🇬🇧 BRIT Rugby Fan Reacts To MLB Baseball Players STEALING BASES - These Dudes Are RAPID!
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A base steeler : the pitcher knows he's going, the catcher knows he's going, the whole stadium knows he's going and he steals it anyway
The problem with Moneyball is that it neglected to note that the A's had 3 generational pitchers at the time. Zito, Hudson, and Mulder may not have finished with Hall of Fame careers but at that time it seemed like they all would make it.
Stealing home is one of the most exciting plays in baseball, especially if you are lucky enough to see it in person. It's very high risk so it rarely happens, usually just a few times per season across the league.
I really need to hop across the pond and catch a game!
@@kabirconsiders There's nothing like a game in person. 3 hours of leisurely enjoyment in a beautiful park, drinking beer and eating ballpark food, punctuated by moments of excitement. Boston and NYC are great cities for a ballgame but if you ever make it to San Diego we have the best park, team and city combo.
@@kabirconsiders It's a very cerebral game with many nuances. The more details you know, the more enjoyable and tense it becomes.
2:00 My dad was at that game and says it was by far his favorite sports moment that he’s seen in person. That was when Rickey broke the record for career stolen bases, and he did it for his hometown team. He’s still a legend around here.
When I was a kid I got to watch Rickey Henderson and Dennis Eckersley play baseball for the A's. Watching Rickey steal bases and Dennis pitch sidearm to close out games was an awesome time. I was a huge A's fan in the late 80's through the 90's.
I think the As might be the team I end up choosing. That Moneyball movie gave me a real soft spot for them
@@kabirconsiders noooooo, pick the Giants
I agree the key to MLB fandom is picking a team and checking on them each day, watching a full game when it fits your schedule. There are simply too many teams playing too many games to try to take it all in like fans of the NFL.
The As are cool but the potential downsides for you are 1: west coast is harder to visit. 2: west coast time zone vs UK time is brutal if you wanted to watch a typical game 3: the As can never afford to keep their players, which is hard on all their fans.
The upside of having an established interest in them might be enough to pick them anyway. Moneyball is a great movie and learning a team’s history is a key part of fandom. (Moneyball is a great book as well) They As usually have a good team, and they do play road games on the east coast like anybody else. As a non As fan, I would approve of this choice
MLB is VERY much like the Premier League. It's all about money. You could order MLB teams by salary and know which teams have the better shot. For example, my hometown team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, might as well be Crystal Palace. The Yankees (the Evil Empire of baseball) are Man U, and, like Man U, most fans don't like them because of their inherent advantage. However, some teams are better with their money than others over the years, like the St. Louis Cardinals.
There are some real cheapo owners in MLB, and are notorious for that. Don't root for those teams. They will only torture you, because every MLB team wins at least a third of the time, which is false hope for so many.
Billy Bean is a huge con artist. The A's have never won anything with him. Yet, he wrote a book about how great he is.
One of my favorite things in baseball is when a fast runner is on first. The pitcher and catcher start to worry about the runner stealing second and it's fun to watch the strategies play out. It frequently leads to errors or pitches that are easy to hit.
Baseball is far more complex than i initially thought! Definitely a thinking man’s game
@@kabirconsiders Definitely! This is what I'd call the real appeal of baseball and why it can look boring to people who aren't really familiar with it. There's a lot of tension and strategy in how the players move, when they move, the roster arrangement, defense setup... and then it all happens all at once in a blink when the batter hits. There's a lot of time where things don't happen, but that's not dead air -- that's buildup.
Baseball is by far my favorite sport. Their speed is incredible, but it's the reaction times that really get me. They're not just speedy, they're quick.
For sure, some of the split second reaction catches from line drives I’ve seen are next level fast
One of the last clips; yadier Molina has a knack for throwing out stolen base runners so that exchange was funny. Check out the video of him this last season! He’s one of the greatest catchers
Dave Roberts stealing 2nd for the Red Sox against the Yankees at 8:08 is historic. The Red Sox and Yankees were playing each other on the American League to send the winning team (best of 7) to the World Series. The Red Sox were down 0-3 against their hated rivals, the Yankees. They came back and tied the series and then beat the Yankees in game 7. They went on to play the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series and they won in 2004. It was their first Series win since 1918. The Yankees fans would taunt the Sox fans for decades saying that it was a curse since the Sox traded Babe Ruth to the Yankees back then so the Sox owner could fund a Broadway show. So there is tremendous history behind Roberts stealing that base. Because of his speed, the Sox manager out him in to replace the slower player who got on 1st. Without that steal, the Sox might not have comeback to beat the Yankees and go on to win the World Series-which made generations of Sox fans cry tears of joy after so many decades of heartbreak. I’m glad they included that steal in this video-but the impact behind it is important to know.
