Explanations: 0:01 Normally the outfielder would catch the ball for an out. But in the score box it says there is a man on third base, one out, and it's a tie game in the 12th inning. So catching it would have let the runner on third tag up and score. So Holliday prevented (or at least delayed) a run scoring by not catching the foul ball. 0:25 The outfielder overthrew the cutoff man, so left alone the ball would have slowly rolled to the catcher and the runner would have scored. But Jeter somehow sensed this and ran across the infield, intercepted the ball, and quickly flipped the ball to the catcher for an out, preventing a certain run. It should be noted this was in the playoffs, and that run would have tied a 1-0 game instead it was the third out of the inning. 0:50 Randle blows a slow-rolling grounder foul. The umpires reversed the foul call and awarded the batter first base as this is not permitted. 1:03 The pitcher knocks down a comebacker and can't find the ball. Gardner senses this on third base and tries to score. But the catcher (Mauer) quickly ran to pick up the ball and returns to home to tag him out and prevent a run from scoring. 1:15 Pedroia (Laser Show) steals second but because the third baseman was out of position due to the shift being on, he noticed the pitcher failed to cover third base so he 'stole' third base. This was when infield shifting was a new idea so outcomes like this weren't practiced regularly. 1:33 Ichiro pretends that he is about to catch a fly ball that was hit way over his head. This caused the baserunner who was watching him to stop in case it was caught as he would have to return to first. This trickery prevented Arias from scoring a run as he could only run to third due to pausing. 2:02 Betts notices no one is covering second so he sprints to 'steal' the bag. 2:18 Normally on this play the runner on third waits for the infielder to throw to first for the out then sprints home. But Utley faked the throw to first which tricked the baserunner on third into running, causing an out and preventing him from scoring. 2:32 Over 99% of the time at the major-league level a runner caught in a rundown will be out. So you are taught that if you are the runner on first to run to second. That way when the dust settles you still have the out but now you have a guy on second instead of first. The infielders run Yelich to second thinking it will be an easy out with both guys there. But Cain sees that no one is covering first so he runs back and thus both runners are safe, leaving the infielders standing around feeling dumb. 2:58 The 'ol hidden ball trick by Helton, which seldomly works in little league but hardly ever at the major-league level. 3:14 A chopped ball will almost always roll foul, but in this case you can see that there is mud on one side of the ball from being hit into the dirt which causes the ball to roll fair, resulting in an out and surprising the batter. Always run out your grounders, Swisher. 3:31 Normally the infielder will catch the ball resulting in an out to the batter. But Kinsler noticed the batter was much slower than the baserunner on first, so he let the ball drop on purpose then threw to second base to result in the baserunner being out and thus replaced with the slower runner on first base. 3:48 The runner (Kipnis) was running on the pitch and didn't see where the ball was hit. So Jeter pretended that the ball was somewhere else so that Kipnis wouldn't know it was a pop out and would run back to the bag. Therefore the play resulted in two outs instead of one due to Jeter's trickery. 4:17 Runner took his foot off the bag for a split second resulting in an out. This is why they teach infielders to always keep the ball on a baserunner until time (a short informal time out) is called. 4:33 Normally the ball is caught for an easy out. But the third baseman (Arenado) called for the ball then let it drop, allowing for a double play and two outs instead of one. This was only possible because Arenado noticed the batter was jogging to first very slowly as the batter probably thought it would be caught easily. Always run out the plays, kids. 4:53 Similar play as the first one. We can presume a runner is on third and there are less than two outs, so a caught ball would result in the runner tagging up and scoring, ending the game. We have to guess because the creator of this video covered up the score box with a pic of Cespedes instead of placing it in a blank area of the screen, for some unknown reason.
Underrated opinion ichiro would have had the most hits of all time if he would have played in the mlb his whole career personally I think he’s the modern day ty Cobb
@@80hdbeats86 exactly, but the same could be said for other players like babe Ruth, he pitched his first like 6 years and never went to bat, so who knows how many he would've had but what're you gonna do
I really liked the Mauer tagging Gardner out at the plate play, because that was actually a high IQ play on both of their parts - Gardner to recognize no one was covering and Mauer to recognize that Gardner was coming. Mauer just got there faster. If Gardner was safe, I still think that play could've made it to this video.
I think one of them shouldn’t have counted if I recall correctly, pitcher was on the mound without the ball. I don’t really remember if it was him or another player doing the ball trick tho
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Gotta love the cut for the first clip Viewer: why did he let the ball drop? He's so stupid Announcer: that's a smart play. The reason he dropped the ball is- Next clip (Real reason is it was extra innings and a runner on 3rd. So that ball was probably hit far enough to allow a tag up meaning they'd be down 1 run. Instead he let the ball drop and continue the at bat)
@@noahmcdaniel4920 so did you click the video thinking there was actually an IQ of 1 million LMAO the point of the comment was there was absolutely no context on why it was such a good play
Paul K I understand the point of the comment I just don’t think it’s as necessary as you think it is. I think most people watching baseball videos on RU-vid have a decent knowledge of baseball
Noah McDaniel I explained it to 20-30% of the viewers that needed context So just because I didn't cater to the majority that triggered you to reply If 'it's not necessary' is a trigger point for you then you must reply to 90% of RU-vid comments LMAO
So in case anyone is confused: kinsler let the ball drop so they could get the slower runner (the batter) at first instead of the guy who was there to begin with
I don't know why fielders don't do this all the time. It's a clearly beneficial play to replace a faster runner with a slower one in a situation that isn't covered by the infield fly rule, yet hardly anyone ever does it.
