You didnt even mention the next "Pirates" thing in the same game. Cubs batter was "hit" and went to first, the Pirates challenged and he was not hit, so they brought him back from first and he hit a homerun.
What’s hilarious is even Baez thought the play was over and even if he got tagged the run counted. 1st base, catcher, 2nd base, and runner all fucking clueless.
@@Someothername2134 Javi has one of the highest baseball IQ's i've ever seen. I'd be willing to bet what happened was exactly what he wanted. The defense had been lazy the whole inning. bait him to throw home and since he can see no one covered 1st, it's an easy base. the run is just extra.
I, for one, think it's great that the Pirates allow fans to step in from time to time as First Basemen, even if they're clearly inexperienced and don't know the basic rules of the game. What an exhilarating exhibition match this must've been for that contest winner, whoever he is.
Is Javy secretly the son of the speedy guy in the Sandlot movie? 😕 Cause only a fictional movie character could help his teammate score from 2nd on a simple grounder to 3rd.
and then he makes it to 2nd, after running all the way back to home. Thats the most inexcusable thing ive ever seen. That he scores himself is a travesty. Pirates, turn in your uniforms! Did this happen in 2021?
@N Mussell If you follow precisely what happened, that would be the wrong conclusion. Go freeze the clip @ 1:26, and you'll see at that precise moment Javy Baez had already shifted his momentum to head back towards first base BEFORE the catcher even got the ball. Now, at that precise moment, all the catcher had to do was just get one more out, and he would be out of the inning - regardless of whether it was Baez or the runner already committing himself in his slide to home plate. which of those 2 runners would be the more logical choice to go after - the one already coming at him by going towards home plate, or the other runner (Baez) running away from him and going back towards first base, where the catcher would then have to try and chase him down, in full catcher's gear, with nobody covering first base to toss the ball to? Of course, it would be to try to tag the runner out sliding at home. The runner was safe, and then the heads up catcher did the next best maneuver in trying to get Baez out running away from him, which of course there was no way he could have succeeded in doing based on the facts I mentioned previously in this comment.
When the hitter is standing at home plate, WITH the first baseman, and HE is calling the run safe, before running to first, you know something is SOOO fucking wrong here.
The thing I DIDNT know about this from other clips was that the runner that scored was on second...I thought the baiting was happening because he was on 3rd. Nope, he came all the way from second, thats 2 bases that the Pirates let that guy swipe, before then giving the batter another two on top.
The scorekeeper did actually come up with an official ruling. I don’t remember what it was, but the announcers mentioned what it was and it was a mouthful
I kinda wish the right fielder had come in to cover first base and successfully gotten the out so it could go down in the books as a 5-3-2-9 force at first.
@@XCodes I think another video said it was FC, RBI, then E2 for the throw to first. Only physical errors count, not mental ones like 'not getting Baez out'.
To say this is a Little League mistake is an insult to Little Leaguer first basemen who would have stepped on 1B with no issue. T-ball probably the last time you regularly see this mistake.
@@Swiggityswagger I honestly think it wasn't that advanced. You see a guy trying to tag you out, you run away from him. Even T-ballers understand the concept of "tag".
While I wouldn't agree with the decision, if a parent of a little leaguer first baseman who messed up this badly walked out onto the field to beat the kids ass in front of God and everybody, I would understand where the parent was coming from.
My 6 year old son asked “why didn’t he just step on first base?” Being a Pirates fan is a hard thing to be. There’s Nutting holding us back from a winning season.
JT because as long as every MLB team gets over 60mil a year in revenue sharing regardless of whether or not they are on TV alot allows bottom line bob to make ridiculous profits even if only 10 people show up to the stadium every year. With pirates payroll nutting makes around 30 mil a year in profits just from revenue sharing
@@chaosawaits it was brilliantly played by the Cubs. Baez baited him and he fell for it, Contreras went from 2nd to home, Javy ended up on 2nd. Tell me what part of that was dumb lol
Two weeks later the first basemen (Will Craig) was sent back down to Triple-A. A month later and he was shipped off to South Korea. He plays for the Kiwoom Heroes of the Korea Baseball Organization. The guy signed a contract worth $371K. Craig was not re-signed for the 2022 season and is currently a free agent.
My buddy tried explaining this play to me verbally and I was like no way, youre not explaining this correctly ... then I watch this video and I am literally watching it unfold in front of my eyes and I am still saying no way, no way, no way ... unreal
This has to be MLB's first ever rundown between *first and home.* In what scenario could the runner save himself by retreating toward home, other than the first baseman forgetting that he can just touch the base to force out the runner??
Years ago one of the Giants radio guys told a story during a game about a guy grounded out like this. Except in this version they get him in a RUNDOWN with several throws...then they get him headed back home where he slides in head first, the catcher takes the throw and applies the tag...and the Umpire yells "SAFE!!"
@@brandonsolis6911 obviously someone would want to buy them. Even being a joke the pirates would turn a profit. They’re this bad because they won’t pay major league talent to play for them and instead they have this.
@@CoDatMeBro true dat.... That was some wild shit to see on a major league level.... Any kids out there just remember if u ever have a bad game, even pro teams look terrible at times so don't beat yourself up too much
@@OriginalGymBo If we adopt the NFL convention of awarding half sacks, then the first baseman, the catcher, and the second baseman all get full errors and the rest get the half error. Baez was right there, the catcher almost accidentally tagged him going for the swipe tag of the lead runner.
@@russellcurtis2501 this is the mlb not the nfl they already got their own rules. Which by those if we are overly observant, first baseman and catcher get one obv. Pitcher and second base because no one covered first. Right field for not backing up and shortstop for not catching the throw.
The worst kind of error is mental errors. U have to always be aware of your surroundings and in tune with the game. You play 2 outs always different as a runner and a fielder. Less than two outs sure if you want to prevent the run throw to home. With two outs the only thing you should be worried about is getting the sure out because all force plays ends a play without runs being counted.
@@Mocityspirit yeah, I don’t pay much attention to the pirates until weird things like this happen to be completely fair. Honestly, if they need help, let me know. I’ll give it a shot. 😂
You are correct, literally insane! When my son first sent me the link to this play I didn’t realize there were two outs. I doubt there has ever been a play like this in 150 years of MLB
The more crazy, mind blowing thing about this is that no one on the Pirates team, on the field and in the dugout, not once did anyone yell at him to just turn around and touch first base... Like the whole team was fixated on the run down for the tag, like it was the only way to get the runner out or something. LOL
Javy himself didn't realize the full implication of the play either. He comically stood there exuberantly waving his arms in calling the other runner safe at home - not realizing that he still had to travel the full 90 feet to safely get to first base for the run to even count 🤣.
