Most of these throws would never take place if the runners would quit walking to first like they just got a free base after a hit into right field. Even Tony Gwyn hustled despite not being a fast runner. Always run through first base, even if the ball "looks" like it might be a routine fly out because it's not a guarantee until it's trapped inside the glove.
Most are pitchers running and the right fielders are playing somewhat close to where a second baseman would play in a shift on a dead pull hitter. That last play was crazy.
@@hagamapama His ass should have been left at the airport for that play. Even if the game was at home, drive his ass to the airport and leave him at the terminal!
To be honest looks like most are because the right fielder is playing shallow because it's a pitcher (or non power hitter?) batting so the right fielder is in shallow and it's a bunch of hard hit line drives.
I wasn't a very good player in little league hence why I played right field. But one day I charged at a one hopper towards my chest and at they moment everything was in sync. I gunned the runner down with the perfect throw to first base. My team was silent. I retired that day after that game at 12 years old.
I was watching the first one at the time it happened. And I think the 2nd one (again by Bautista against the Royals) occurred in the same series. I love how on the 2nd one the Royals 1B Coach is just looking at his player.
playing the pitcher shallow opposite field used to be a regular occurrence not so long ago but you've really got to know who's at bat or it will bite you.
Ok I don't get this, I just came from the video "MLB: Avoiding the Tag" and came here to cross reference. In the other footage I clearly see first basemen catching the ball while standing on first base and the runner doing some duck and dive and touching the base that the baseman is clearly standing on with the ball, yet they are declared safe. What gives? And so many of these home base runs, if the catcher is standing on the base with the ball whats the go with the need to tag? Its like 2 versions of the same game. I'm Australian and baseball isn't real big here, can somebody explain please
0:13 is it just me, or did that ball hit KC's right fielder in the head before it dropped, he recovered it, then got the clueless blue jays hitter out with the throw to first? it looked like a battle of the doffus' on this one and the doofus in right field just happened to get the upper hand lol
I hope these batters feel awful letting this happen. I hope they got a good hustle lecture too. I mean c'mon even if you're a pitcher ya know u gotta hustle. You can see the timing of it right in front of you, the right fielders about to have ball in hand when you're just barely past halfway down the line it's time to put the after burners on. I'm pretty sure every player makes at least 500k. I'm getting paid 500k I'm gonna be feeling the burn in my muscles on every play that could sway.
Luke Salsa: Luke: Yeah? And allowed himself to be faked out -- with the ball rolling in the outfield? Did they not have a first base coach, or was he also equally deceived?
+eddyvideostar he probably only glanced at the ball for a second and saw the third baseman jump and come down he couldn't see directly behind him it all took place in a matter of tenths of a second
+eddyvideostar he wasn't looking at the first base coach he saw the guy jump up and come down. So he started walking back until he probably heard his teammates yelling at him to run
