Once when I was in Little League in 6th grade I randomly decided to try to bunt, not for any particular (or sensible) reason, I just knew that bunting was a thing, and I wanted to try it. I wrapped my hands around the bat in a totally incorrect way and turned the bat horizontal, and the pitch, which I think came from the fastest pitcher in the League, smashed into my fingers. It really hurt... I cried, and my fingers swelled up to massive proportions... it was days before they got back to normal. Good times.
Both are squeezes. There are variations of them, two. Named ‘Safety’ & ‘Suicide’. Safety is when the runner on 3rd usually doesn’t take a short lead off 3rd base AND he does NOT run untill he sees the batter making contact with the ball, any type of contact usually with only 1 out later in the game hence the name Safety (safer of the two options). The 2nd one is the Suicide where the runner on 3 usually takes a lead off the 3rd base and as soon as he sees the pitcher doing his windup and around the time he actually throws he takes off and by that point it is usually too late for the pitcher to do anything about it, then if the batter makes contact any contact with the ball it is almost guaranteed a scored run but because of the man on 3rd bases’ lead and the fact that he takes off much sooner than with the Safety it is also much more riskier hence the name Suicide.
I think Bailey deserves credit for getting the out against the Pirates. The batter showed his plans way to early so he chucked it out of reach. Granted it also relied on his catcher recovering
Hey Wesley. I'm a big fan mostly of your Baseball videos. Not sure if you done this already, but since the Mariners got a balk off win 8/18, can you do one on balk off wins. If you did already, please do another one of balk off wins. Thanks so much for reading my comment.
I have no idea wtf is going on, I just read a manga in which they talked about squeeze plays and came here to see what it was about. I'm leaving now, more confused than when I came.
Basically a squeeze is when the 3rd base runner runs before the pitcher threw the ball and the hitter will bunt. What happens is the moment the bat makes contact to the ball, the runner has well enough time to reach home before the ball can. Why sometimes they call it suicide squeeze is because its a high risk strategy where it gives the opposing team a free out if the hitting didnt make contact with the ball, or free 2 outs if the runner i is not as fast at running, making it an out at home and at 1st.