Noone on the team thought Wil Allen was going to make a throw to try to get the runner at home. Javy had nowhere to go. Allen only needed a few more steps to tag Baez and then the unbelievable happened as Allen apparently didn't know basic baseball rules and the hilarity ensued...
Why weren't Craig's teamates and coaches yelling at him to step on 1st base? Why did nobody run to cover 1st? The entire team fell asleep on this entire sequence.
During this inning the Pirates broadcast was interviewing one of the Pirates coaches, and he was talking about how the Pirates were making heads up plays, and how proud they were. Then Javy bats, the broadcaster starts to laugh probably thinking "oh, Javy being Javy once again", but when the rundown keeps going he says "well, actually, shouldn't be laughing, as that's a BAD IDEA. OH MY GOODNESS". The coach they were interviewing simply took off his headphones and left, didn't say goodbye or anything. xD
It just goes to show, in every baseball game there's a chance you'll see something you've never seen before. I've been watching baseball for more than 40 years, and this is the first time I've seen a play like this.
That's what I was thinking also. I've never seen this play before. And it was pretty damn amazing. He was almost to 1st and ran all the way back almost to home and then finished up at second base. Wth?!
Will Craig, the Pirates 1B who chased Baez to home, was released outright to the team's AAA affiliate 13 days later. One month later he signed with the Kiwoom Heroes in the KBO but was not resigned after the 2021 season. He remains unsigned.
I feel like baseball players are so completely used to routines that when something unexpected happens their brains just shut down. Even if they are 100% right, if you act like you know something they don't it sends them into panic mode.
Exactly. The game the way it's played now with every team knowing where the guy is going to hit the ball, most plays in the infield are mind numbingly routine. This shit caused the entire Pirates defense to glitch out for like 3 minutes lmao
A bit like golf. You go out and enjoy the air and the dirt and the grass and when someone asks you how many strokes that was, you don't really know because you had been in your zen place for the last twenty minutes. It was probably a lot of strokes because being really good at golf or baseball is hard work.
Agreed because there is no way everyone involved in this play forgot there was 2 outs. Mago stumped the first basemen into thinking there was only 1 out. Or maybe mago thought their was 1 out??
What made it worse was that the Pirates announcer didn’t realize he could’ve just stepped on first base for the force out and was repeatedly yelling “TAG HIM!!”
That has to be the worst defensive series in the history of baseball. Sure, there have been more costly errors, but this is just sloppy, lazy and careless play. I'm not even a big baseball fan, but even I know that a forced runner has to reach base safely for a run to count when there's 2 outs. I count 7 mistakes.
1. Bad throw from 3B to first. 2. 1B chases Baez down the line instead of stepping on the bag. 3. 1B tosses to C instead of tagging Baez. 4. C tries to tag runner scoring from third instead of tagging Baez. 5. C makes bad throw to first. 6. 2B not covering first and misses the throw. 7. RF backing up the play misses the throw. 8. Bad throw from RF to second. 9. SS misses the throw to second.
Seriously? He had no reason to do that. I mean it worked I guess but it wasn't some genius move, the idiot first baseman should have known the rules and just went to the base. That's why no one does this.
When you said this would be one of the dumbest plays you'll see on a baseball field, I couldn't have imagined it would even be this bad. Holy shit, that was horrible. The 11-12 year old team I coach would have easily made the correct decision here...
But somehow MLB hyped it up as "El Mago with the magical baserunning" on their front page... No, MLB, No.. he failed hard and should have been an easy out. Craig just decided to fail harder.
Because Baez didn't know he still had to reach 1B safely for the run to count. Baez was as ignorant of the rule as the Pirates were. Baez only went to 1B because he realized he still was not out.
@@jefflewis4 it's amazing that I as someone with extremely limited knowledge of baseball knew that with 2 outs the hitter has to safely reach 1st for any runs to count. Yet, MLB players evidently did not know.
I’m a life long Cubs fan from Chicago and I remember laughing so hard watching this play unfold live. My family came running into the room to see what I was reacting to. This has to be the dumbest play I’ve ever seen. I love it!
@@davemarshall1597 Orioles are much better than the Pirates. They just a bad team with the second hardest schedule in baseball. The Pirates are an awful team in the cup-cake division.
Yet, he made it through HS, college, the minors, and is a pro. A bad day on his part doesn’t make you a baseball prodigy. What round of the draft did you go in?
@@dadof3tngirls So he made it through HS, college, the minors and is a pro and then immediately reverted back to Little League here. All that work down the drain :(
Honestly, this ranks right up there with Randy Johnson's birdball as one of the wackiest things I've ever seen in baseball. There are weird mistakes. There are errors. But what Baez did to Craig here is something else entirely. It's like the baseball equivalent of one of those old Bugs Bunny cartoons where he tricks Elmer Fudd into shooting himself in the face. The forceout at first is one of those simple, basic rules of the game that we teach little leaguers. The idea that you can fool a PROFESSIONAL into trying to run you down while you inexplicably run towards home is just next-level trickery.
There's a basic human tendency to chase after someone running away from you; it's using a small force to draw a larger one into an ambush was such a common tactic in medieval warfare.
If it wasn’t for Javy, this play is almost too moronic to watch. He did a great job of creating chaos but I’d be sending the 1st baseman back to the minors immediately.
I've never seen 6 mistakes in one play. If the throw from third was better we wouldn't even be here. If the first baseman went to the bag instead of chasing Javy we wouldn't be here. If the first baseman had just kept chasing Javy all the way home he'd be out because Javy is out of legal room to run when he gets to the plate. Tossing the ball to the catcher was a mistake, obviously, he just needed to get Baez out. Then the 2nd baseman didn't notice 1st was wide open for the whole play. And finally, the only error scored: the throw to first that allowed Baez to get to second. A good throw and Baez is still safe but safe at 1st. There you go: 6 distinct mistakes!
