if the game is going slow. I’m a Pirates fan so I know the struggle of a slow and boring game, but just being with friends or family on a summer night at the ballpark is an experience that’s well worth the price of admission to me.
@@JR-kw9xq The problem is, it's actually quite difficult to appreciate the skill live, you just can't see it well enough. Go to live games for the atmosphere, but if you really want to watch the game, baseball more than any other sport is best watched on TV. And yes, it can be incredibly boring, which TV also helps with (commentators, other distractions).
11:19 You should react to MLB: Unassisted Triple Plays. They are really uncommon. Basically, one player gets all of the outs by themselves. Typically it happens when there are players on first and second or first second and third while there are no outs. The batter hits it and the fielder catches it (out 1), steps on a base before the runner gets back (out 2), and then tags another runner (out 3). This has happened 15 times in 120+ years.
When you get 3 outs on a play it's called a triple play. They're pretty rare and only happen 2 or 3 times per year. Double plays, when you get 2 outs, happen nearly every game, and often multiple times per game
@@FizzyCape When I played little league we had one which was pretty cool. Third baseman caught a line drive, stepped on the base, and tagged the runner coming over from second. Whole play only took a couple seconds.
@@MST3Killa Third base is the position that mostly gets them. You have to catch a line drive, step on a bag to double someone off, and tag out an incoming/passing runner. Pretty much impossible for a shortstop (too far from 2nd base, he'd throw it to whatever base for the third out). Maybe if the infield was shifted right....
I grew up and live in St. Louis. I thought 2011 Game 6 would always be the greatest sports moment I ever experienced. Then the Blues won the Stanley Cup. Now I don't think anything will ever take the #2 spot from David Freese's homerun.
I love that you’re enjoying baseball! It’s such a great sport, it just takes a little while to learn all of the rules. You need to come over and catch a game live, there’s nothing else quite like it!
Around 8:25 the word you’re looking for is “dugout” that’s where the players sit while they’re batting or not in the field. They aren’t open like that anymore I’m guessing bc of stuff like that happening and foul balls.
Can you please react to SB Nation’s Rewinder on David Freese’s walkoff homerun in the World Series? It’s one of the biggest moments in baseball history this past decade.
Very impressive appreciation of these plays by someone who doesn't really know the sport. This is a position and plays which someone who doesn't know the game well can really overlook
Please react to the 2019 Little League World Series Championship game highlights between River Ridge, Lousiana (U.S. Champion) vs. Willemstad, Curacao. (International champion.) These kids are 10-12 years old. If you need a little help with the scoreboard, The left side, and middle of the scoreboard are the teams and the score. The number with the arrow and has the color yellow on it is what inning it the game is in. And what half of the inning. (Bottom, Top).(Little League has 6 innings). On the top right, it will show the pitch count. Which means how many Balls and Strikes there are. (Balls are the left numbers, Strikes are the right numbers. 4 Balls = Walk. 3 Strikes = Strikeout.) On the bottom right, is the Pitch count. It shows how many pitches the current pitcher has thrown. No player is allowed to pitch more than 85 pitches to prevent arm and shoulder injury. It would be really sick if you reacted to this. Thanks.
Theory: the pro-level [insert sports God here] player doesn't play the game in the usual sense of observe-plan-react as a single discrete event. Observation of a throw leads to multiple simultaneous 'solutions'. Each solution is based on prior experience, but due to limited time, all solutions are presented at once. The pro-level trick is to constantly pare down that list of solutions until it converges with the here and now. From the outside, the player appear superhuman...how could anyone react so fast? The player has, in effect, already reacted 15 different ways from Sunday before the ball crosses home-plate. Measurements of human reaction time suggest some aspects of sport not be possible, but there ya go.
Something important that I haven't seen in a comment yet: in those clips where the catcher doesn't necessarily make a fantastic throw, but rather miraculously puts their body in front of the ball to stop it from going behind them, the crucial aspect is that the bases are loaded at the time (all of the bases occupied by a runner) which means that if he DID let the ball get past him, it gives the runners a chance to sprint towards homeplate and score a run. The fact that they're able to block the ball with their shoulder or arms or chest and keep it in front of them is the difference between giving up a run.
