14:41 I never noticed until right now that the second baseman pretending to field the ball and that is what threw off the first baseman. It makes so much more sense now.
Apparently, having a ball bobbled and then caught either by the same player or another is VERY rare. Among the rarest plays in baseball history. SO rare, in fact, that this video includes a whole bunch of them!
@@russellcurtis2501 remember this is the most rarest as the title states. Note like the most rare which would actually be rare plays. This is the "most rarest" lmfao how could we trust someone that actually titled a video like this. This video is the worst bestest ever!
Excellent collection of great plays. for a rare great play, it does not get rarer to be the only one to do something. Ryan Zimmerman of the Washington Nationals is the only first baseman to make an unassisted triple play.
@@njw5869 Ahhhh yes....we Dodger fans will NEVER forget Fernando Tatis....SENIOR! I still cringe when his son comes to bat against us with the bases loaded. Of course, it's only happened once. So far. Doesn't mean it can't happen again.... Let's hope it's not against the Dodgers next time.
I don't think that was "unassisted". There's no record of it anywhere. Zimmerman DID have two thirds of a 3-3-5 triple play against the Giants... It would be nearly impossible for a first baseman to get an "unassissted" triple play. It would have to start similarly to the Zimmerman play - a line drive caught by the first baseman, who then steps on first to double up the runner there... But then, to be "unassisted" the 1B would have to beat a runner going back to second....or third....or breaking for hom. No 1B is going to go 90 feet and beat a runner....unless it's one of the worst base-running blunders in history!!
@@axelkyster2642 It would have to be a hit-and-run, liner caught on the second base side of the fielder, with an immediate tag of the runner heading back to first and stepping on the base at second before the runner going to third makes it back. It has been done once, George Burns of the Red Sox in 1923.
0:23 An argument can be made for obstruction here. The pitcher blocked access to 1st base before having the ball. The runner might've been safe if not for the pitcher getting in his way.
No, the fielder has the right of way when attempting to field the ball. From the official rules: Rule 6.01(a)(10) Comment: When a catcher and batter-runner going to first base have contact when the catcher is fielding the ball, there is generally no violation and nothing should be called. “Obstruction” by a fielder attempting to field a ball should be called only in very flagrant and violent cases because the rules give him the right of way, but of course such “right of way” is not a license to, for example, intentionally trip a runner even though fielding the ball. If the catcher is fielding the ball and any fielder, including the pitcher, obstructs a runner going to first base, “obstruction” shall be called and the base runner awarded first base.
Creo que si hay corredor en tercera, menos de dos outs, y sale un fly en zona de foul, si está muy lejos del plato, debe dejarse caer. Es muy riesgoso.
I think I saw one happen. Runners on 1st and 2nd. SS catches a line drive, tags the runner coming off 2nd, then steps on 2nd base to get the runner out from 1st. Sound right?
I reckon a review of a number of double plays thrown to 1st base is needed. I feel a few of them gave any benefit of the doubt to the 1st baseman when it looked the runner clearly was safe!!!
13:13 It always amazes me how few announcers and players do not understand this rule. Lead runner owns the base but the trail runner cannot be tagged out if the lead runner is not occupying the base. When the trail runner was tagged the lead runner was not on the base. Only one out. The fielder at least did react correctly, tagging the trail runner first. Just doesn't count if the lead runner is not in contact with the base.
Correct. The trailing runner had reached third base safely and he was the only runner occupying the bag when the tag was applied so he was not out. IF the lead runner was also occupying third, the trailing runner could be tagged out (UNLESS the trailing runner was forced to advance in which case it is the lead runner who could be tagged out, but not the case here).
@@egcgc7125 Because the umpire got it wrong. In his defense, he was blocked. But the trail runner, if he is on the base, is only out if the lead runner is also on base. He wasn't when the trail runner was tagged so he should have been safe. The third baseman did exactly what he is supposed to do, tag the trail runner and then the lead runner as quickly as possible. The trail runner is out and you hope the lead runner is not paying attention and leaves the base. You then tag him again.
@@egcgc7125 Not immediately. When there is no force (as there wasn't here) the lead runner owns the base until he safely occupies the next base. So if both runners were on the base and the fielder tagged them both, the trail runner is out and the lead runner is safe. The reason the fielder will (should) always tag both runners is hoping the lead runner forgets the rule and is confused by the umpire calling someone out and then leaves the base. It happens far too often in this level of play. After he leaves the base he can be tagged out.