@@DannyECO7 I’m not even joking when I say that either in a way all of the big market teams cheat too so it’s only fair. We’re already at such a disadvantage so like I said it’s only fair lol
1:11 is a hilarious image, you'd be hard pressed to explain how it could even have happened if someone just showed you that picture and didn't give any context
I still come back to this play two years later. I don’t why but this reminds me of the movie ‘The Three Amigos’ when the bad guys arrive to wipe out the town but all of the townsfolk are running around the town dressed up as the Amigos shooting guns from everywhere and one of the bad guys, in confusion, shouts out ‘WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING?!’
Baez had to be thinking “they’re never going to fall for this...” then the Pirates went and did Pirates things. It seems like so long since this team was showing some promise four or five years ago.
genuinely interested in javy's knowledge of that rule and where he learned that play and if he's ever seen someone run back home as inspo. this is like a urban legend. unreal play.
If he knew the rule why would he start celebrating after the runner touched home - he still needs to be safe at first for anything that happened previously to matter
This play deserves so much more analysis! The umpires call us so much more complicated than is explained. Calling a runner safe on a close play at home is NOT the same as being interrupted as the run scores. Much the same way four outs can be called in one inning (not talking about reaching first on a strike out). This has actually happened - runners, bases loaded, batter hits a ball to the gap, runner on third jogs home, runner on second scores but has to really hustle to make it, runner on first thrown out by 20 feet for the third out of the inning. However, defense thinks the runner who scored from second base missed the bag rounding third and wants to appeal. But can they? The 3rd out of the inning has been recorded already. So they appeal….ump calls him out! Boom, fourth out of the inning!
@@Xplora213 this is like some mlb the show 99 shit, when the controller wouldn't register the right button, and you pressed throw to first and you threw it the CF for some reason.
Hello McFly is anybody in there?! JK. (Back to the future) The "whole" is shorthand for the rabbit whole that is YT. Ya know when you cant stop clicking the next recommended vid until you get lost and end up watching random stuff like breaking balloons filled with ice...
The most rare of something you will never see is that the first base coach (jomboy edited it after he did it) was when Baez after the guy was safe at home the first base coach is waving him to first!!!!! You have to watch it on MLB videos of the play to see this...wow...Never will you see the first base caoch waving the BATTER to first....lol
"He's called safe both both Javi AND the ump." I lost my shit! I'm surprised I didn't wake somebody up. You really flubbed it in your assessment of the grounder to first. As you can see in the second clip of that play, he literally got handcuffed, on a short hop, as he was diving. It didn't eat him up. That was a GREAT play to keep the ball on the infield (in an inning that would have been over of it wasn't for him).
This is the funniest thing I've ever seen in baseball. The fact he called safe on the runner going home before running to 1st got me good.
same haha God bless Jesus loves and God has a plan for all have a blessed day
Right 😂😂😂 Javy almost forgot he was still in play when he called Willson safe 🤣🤣🤣
Just when we think we’ve seen it all in baseball, something like this happens lol
And he still got to second which makes it even better
@@CarLitozWayzz exactly .......
You didnt even mention the next "Pirates" thing in the same game. Cubs batter was "hit" and went to first, the Pirates challenged and he was not hit, so they brought him back from first and he hit a homerun.
Lmao
Hahahahhaaha
Absolutely beautiful
My stomach is hurting from laughing at this holy shit!!!
This needs to be his next review. 😂
Baez emphatically giving the safe signal as Contreras slides into home before he runs to first is my favorite thing ever.
SAFE SAFE OH FUCK I GOTTA GO
@@SuperNuclearUnicorn You can literally see him think "I can't belive that fucking worked hell yeah!" followed by "Oh shit its still working lmao"
What’s hilarious is even Baez thought the play was over and even if he got tagged the run counted. 1st base, catcher, 2nd base, and runner all fucking clueless.
Might be the best baseball moment of all time.
@@Someothername2134 Javi has one of the highest baseball IQ's i've ever seen. I'd be willing to bet what happened was exactly what he wanted. The defense had been lazy the whole inning. bait him to throw home and since he can see no one covered 1st, it's an easy base. the run is just extra.
I, for one, think it's great that the Pirates allow fans to step in from time to time as First Basemen, even if they're clearly inexperienced and don't know the basic rules of the game. What an exhilarating exhibition match this must've been for that contest winner, whoever he is.
Crying😭😭😭😭
LMFAO 😂😂😂😂
Comment of the day, maybe the week
Criminally underrated
this is why the pirates aren't a playoff team
Baez calling the runner safe before running all the way to second is the most Speedy Gonzalez Looney Tunes thing I’ve ever seen
HAHAHAHA
Is Javy secretly the son of the speedy guy in the Sandlot movie? 😕 Cause only a fictional movie character could help his teammate score from 2nd on a simple grounder to 3rd.
😂😂😂
Straight savage . I know everybody seen that nobodys said anything
Shows the mind game that can be used in that moment. Baez was genius to try that move, regardless.
This is the most Baez thing ever, while also being the most Pirates thing ever.
Haha it truly is. It truly, truly is.
Perfect summary
Baez even had time to call him safe and still make it to second lmao
There is no better way to describe this
You don’t have the best screen name ever, only #2
The entire city of Pittsburgh has been down bad in 2021. You'd have thought Tristan Jarry was playing first base with that decision-making.
Did this send you into Yinzer mode?
F
I read this in your voice
Baez just went glove side high and Pittsburgh had no idea what to do with that.
@@andrewrichter2231 I guarantee this sent him into full rage Yinzer mode.
1:29 My favorite part is how Baez sticks around to call the runner safe, but then is like “oh shit...I should run to first!”
Yup, he had a brain fart on the play, just like the rest of the Pirates team did with the exception of the catcher.
and then he makes it to 2nd, after running all the way back to home. Thats the most inexcusable thing ive ever seen. That he scores himself is a travesty. Pirates, turn in your uniforms! Did this happen in 2021?
@N Mussell If you follow precisely what happened, that would be the wrong conclusion. Go freeze the clip @ 1:26, and you'll see at that precise moment Javy Baez had already shifted his momentum to head back towards first base BEFORE the catcher even got the ball. Now, at that precise moment, all the catcher had to do was just get one more out, and he would be out of the inning - regardless of whether it was Baez or the runner already committing himself in his slide to home plate. which of those 2 runners would be the more logical choice to go after - the one already coming at him by going towards home plate, or the other runner (Baez) running away from him and going back towards first base, where the catcher would then have to try and chase him down, in full catcher's gear, with nobody covering first base to toss the ball to? Of course, it would be to try to tag the runner out sliding at home. The runner was safe, and then the heads up catcher did the next best maneuver in trying to get Baez out running away from him, which of course there was no way he could have succeeded in doing based on the facts I mentioned previously in this comment.
i seen this part and thought he would be out for being out of baseline
We'll never see anything like this again 😂
Pirates GM: look, we're going to tank, but don't make it obvious
Pirates:
🤣
(Them in a Seinfeld voice) I don't want to be a Pirate!