2:40 I love that Lorenzo Cain was involved in this botched cubs rundown and just a few days ago was involved in another near identical botched cubs rundown.
1:45 this deke also could be for this if he’s at the wall and it bounces high off the wall, he has to run after it, ichiro was ready to recieve the rebound
There was an amazing play by Clemente where he ran in a weird way to play a ball of the wall, it bounced right to him and he preserved the lead. Would’ve loved to see in here.
The best part is the Astros fans cheering when Kinsler let’s the ball drop. Always fun to point out the fan bases that don’t actually know the logistics of baseball..
I remember watching that game live. It was on a Sunday. I’m a Yankees fan and thought Gardner was scoring easy and was stunned in silence when Mauer made that legendary play. Yanks won the game in extras!
1:50 THANK YOU for actually putting in the full explanation for the play. I cannot tell you how many compilations have put this clip in and only shoveled the "totally decs Arias" comment and nothing else, providing zero insight as to how.
The Mauer play is insane - the catcher fielding a ball that hit off a pitcher, goes to throw to first has the presences of mind to turn around and get Gardner who is the winning run with 1 out. Saved the game but knew the entire situation in a totally unexpected weird moment on a play that never happens.
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They really should’ve show the other angle of the Cain/Yelich rundown against the Cubs. Cain is a foot from the bag, stops, looks back to first, and then screams for Yelich to get on the bag, then Cain breaks for first. Meanwhile Yelich is standing at second with 4 Cubs standing around him. Genius
All 3 hours and 39 minutes of it? And that's a fast paced game. Besides, we got the fake crowd noise deception going on. I don't miss any of it anymore.
What’s even crazier about the Ichiro play is that’s the same place he hit his inside the park HR. He’s such a GOAT even the ball was scared to do anything but roll right towards him
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@@gregburke6509 It only applies when runners are on 1st and 2nd or 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Not really sure why - it's exactly this situation that the rule is trying to prevent. (The argument is that since it's a fly ball the batter has a chance to beat the ball to first and still maintain only one out, so runner on first should just hang out there and wait to see what happens...) For a low pop fly or if the batter doesn't take off running like he should, it's an easy double play.
@@jasonpatterson8091 rule 5.09(a)(12) you can’t intentionally drop a fair fly ball when a force out can be made. If you do the batter is out and runners return to bases. This applies with only a runner on first.
Had to google it: "The rule applies only when there are fewer than two outs, and there is a force play at third base (i.e., when there are runners at first and second base, or the bases are loaded)"
@@TyHack Correct, an infielder cannot intentionally drop a fly ball. But he can legally allow a fly ball to drop untouched to the ground. You cannot intentionally drop a ball you never touched.
In the 60s there was this pocket sized baseball magazine - I cannot remember the name - and every issue it had a segment called "You make the call," in which they would provide a difficult rule issue and you had to decide what the proper call was.
Caleb Wee all that happend was Kinsler missed the catch and the crowd cheered thinking something special happened when the outcome is the same if he were to catch the ball.
Infield fly is only called with runners on first and second or bases loaded and prevents a pop fly from being purposely dropped to turn it into a double or triple play. However if one runner is on then the batter ought to have enough time to get to first base so that isn’t an infield fly because the fielder might goof and not catch it. However if the runner doesn’t run to first it’s a great chance to purposely drop the ball and get a double play. During the game you don’t really think about dropping it on purpose much. But it’s also useful for when the batter does run to first (let’s say it’s Albert pujols) to drop the ball and get the force out at second leaving the slower runner on first. I love Baseball’s rules!
No, the infield fly rule is when there's runners at 1st and 2nd or bases loaded. The rule didn't apply there. If the batter had run it out, there would have only been one out.
To answer OP's question, no. It's assumed that the batter is not too stupid or lazy to at least run to first. If he had, there never would have been a double play.
1:16 , this almost happened to us today. And just so you know, I was the center fielder(important :D). Runner on 2, with a bunter. Bunter bunts, runner makes it to three, bunter makes it to 1st, 2nd basemen walks away from 1st watching the runner on 3, while I am running up because I remembered this clip and the shortstop couldn't cover because she was at 3rd. So I come up, and the runner on first must not have seen me because she took off while I had just entered the infield. Our second basemen picking up on this throws it to me and I tagged her out WHILE keeping the runner on 3rd at 3rd. The deciding factor for that play was whether I watched this play or not ._. It felt good though :D
In fact, that was legal then, because no one had ever thought of including a rule against it. But later on, MLB instituted a rule inspired by Randle, that prevented fielders from influencing batted balls, even without touching them.
Lets the ball drop Announcer: really smart play I mean really smart idea Player: *smirks* hell yeah I’m super smart Hitter: hits a home run Player: *shit*
@@itsdesean cause it was extra innings, and if he caught it, the runner on 3rd couldve tagged up and scored so he let it go foul so the runner couldnt score.
I'm not sure to get it. A faster runner was on first and the batter was slower. So, the batter hits the ball, he has to run for first so the first base is forced to run to 2nd. If he catches the ball on the fly the batter is automatically out and the first base runner stays safe. Now by letting the ball rebound and sending to 2nd base, he lets the batter run to 1st, forcing the runner out. Am I correct ?