BIAMBUTO, CUANDO HAY CORREDOR EN TERCERA CON MENOS DE DOS OUT Y EL JUEGO ESTA EMPATADO O SE GANA O SE PIERDE POR UN MARGEN CERRADO ES INDUDABLE QUE SI EL FLY O LINEA ES EN ZONA FOUL, EL FILDEADOR NO LA TOMARA EVITANDO EL PISA Y CORRE. ELEMENTAL, MI BUEN AMIGO, ELEMENTAL.
A few years ago. The white sox did the same thing at first base during playoffs( vs Astros) and they said the runner had established a path to the base. In the white sox game the runner was 3 feet into the field vs where Tucker was. This should not have been called.
estoy observando las jugadas me impresiona unas dónde el fildeador malabarea con la pelota en ovaciones asta tres beses la pelota sin estar en en mano entonses dónde debe el corredor de tercera o alguna otra base salir en el pisa y corre
Wow! I have never seen anything so RARE as losing a fly ball in the sun! This is CRAZY RARE stuff! A juggling catch at the wall! Rarer than ANYTHING! Not to mention how baseball HISTORY seems to go back about 10 years! This is really great stuff! WOW!
Those were the most bestest and most craziest plays ive seen from the most funnest game ever played in the most beautifulest parks in the most bestest cities in America.
13:07 The trail runner should have been safe there. If both were touching the base at the time of the tag, the trail runner is out by rule. But when the tag was made, the lead runner had already come off the bag. He was correctly called out when he was tagged off the bag.
@@BigBri550 Seriously? Is a "double superlative" literate? I'm being facetious when I refer to "compound superlatives", as I believe they're just another example of our national fugue to illiteracy. BTW, are you familiar with the now-defunct group, SPELL? Thanks for your response. REGARDS
I would retitle this to something else. A "rare" play in baseball is something like an unassisted triple play, a perfect game, or an immaculate inning.
The things that professional athletes can do with their bodies is amazing. It always shows me just how much more athletic they are than the rest of us.
@@ratdad48 its mostly because baseball is one of those sports where for whatever reason people in the big leagues genuinely give up on the play before it is over it happens multiple times a game every game and coaches literally do not really care about it i.e giving up running to first before the ball has reached, flyballs being dropped cause nobody took the time to call it theirs or nobody trying to catch it off a ricochet etc, I'm not saying baseball doesn't have people who try hard or anything along those lines it's just that you see an unprecedented level of it compared to other sports like Football, Soccer, Rugby, Lacrosse, Basketball, Hockey etc.
So very true. I played some baseball and seen great plays with my own eyes on the field and even playing with the neighborhood boys.. Making good plays should be routine for a pro player.
11:52 if you pause it, you can see the base runner's foot on the bag while the ball is a whole 2-3 ft from the glove, ouch. He was actually almost a full stride past the bag once the ball went into the glove.
00:56,..... That ball hit the ground,... Pause it and go one frame at a time (Pause the video, .. then press the period . to go forward, and the comma , to go back one frame at a time). And see it hit the ground in just one frame then the forward motion of the glove scooped it up right after...
Is there a rule for when a player bobbles the ball before catching a fly ball while a runner is tagging up? Seems harder for runner to advance in this case...
Can somebody with better video controls please go to 3:08 and tell me that didn’t hit the foul line. Was the call that his glove was between the ball end the foul line when the ball bounced?
I love old plays... I remember one where Bob Knepper was going the wrong way to throw the ball on a squib, so he threw it to Denny Walling (3B) who threw it to first. The problem is that those old videos are grainy as hell. I like seeing a few thrown in there but a whole video of low fi would hurt my eyes.
12:09, ... Pause the video when he is at his highest when he catches this ball... He jumped almost as high as his hight... about to his chest high... Unreal... *: )*
Play at the one minute mark. He did not catch the ball before it hit the ground. You can see the bounce before his glove gets it. He caught it off the bounce.
Yeah. I love baseball but mainly because I played it as a kid. Organized or sand lot, it was a blast. I watch it mainly because in between plays or even pitches not only can I plot strategy but I get to remember some good times.
@@craigd9058 Nope, if you advance it frame-by-frame (using the comma and period keys on your keyboard) you can see the ball bounce and start moving _up_ one frame before he gets his glove under it.