Pirates GM has been tanking every seaon for the better part of 2 decades...
Lmao... Good one. Guys, nobody is going to believe that!!
That first baseman was their first round pick 😂
This was so incredible Javy literally had time to fuck around and celebrate Contreras being safe before heading to first
second* lol
He fucked around and made the others have to find out.
Yeah, this was crazy.
And then on to second...
When the hitter is standing at home plate, WITH the first baseman, and HE is calling the run safe, before running to first, you know something is SOOO fucking wrong here.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
LOL
Baez was like, "oh shit that's right i'm a runner" lol
utube comment of the day.
Correct, I’m not certain that umpire should of made any call there?
The same runner beat three tag attempts -- at home, first, and second -- on the same play. Has that ever happened before?
Let me look it.... no. Never.
The thing I DIDNT know about this from other clips was that the runner that scored was on second...I thought the baiting was happening because he was on 3rd. Nope, he came all the way from second, thats 2 bases that the Pirates let that guy swipe, before then giving the batter another two on top.
I bet that was the first rundown on the first baseline ever.....
It has probably happened at second, third, and home before.
Probably happened, small bunt leads to an attempted tag at home, followed by miss throws like this
If I were the scorekeeper, I'd just write "some nonsense" with a hyperlink to a video replay of what happened.
The scorekeeper did actually come up with an official ruling. I don’t remember what it was, but the announcers mentioned what it was and it was a mouthful
I kinda wish the right fielder had come in to cover first base and successfully gotten the out so it could go down in the books as a 5-3-2-9 force at first.
@@opie7789 It was some complicated variation of a fielder's choice. Still doesn't come close to telling the story of wtf happened.
@@XCodes I think another video said it was FC, RBI, then E2 for the throw to first. Only physical errors count, not mental ones like 'not getting Baez out'.
"E3 - being dumb"
Lol
To say this is a Little League mistake is an insult to Little Leaguer first basemen who would have stepped on 1B with no issue. T-ball probably the last time you regularly see this mistake.
Maybe kickball...
you wouldn't even see it there because even T-ballers wouldn't think to run back to home because it should never help you.
Seriously, worst run-down ever.
@@Swiggityswagger I honestly think it wasn't that advanced. You see a guy trying to tag you out, you run away from him. Even T-ballers understand the concept of "tag".
While I wouldn't agree with the decision, if a parent of a little leaguer first baseman who messed up this badly walked out onto the field to beat the kids ass in front of God and everybody, I would understand where the parent was coming from.
The fact that Baez stopped and celebrated b4 going back to first is by far the best part of the whole sequence
Rizzo laughing uncontrollably is my fav part
Was also dumb cause if they had got him at first the run didnt count anyway
@@ParadingWolves that’s the whole point of the video dude
@@levirodriguez7903 Lol, was great too.
@@ParadingWolves Really?! We had no idea!
My 6 year old son asked “why didn’t he just step on first base?” Being a Pirates fan is a hard thing to be. There’s Nutting holding us back from a winning season.
As a Mets fan I know the feeling. How the hell does an MLB team bat out of order?
That, my son, is what known as a bonehead play.
Hope you’re feeling better about the Pirates! Nutting actually looks slightly competent right now
@@IRllyDoThis time will tell. We do this almost every year. I agree they do look good…….so far.
It’s moment like these where you just gotta hug your son and give him one of those “Truthful yet comforting” talks.
I love how Jomboy makes the fans characters in his little narratives. Always hilarious.
Ha ha! I know him! Tom from Burghs
That fan looked like a bloated bret favre
This whole series of events is the most Pittsburgh Piratesy thing ever. Bravo
Andy Van Slyke and Sid Bream would say otherwise.
JT because as long as every MLB team gets over 60mil a year in revenue sharing regardless of whether or not they are on TV alot allows bottom line bob to make ridiculous profits even if only 10 people show up to the stadium every year. With pirates payroll nutting makes around 30 mil a year in profits just from revenue sharing
The dumbest and most wonderful play I’ve ever seen.
Give it up for Omar!! Love the channel, sir.
Beautiful play for Cubs fans.
@@byebyebye1334 it was a dumb play for cubs too lolol, you just got lucky the pirates were more dumb
@@chaosawaits can you explain why for the cubs??🤔 I dont see why for the cubs
@@chaosawaits it was brilliantly played by the Cubs. Baez baited him and he fell for it, Contreras went from 2nd to home, Javy ended up on 2nd. Tell me what part of that was dumb lol
I haven't played baseball in 30 years, and I still remember runs don't count if a force-out ends an inning. Thank you for this moment of wtf-ness.
"He's called safe by both Javy, AND the ump." Fucking hilarious lol
This is def Charlie Sheen movie material
This comment had me belly laughing like rizzo.
*Javi
"He was called safe by both Javy and the ump" 😂😂
Javy's safe call might be the coup de grace for me in the whole video, especially how he takes off running immediately after
@@yetigonecrazy I think its funny how he kinda stood there for a second then realized he still needed to get to first
@@yetigonecrazy lol
Pirates defense looking like a bunch of 12 year olds “trying” to play baseball
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I think even 6 year olds know that a runner going to first is a force play.
-12 years old
@@ttewb12 that’s for one singular person, he’s describing a group of people that are 12 years old. He’s using the correct term
I think I was smarter when I was 12
Two weeks later the first basemen (Will Craig) was sent back down to Triple-A. A month later and he was shipped off to South Korea. He plays for the Kiwoom Heroes of the Korea Baseball Organization. The guy signed a contract worth $371K. Craig was not re-signed for the 2022 season and is currently a free agent.