When 2 people get out in one play it’s a double play which is pretty common but when 3 people make a put in one play it’s called a triple play and it’s very rare
Catcher is the hardest position in baseball and they also have to be the smartest on the field. They call all the pitches and set up the defense (comparable to a quarterback). There is a reason most MLB head coaches are former catchers
Getting 2 people out in one play is a “double play” and happens almost every game, so its very common. Getting 3 people in one play is called a “triple play” and is very rare. Only happens a few times per season across all mlb teams and games, if that much
Yes Luka. Best triple plays in MLB history. First one in search. Don't know if it will be blocked 3+mil views. You should brush up your understanding of force outs, tag outs and, tag up on fly ball rule to help you grasp what's happening cause it's pretty crazy
Bunts are stratigic. Used to move a runner up a base while basically giving up an out from the batter. To break strategy defense needs to get lead runner not the batter out. Or both. Closer runner is to home plate higher the odds he scores. That's why managers will " bunt a runner over" giving up an out to advance a runner 1 base.
Glad to see RU-vid actually allowed you to post this one, for now... I can’t imagine the frustration of putting all that work in to record and edit a video, then RU-vid just says “Nope”.
In my opinion, the two hardest positions in all of sports, is baseball catcher, and hockey goalie. Both require lightning quick reflexes and able to make athletic plays while on their knees.
Can you react to Jxmmy Highroller video “This will never happen again” it’s about the Ball brothers and how they dominated high school basketball (1 is in the NBA with a promising future and one is projected to be a top 3 pick in the draft this year).
I used to be a catcher in High School. The real astonishing thing is that their knees still work after having to be in that position at least 162 days a year. Cuz obviously I didn’t select a career in sports but I’m 35 and my knees literally don’t work anymore.
Baseball, I think, has the more songs, movies, books and even poems written about it. There's even one about Double Plays: “The eight-line poem is presented as a single, rueful stanza from the point of view of a New York Giants fan watching the Chicago Cubs infield of shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers, and first baseman Frank Chance complete a double play. These three players helped the Cubs win four National League championships and two World Series from 1906 to 1910. "Baseball's Sad Lexicon" became popular across the United States among sportswriters, who wrote their own verses along the same vein. The poem only enhanced the reputations of Tinker, Evers, and Chance over the succeeding decades as the phrase became a synonymous with a feat of smooth and ruthless efficiency. It has been credited with their elections to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946.” - Wiki Baseball's Sad Lexicon (AKA That Double Play Again) These are the saddest of possible words: "Tinker to Evers to Chance." Trio of bear cubs, and fleeter than birds Tinker and Evers and Chance. Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble, Making a Giant hit into a double Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble: "Tinker to Evers to Chance." - By Franklin Pierce Adams
I always played catcher/goalie/goalkeeper when it was available. If you do it all the time, the reaction speed isn't that big of a deal -- you don't have to pause and worry about the physics of the thing, you just do it (even if it's a tin of tomatoes unexpectedly falling from the cupboard you just opened). The hard part is the focus for the situational awareness that allows for the quick decision making after you've made the grab. Amazingly, that requires you to not rush, to stay in control.
watch “the saddest plate appearance of all time” by SB Nation. It’s REALLY REALLY GOOD and I think it’ll help you understand some more things about baseball.
The place where the players sit, that area that looks like it's dug out of the ground. What's it called ... Just kidding Luka, I love your energy since you are one of the few who doesn't appear to be faking it.
React to vlad Guerrero Jr vs joc pederson home run derby 2019 round!! Crazy round. Also react to Aaron judge and Giancarlo Stanton home run derby 2017. And bryce harpy 2018 home run derby. All 3 are CRAZY
I’m excited for you to be able to watch MLB games because the season is starting soon! You’re MLB vids are my favorite, you should watch the All Star Game highlights or the Home Run Derby from 2018
A video about MLB catchers, and only ONE clip of Yadier Molina of the St. Louis Cardinals? That's criminal! The player's bench in baseball is called a "dugout" just as it is in association football. Luka, I recommend searching for videos of Yadier Molina, who I mentioned earlier, and his ability to pick off and throw baserunners out.
You like fan reactions. You should do fan reactions to the 2013 iron bowl. AKA the kick six. You've seen the play in some other vids but the reactions are great. Esp. watch the auburn marching bands reaction This is a good one: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eo1Hbs-sWMA.html Bands Reaction: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dgQjW4B_5c8.html
Watch a video called 25 Longest Home Runs and the Decade (2010 - 2017). People like to see big hits in football, slick goals in hockey, and in baseball, they want to see Home Runs. The longer the Home Run the better!