Hey that's pretty damn good money for playing a game
Hey that's pretty damn good money for playing a game
Hey that’s pretty damn good money for playing a game
Hey that’s pretty damn good money for playing a game
Hey that's pretty damn good money for playing a game
My buddy tried explaining this play to me verbally and I was like no way, youre not explaining this correctly ... then I watch this video and I am literally watching it unfold in front of my eyes and I am still saying no way, no way, no way ... unreal
Haha that’s hilarious
Crazy how quick he made this. This happened like 1 hour ago
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Jimmy knew he had to strike while the iron was scalding hot
these vids take like 10 minutes to make come on man LOL
Are you kidding me? We needed the breakdown as soon as it happended.
I wish he made it an hour sooner
This has to be MLB's first ever rundown between *first and home.* In what scenario could the runner save himself by retreating toward home, other than the first baseman forgetting that he can just touch the base to force out the runner??
Or tag him instead of throwing to the catcher.. maybe he didn't know the rule either though
@@Icewarrior101 the catcher went for the lead runner too and then stood there lol
For a moment I thought if he reached home, he would just restart his at bat lol
@@RuTube981 instead of calling safe he just calls "ball" and picks up his bat lmao
Years ago one of the Giants radio guys told a story during a game about a guy grounded out like this. Except in this version they get him in a RUNDOWN with several throws...then they get him headed back home where he slides in head first, the catcher takes the throw and applies the tag...and the Umpire yells "SAFE!!"
I think my favorite thing in this whole play was watching his teammates laughing at the whole unbelievable funny antics right in front of their eyes.
Ah yes everyone’s favorite baseball play: the first to home rundown to score runner from second
With 2 outs
How nobody seemingly is screaming JUST FKN TOUCH FIRST MAN is what truly makes this whole entire thing so bizarre.
hahah God bless
I was screaming it at my house. Lol
@@nicolasdelao5387 why would the cubs 1st or 3rd base coaches tell them to tag first
Initially I thought it was even worse the Pirates were in the 1st base dugout, but no, upon further review they are along 3rd.
@@michaelfitting1164 Yeah but look at all the people on the field... not one of them could yell at him?
pat mcafee said it best - just sell the team after this XD
They are horrible, glad to be a cardinals fan to face this team 19 times, because we are horrible
Someone would have to want to buy them in that case
@@brandonsolis6911 obviously someone would want to buy them. Even being a joke the pirates would turn a profit. They’re this bad because they won’t pay major league talent to play for them and instead they have this.
He said that? 🤣
He’s from Pittsburgh, even I would say that if that was my hometown team lol
By far the most comedic play I have ever seen, just watching Baez call safe on the runner at home is still SENDING me 5 months later
I’ve been waiting for this
Pirates should be relegated to double A for this
Should’ve been in double A 5 years ago
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This is like Beer League shit.
I like how this play was so bad you just skipped triple A and said fuck it they deserve double A
Take them back to Indianapolis, all of them.
“He’s called safe by both Javy AND the ump” delivered with the deadpan you’d expect from a Leslie Nielsen movie.
That had me weak as hell lmaoo
Javy should have called him out just to add more chaos, then circled the bases for an in-park homerun while the Pirates walked off the field
@@gregmalden9809 “In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.” - Sun Tzu, The Art of War
But did the ump also sing the national anthem?
Jomboy does have a very special set of skills.
The smartest play, the dumbest play and the craziest play... all wrapped into a Javy Baez burrito.
@Drew2400 smart play by Javy for causing that man to lose all his brain cells
@@CoDatMeBro true dat.... That was some wild shit to see on a major league level.... Any kids out there just remember if u ever have a bad game, even pro teams look terrible at times so don't beat yourself up too much
@Drew2400 nobody on the defense did anything smart*
@Drew2400 Javy knew the rule, he said it in an interview bud
@@SirGreyy just let him feel like he knows everything. It may make him feel better.
Watching Rizzo laugh his ass off at this just made my day.
It’s sad seeing them lose so much, they’re my favorite minor league team
This has to be a record for fastest breakdown. That’s how dumb it was
not even close lmao. He would occasionally have breakdowns out before the game was even over back in the ol' days.
Stuff like this actually makes me feel better about being a Mariners fan
Haha I was thinking the exact same thing, I'm diehard to the Ms sadly 😆
Ya pirates are just really bad😂 I’m a cardinals fan
@Ethan Knight ya but this was not a good play by him at all this was 100% an awful play by the pirates
But the Mariners actually would never make a play as bumb as this. Especially with our Gold Glove first baseman.
Yo the nhentai profile pic
In all the millions of minutes of MLB ever played so far, we still get plays like this....
Fantastic ! 😊👍
How many errors can get charged in one groundout?
Pirates: Yes.
Lmao
Should be 9, one to the first basement for the play and 8 others for each player by association.
@@OriginalGymBo If we adopt the NFL convention of awarding half sacks, then the first baseman, the catcher, and the second baseman all get full errors and the rest get the half error. Baez was right there, the catcher almost accidentally tagged him going for the swipe tag of the lead runner.
@@russellcurtis2501 this is the mlb not the nfl they already got their own rules. Which by those if we are overly observant, first baseman and catcher get one obv. Pitcher and second base because no one covered first. Right field for not backing up and shortstop for not catching the throw.
The worst kind of error is mental errors. U have to always be aware of your surroundings and in tune with the game. You play 2 outs always different as a runner and a fielder. Less than two outs sure if you want to prevent the run throw to home. With two outs the only thing you should be worried about is getting the sure out because all force plays ends a play without runs being counted.
When you said. "Dumb play", without even knowing the teams involved, I knew Pittsburgh had to be one of them
The pirates are on the thumbnail, I call cap
😂😂😂
Ikr, it was so metlike
Pirate players were on the thumbnail. I also knew that the Cubs were involved too. Want to guess how I knew this
@@alexh8613 the thumbnail? Haha
This is insane. Literally, everything about this is... INSANE.
Not if you’ve been watching pirates baseball for the last 30 years.
@@Mocityspirit yeah, I don’t pay much attention to the pirates until weird things like this happen to be completely fair. Honestly, if they need help, let me know. I’ll give it a shot. 😂
You are correct, literally insane! When my son first sent me the link to this play I didn’t realize there were two outs. I doubt there has ever been a play like this in 150 years of MLB
The more crazy, mind blowing thing about this is that no one on the Pirates team, on the field and in the dugout, not once did anyone yell at him to just turn around and touch first base... Like the whole team was fixated on the run down for the tag, like it was the only way to get the runner out or something. LOL
Javy himself didn't realize the full implication of the play either. He comically stood there exuberantly waving his arms in calling the other runner safe at home - not realizing that he still had to travel the full 90 feet to safely get to first base for the run to even count 🤣.
Noone on the team thought Wil Allen was going to make a throw to try to get the runner at home. Javy had nowhere to go. Allen only needed a few more steps to tag Baez and then the unbelievable happened as Allen apparently didn't know basic baseball rules and the hilarity ensued...
@@davidtsang4949 Cue the Benny Hill theme.
@@davidtsang4949 He wouldn't even need to tag Javy if he had reached or passed the plate. He never should have tossed the ball to the catcher.
@@alanhess9306 it would have been hilarious if the catcher had just tagged Javy instead of trying to get the runner coming from 3rd
Why weren't Craig's teamates and coaches yelling at him to step on 1st base?
Why did nobody run to cover 1st?
The entire team fell asleep on this entire sequence.
Next on Unsolved Mysteries.
It like watching a car crash happen. All you can do is watch as it unfolds.
During this inning the Pirates broadcast was interviewing one of the Pirates coaches, and he was talking about how the Pirates were making heads up plays, and how proud they were. Then Javy bats, the broadcaster starts to laugh probably thinking "oh, Javy being Javy once again", but when the rundown keeps going he says "well, actually, shouldn't be laughing, as that's a BAD IDEA. OH MY GOODNESS". The coach they were interviewing simply took off his headphones and left, didn't say goodbye or anything. xD
there must be a psychological explanation of this... something like mass hysteria but in this case it's collective brain farts
@@samuelperezgarcia He actually said, "That's not a bad idea," referring to Baez running from Craig. And it wasn't! : )
It just goes to show, in every baseball game there's a chance you'll see something you've never seen before.
I've been watching baseball for more than 40 years, and this is the first time I've seen a play like this.
That's what I was thinking also. I've never seen this play before. And it was pretty damn amazing. He was almost to 1st and ran all the way back almost to home and then finished up at second base. Wth?!
I honestly didn't even know you could run back to home after you hit the ball, I thought they'd call him out just for that
Why didn’t the first baseman just tag him at home? The first base runner couldn’t go anywhere else, right?
@@pesco7 he forgot the rules
@@pippincovington1348 “You know the rules, and so do I” does not apply here I guess.
"For my next trick I'll turn a big leaguer into a little leaguer." El Mago
I honestly think even a little leaguer would have simply turned back to first for the force out.
Haha, awesome comment man
lol at calling Will Craig a big leaguer.
Will Craig, the Pirates 1B who chased Baez to home, was released outright to the team's AAA affiliate 13 days later. One month later he signed with the Kiwoom Heroes in the KBO but was not resigned after the 2021 season. He remains unsigned.
"That has to be the worst Pirate I've ever seen" - not quite the quote but you get it
Wait another year or two..
But you have heard of him
So it would seem
"Four stone and seventy weeks ago" -Abraham Lincoln, kinda
Do you think he plans it all out, or just makes it up as he goes along?
English is my wife's second language. When I teach her the term "shit-show", I will use this video to illustrate.
"Clusterfuck."
F.U.B.A.R.
“Pittsburgh Pirates”
Just show her 2 girls 1 cup
She will say ooh like the pirates
"He has a run down from 1st to home"
Funniest shit I have ever heard
That's the first time I've ever seen one!!
@@stephenhenion8304 probably because it's the only time there's ever been one
LMAO.....That is some funny shit. I've never seen that before in my life.
I love how he calls him safe then proceeds to run to his base.
I love how Rizzo is dying, he plays that position
Yea but he would have never done something that stupid.
Poor Willie Craig got send off to triple A today for this
@@howardsun now he’s in the kbo I think
@@howardsun I mean, that was really stupid
I feel like baseball players are so completely used to routines that when something unexpected happens their brains just shut down. Even if they are 100% right, if you act like you know something they don't it sends them into panic mode.
Exactly. The game the way it's played now with every team knowing where the guy is going to hit the ball, most plays in the infield are mind numbingly routine. This shit caused the entire Pirates defense to glitch out for like 3 minutes lmao
A bit like golf. You go out and enjoy the air and the dirt and the grass and when someone asks you how many strokes that was, you don't really know because you had been in your zen place for the last twenty minutes. It was probably a lot of strokes because being really good at golf or baseball is hard work.
Agreed because there is no way everyone involved in this play forgot there was 2 outs. Mago stumped the first basemen into thinking there was only 1 out. Or maybe mago thought their was 1 out??
Even if there was 1 out, the play should still be the same: just step on the 1st base, man.
@@lethalfang without a doubt, step on first. Get the easy out. Worry about the runner later.
In the second baseman’s defense, how many times has a second baseman had to cover first in a run down between home and first base? 😂
He was probably saying so many WTFs that he lost all sense of the play. Damn what a boneheaded play by the first baseman 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
He was probably so confused by what he was seeing his body just froze
The pitcher could have covered first, too. The off-target throw from third base got all this started - less than half the team is innocent.
I thought if you stop running to first your out.
2nd baseman was convinced it was all a bad dream; couldn’t wake himself
What made it worse was that the Pirates announcer didn’t realize he could’ve just stepped on first base for the force out and was repeatedly yelling “TAG HIM!!”
They probably knew but after the 1st basemen chased him down the line he should have just tagged him
@@styxscorpion4541 The first baseman also could have chased back to the plate where Javy would have been called out.
That has to be the worst defensive series in the history of baseball. Sure, there have been more costly errors, but this is just sloppy, lazy and careless play. I'm not even a big baseball fan, but even I know that a forced runner has to reach base safely for a run to count when there's 2 outs.
I count 7 mistakes.
1. Bad throw from 3B to first.
2. 1B chases Baez down the line instead of stepping on the bag.
3. 1B tosses to C instead of tagging Baez.
4. C tries to tag runner scoring from third instead of tagging Baez.
5. C makes bad throw to first.
6. 2B not covering first and misses the throw.
7. RF backing up the play misses the throw.
8. Bad throw from RF to second.
9. SS misses the throw to second.
@@timgraf6320 also will Craig fumbled the throw on the pickoff attempt at the beginning of the video so 8
I saw this and I was more shocked about how Javy quickly thought to turn around more than I was shocked about the 1st baseman's decisions.