Double plays are fairly common. They happen a couple times per game. But triple plays only happen a couple times per SEASON. I'm sure there's some videos with triple play highlights
Asking how they turn and throw so accurately, it's years and years of "CFP" drills. CFP stands for Catcher Fielding Plays, so coaches will have specific drills where multiple possibilities can happen such as a pop up, pass ball, bunt, etc. with the focus of improving the catcher's reaction time, decision making, and in turn ability to make the right play. Do this enough times and it becomes automatic, much like any position in any sport.
The catcher sends coded "signs" to the pitcher to select what the pitcher throws. So the catcher knows what kind of pitch is coming. Thats how he catches it. Except for the "FAST" ball witch is straight and going around 100 mph. All other throws are to make the batter THINK that the ball is going to be out of the "STRIKE ZONE" the square u can some times see put up by the tv. The batter does NOT swing because he THINKS its going to be a ball not a strike. But a good pitcher makes the throw LOOK like is not good, but then it goes right into the catchers mit and makes a strike. 3 strikes and your out!
A lot of us that are up in the Americas and parts of Asia, grew up playing games that require good hand-eye coordination. The guys your watching generally have 15+ years of experience and training. A lot of this is just instinct combined with near supernatural reaction to catch the ball. Catching a ball that bounces 5-10 feet in front of you at mlb speeds(85+mph/140+kph) is extremely difficult especially when you are expecting the ball to come in at another spot. If you look at the catchers mitt, that's where the ball was meant to go, generally. In the us and Mexico, I can't speak for other countries, hand eye coordination is a sign of "manliness" or being a capable adult. People with subpar hand eye coordination are generally looked down upon 90% of the time unconsciously. We do understand that there are people who just suck at it and we pity them. What Europeans can do with a soccer ball is, generally, well above what your average American can do, just like Americans abilities to throw and catch is, generally, well and above what Europeans can do. We grew up playing hand eye sports and games, y'all grew up playing eye foot coordination games, generally.
I guarantee you'll enjoy Kevin Pillar's defensive baseball highlights. He was the best at diving catches in the outfield. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7g5uDqmLWVY.html
Yes both the catcher and the umpire if he is smart are wearing a "CUP" which covers your junk. A 100 mph fast ball in the junk would kill you. Yes he is protected.
Please react to "The Seventh" by EXE-Edits. It's widely considered the greatest inning in the history of baseball, and colloquially known as just "the seventh". You reacted to the start of the craziness (a catcher throw back to the pitcher hitting the bat)
This is college baseball instead of MLB, but here is a 1st inning triple play in the first round of the postseason by Indiana University. The pitcher (Kyle Hart, now on the Red Sox 40-man roster) struck out the batter, the catcher (Brad Hartong) threw out the runner at 2nd base (called a 'strike them out, throw them out), and then the catcher tagged the runner as he was trying to get back to 3rd base. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7aYPxd3Y2bM.html
Dude this is a video I know you would love reacting to. Absolutely insane.... if you cant tell I'm a huge chicago cubs fan, so that's why I keep trying to flood these comments until you do a cubs reaction. This one might be something you really enjoy. Javier baez magical base running ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-upXHTI98fTg.html
Watch "Best Infielder Plays of the Decade! | Best of the Decade" It's pretty much all double plays (when you get two people out) and shows even more crazy reflexes!
Wainwright(probably spelt wrong) and Molina of the St. Louis Cardinals have been a pitcher-catcher duo long before I can remember and I think they'll retire from here together after this next season. Molina is one of the greatest catchers of this generation. He's the one that had the ball stuck to his chest in the oddities video. St. Louis doesn't love him, we LOVE him, as in 'worship the ground that he steps on' LOVE him
Catchers are prized more for their defense than their offense so when a guy like Johnny Bench or Ivan Rodriguez comes along...well you got yourself a Hall of Famer, my friend. Look up triple plays.
Double plays are common. Usually happens a few times a game. All it takes for a double play is for a man to be on first base and a ball hit to any infielder. There are other ways to get a double play, but this is the most typical. Professional level players should turn a double play the vast majority of the time in such instances. Triple plays are quite rare. There have been 719 recorded triple plays since 1867, which averages to about 5 a year league wide... that's 5 a year for a season (plus postseason) where 2,430 games are played in total. Compare that to double plays where each team averages 1-2 per game and that should give you a pretty good indication the difference in rarity between them.