Seriously? He had no reason to do that. I mean it worked I guess but it wasn't some genius move, the idiot first baseman should have known the rules and just went to the base. That's why no one does this.
@@gPjunior5 Thanks for proving my point. Nobody does this that's why I was shocked
I bet he had this on his mind and was waiting for the chance to have a laugh with the players but then realized that they fell for it
@@RJGrimReaper so it it not against the rules to run backwards in the first base path?? Played ball for years and always thought that was a rule
@@Gmoney00718 no, it just makes you an easy out because they can always throw to first so there isn't a rule against this.
Rizzo cracking up like a 5 year old is the best part of this.
Seriously! I'm not even a Cubs fan, but him laughing is everything 😂
Rizzo is getting a kick out of this
Rizzo is high IQ. I seen him drop a fly ball to get a double play. He would never fall for that shit. I didn't care cuz my money was on the cubs
@@meddlingmage23 José Cardinal used to do that kind of thing, too.
This is an example of how thoroughly the brain can break down when something that is typically routine suddenly isn't.
"WHY ARENT YOU A PIRATES FAN ANYMORE?!" - My friends
Me- "Exhibit A."
U gotta stay loyal my guy
@@aklipa23 I just don't watch anymore
@@TheRatifyer they played very well today
I could say the same thing about my Detroit Lions.
Pirates fans don't actually exist anymore, former pirates fans just laugh at them
When you said this would be one of the dumbest plays you'll see on a baseball field, I couldn't have imagined it would even be this bad. Holy shit, that was horrible. The 11-12 year old team I coach would have easily made the correct decision here...
We learned this rule in t-ball and these are professionals that don't know the rules lol. Ridiculous.
But somehow MLB hyped it up as "El Mago with the magical baserunning" on their front page... No, MLB, No.. he failed hard and should have been an easy out. Craig just decided to fail harder.
The most underrated part of the play is when Javy forgets that he still has to go to first base and celebrates to run.
I think he was making sure he was safe before putting in the effort to run to first.
That was hilarious. The guy had enough time to call the runner safe and still run back to first.
@@nxn21 he didn't have to do a whole safe call to see if he was safe or not😂
Because Baez didn't know he still had to reach 1B safely for the run to count. Baez was as ignorant of the rule as the Pirates were. Baez only went to 1B because he realized he still was not out.
@@jefflewis4 it's amazing that I as someone with extremely limited knowledge of baseball knew that with 2 outs the hitter has to safely reach 1st for any runs to count. Yet, MLB players evidently did not know.
I’m a life long Cubs fan from Chicago and I remember laughing so hard watching this play unfold live. My family came running into the room to see what I was reacting to. This has to be the dumbest play I’ve ever seen. I love it!
The more I see this play the funnier it gets. First baseman could go to the hall of fame and people will still remember this play
i hope he makes it to Cooperstown for that reason alone.
He’ll definitely be in the hall of shame
It’s George Brett all over again
"How did the Pirates fall for that one??"
Because Pirates.
I would have assumed Orioles
@@davemarshall1597 Orioles are much better than the Pirates. They just a bad team with the second hardest schedule in baseball. The Pirates are an awful team in the cup-cake division.
@@Zraknul the NL Central is doing better the the NL East right now.
@@Zraknul Point taken. Was referring to this ruclips.net/video/ZnsBftq-7Z0/видео.html
I lost more brain cells watching this than the first baseman ever had.
Yet, he made it through HS, college, the minors, and is a pro. A bad day on his part doesn’t make you a baseball prodigy. What round of the draft did you go in?
@@dadof3tngirls You don’t have to be a professional athlete to criticize STUPID decisions by professional athletes. That’s not how that works.
@@dadof3tngirls So he made it through HS, college, the minors and is a pro and then immediately reverted back to Little League here. All that work down the drain :(
@@eyceKoId difference between criticism and literally talking bad about someone though
@@dadof3tngirls why do people like you always have to ruin jokes in every single comment thread on the entirety of RUclips?
Javi calling the runner safe mid-rundown is the best part of the video
Plot twist: The guy at 2:57 was wearing a pirates jersey until seeing that play
Hahahaha! Yeah!
That guy: Was that play legal?
Honestly, this ranks right up there with Randy Johnson's birdball as one of the wackiest things I've ever seen in baseball.
There are weird mistakes. There are errors. But what Baez did to Craig here is something else entirely. It's like the baseball equivalent of one of those old Bugs Bunny cartoons where he tricks Elmer Fudd into shooting himself in the face.
The forceout at first is one of those simple, basic rules of the game that we teach little leaguers. The idea that you can fool a PROFESSIONAL into trying to run you down while you inexplicably run towards home is just next-level trickery.
It's what I've heard called "Fun Bad."
Bad is when you lose a pop-up in the sun.
Fun Bad is when you lose a pop-up in a Gatorade bucket.
There's a basic human tendency to chase after someone running away from you; it's using a small force to draw a larger one into an ambush was such a common tactic in medieval warfare.
Funniest sh-t I've seen in quite a while. Thanks Jomboy!
You can curse it's ok
@@feints7714 No, I will tell his mom.
You look like the shirtless fan 😂😂😂
If it wasn’t for Javy, this play is almost
too moronic to watch. He did a great job of creating chaos but I’d be sending the 1st baseman back to the minors immediately.
this dude went packing all the way to korea, in fact.
@@danr154 Hehe, you beat me to this comment.
Make him give back his baseball money.
Was the 1st baseman interviewed after the game? What was his explanation?
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Ladies and gentlemen, the Pirates.
Big talk coming from a Phillies fan, I know. I am very sad.
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Still good for second in the division, which is something.
As a Phillies fan living in Pittsburgh, I was thinking the same thing
I've never seen 6 mistakes in one play. If the throw from third was better we wouldn't even be here. If the first baseman went to the bag instead of chasing Javy we wouldn't be here. If the first baseman had just kept chasing Javy all the way home he'd be out because Javy is out of legal room to run when he gets to the plate. Tossing the ball to the catcher was a mistake, obviously, he just needed to get Baez out. Then the 2nd baseman didn't notice 1st was wide open for the whole play. And finally, the only error scored: the throw to first that allowed Baez to get to second. A good throw and Baez is still safe but safe at 1st. There you go: 6 distinct mistakes!
Man, Javy did this man dirty... But, in all honesty, it was the entire Pirates defense.
Lol the mlb should let the pirates cheat way more than any other team so the playing field is at least a little more even
@@jakedasnake7703 They need their own trash can! I don't even think anyone would be mad.
@@micros5004 Hahaaa yep
True, and even then there might be no salvation for them.
@@DannyECO7 I’m not even joking when I say that either in a way all of the big market teams cheat too so it’s only fair. We’re already at such a disadvantage so like I said it’s only fair lol
This is going in the greatest moment of all time for a while.
I think even 20 years from now, and I'm depressed, I'll just pull up this memory and laugh my tush off!
1:11 is a hilarious image, you'd be hard pressed to explain how it could even have happened if someone just showed you that picture and didn't give any context
Top caption: When you're a Pirate
Bottom caption: And you try to do baseball
“I swear on my mother’s grave this image is not flipped.”
“Liar!!”
“Can’t anyone here play this game?” Casey Stengel
Javy can’t be stopped.
@@cpt0118 he can be stopped if it's anybody but the pirates getting him out
I like to imagine Jimmy interrupted one of his podcasts to go do the breakdown, because nothing was more important than breaking down that play.
I still come back to this play two years later. I don’t why but this reminds me of the movie ‘The Three Amigos’ when the bad guys arrive to wipe out the town but all of the townsfolk are running around the town dressed up as the Amigos shooting guns from everywhere and one of the bad guys, in confusion, shouts out ‘WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING?!’
Every other mlb related channel: smartest baserunning play
Jomboy: one of the dumber plays you'll ever see
It's dumb because Baez didn't know the rules either
@@chaosawaits I think he did and he's just trolling
He's not wrong - a LOT of dumb things had to happen for this whole sequence to occur.
All about perspective. Smart from one angle, dumb from the other.
@@WeArePharmers Sometimes when you're trying to cause advantageous chaos, you get *exactly* what you want.
This literally broke my brain, like come on, I was yelling “step on the bag” at my tv over and over
Us: You are without a doubt the worst Pirate I’ve ever heard of.
Captain Jack Craig: But you have heard of me.
Stop! He's already dead inside!
Classic
Rizzo’s laugh is the cherry on top of the sundae😂😂😂😂😂😂
“Called safe by both javi and the ump” 😂😂😂
That right there is an instant classic.
The fact that there's like 12 levels to how the Pirates could've saved the fuckup but still managed not to
Baez had to be thinking “they’re never going to fall for this...” then the Pirates went and did Pirates things. It seems like so long since this team was showing some promise four or five years ago.
I always feel bad for that 1st baseman since he's not in the MLB anymore but I really love this breakdown.
genuinely interested in javy's knowledge of that rule and where he learned that play and if he's ever seen someone run back home as inspo. this is like a urban legend. unreal play.
i mean, you're usually told to get into rundown to buy time for the other runner, but never seen it done between 1st and home lol
If he knew the rule why would he start celebrating after the runner touched home - he still needs to be safe at first for anything that happened previously to matter
@@mochiyeosang1908 beautiful use of psychology and physiology- engage the prey mechanism by pretending to run and slide home
This has nothing to do with Baez. The 1B is a moron.
@@DJ_Smooshypoops has everything to do with baez, its obvious he baits the 1b who doesnt know the rule.
>one of
My dude this is the single dumbest play in the history of baseball. You're underselling it.
When you said “dumb play” i really never thought it could be this bad in a professional game.
This play deserves so much more analysis! The umpires call us so much more complicated than is explained. Calling a runner safe on a close play at home is NOT the same as being interrupted as the run scores. Much the same way four outs can be called in one inning (not talking about reaching first on a strike out). This has actually happened - runners, bases loaded, batter hits a ball to the gap, runner on third jogs home, runner on second scores but has to really hustle to make it, runner on first thrown out by 20 feet for the third out of the inning. However, defense thinks the runner who scored from second base missed the bag rounding third and wants to appeal. But can they? The 3rd out of the inning has been recorded already. So they appeal….ump calls him out! Boom, fourth out of the inning!
“One of the dumber plays you’ll ever see happen on a baseball field” Not in the MLB mind you; on ANY baseball field.
Good call. I don’t remember seeing anything so ridiculous in little league. Not even close.
@@Xplora213 this is like some mlb the show 99 shit, when the controller wouldn't register the right button, and you pressed throw to first and you threw it the CF for some reason.
@@michag4337 gotta trick the runner into breaking for second somehow 😂
Pirates Fans: "What is dead may never die."
No one in the stands even looks disappointed lol.
'can't disappoint the fans if theres none in the stands'- an old Pirates adage, probably
Cant be disappointed if you’re already dead inside
*chokes back tears*
Lol as if we haven't been numb to this kind of shit for years now
Idiocy with this organization is the norm, we are used to it 🙄😂
There were probably no Pirates fans in the stands, there’s your answer for no disappointment
I've watched this so many times now. I still can't believe this is real.
Me too! My stomach hurts from laughing every time Javy calls the runner safe!
“Catcher on catcher crime.” 😂
Jomboy has a funny, yet pertinent, line every other line. 👍 This channel alone is making me like baseball again.
This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a while. At the same Time makes My brain hurt! 🤣🤣🤣
This comment makes no grammatical sense, the only reason it has any likes is the check mark next to your name
Like what does that first sentence even mean?? What’s up with the random incorrect capitalization in the second sentence??
Hello McFly is anybody in there?! JK. (Back to the future) The "whole" is shorthand for the rabbit whole that is YT. Ya know when you cant stop clicking the next recommended vid until you get lost and end up watching random stuff like breaking balloons filled with ice...
Hope this helps!👍
Your comment makes my brain hurt
Clearly they were just fumbling on purpose so that the score would read “C3P0”
😂😂😂😂
The most rare of something you will never see is that the first base coach (jomboy edited it after he did it) was when Baez after the guy was safe at home the first base coach is waving him to first!!!!! You have to watch it on MLB videos of the play to see this...wow...Never will you see the first base caoch waving the BATTER to first....lol
The baseball version of the Twilight Zone
"He's called safe both both Javi AND the ump." I lost my shit! I'm surprised I didn't wake somebody up.
You really flubbed it in your assessment of the grounder to first. As you can see in the second clip of that play, he literally got handcuffed, on a short hop, as he was diving. It didn't eat him up. That was a GREAT play to keep the ball on the infield (in an inning that would have been over of it wasn't for him).