Many of the "Steals" can be attributed to the Pitcher, some have a slower motion or a "Tell" whether it will be a pickoff or pitch. I played Baseball from age 6 to 19. My skill position was Catcher but I also played 1st Base. If a pitcher makes a slow delivery to home it puts more pressure on the Catcher. Many times if the batter gets the signal that the base runner is going to steal the batter will swing no matter what to try and distract the catcher. I was taught to throw for the corner of the "Bag" and not worry about the runner. My coach also had the Catchers throw to the bags on our knees in practice. My senior year I only had two bases stolen on me the entire season, both by the same baserunner I was not happy!
Speed is everything in baseball. Stealing bases and running down the baseball and running the bases. Speed has and will always be a huge part of the game. This isn’t only straight line speed, but speed turning the corners of the base path too.
Yeah speed and agility look to be super important
The Bases are 90 feet apart
We used to wear "Sliding" shorts under our Uniforms. I still miss the old "Stirrups and Socks with Shorter uniforms pants!
The modern long leg, baggy style is annoying.
8:14 is probably one of the most famous steals in the past 20 years lol
Kabir, Thanks for letting everyone see what is stealing in baseball and what its an artwork.
It really is a great sport ⚾️
I love when it's a perfect pitch from the pitcher, a perfect throw from the catcher, and they sitll can't get the runner out. It's a thing of beauty.
The amazing thing about a lot of these steals is that the runner can run full speed but stay on the base once he get there (if he loses contact with the base and gets tagged, he's out). There are also some amazing plays when a base stealer is "caught stealing" and is out.
Base stealing is one of the trickiest things where speed alone won't let you get away with it in my limited experience lol. You're constantly darting your eyes between the pitcher's feet, 3rd base coach for signs and focused on the pitch count to try and take off on an offspeed pitch. Speed will only get you so far but Ricky is the GOAT
Yeah from what I’ve gathered great decision making is probably just as important as speed in this regard
This also shows you need a catcher with a very good arm.In the old days, the runner would intentionally try to knock the second basemen off his feet,or slide with his spikes up so it would injure the second basemen ,now thats illegal.
3:07 Byron Buxton, the fastest man in MLB for the last five years.
You might also look at runners who are 'picked off' on base, and 'rundowns' between bases.
The scene in the video that is older and kind of grainy in which the guy hoists the base up off the ground is Ricky Henderson, the best of all time
He's the one I recommend you react sometime to a compilation of him being fast. That scene of him taking the base was at the Oakland Coliseum and since I wasn't there I can't remember if it was when he stole his 1000th base or 1406th base. He has the all time record which still stands at 1406.
What made Rickey special is that, other than Ty Cobb, he was unique as a superior batter. His on-base percentage was ridiculous. Thus opportunities for steals was way high. Lou Brock,#2 all-time, was a very good batter. But not quite up to the bars set by Henderson or Cobb.
I second this, would love to see a Rickey reaction.
Rickey Henderson is the best stolen bases guy in history. That clip where he picked up the base was because he had just broken the record for most stolen bases.
I see, I suspected there had to be some significance to that! Thanks for letting me know
The guy at 9:00 Carl Crawford got into the music business after he retired as he was Meg the Stallions manager lol and also Henderson is the GOAT base stealer
Ricky Henderson was one of my Dad’s favorite players... he had one of his signed rookie cards and a signed baseball displayed for years. He was a lot of fun to watch! Funny enough we were always Padres fans because we lived in San Diego until I was 9 and going to Padres games was how my love of baseball began... my personal favorite player of all time played his entire career for the Padres and his name was Tony Gwynn. When I was 9 we moved to the San Francisco Bay Area and now live about 10 minutes from where the A’s play... they absolutely have to fight hard for everything and I don’t blame you for leaning towards them as a team to cheer for! They’re the American League team that I will cheer for, while the Padres will always have a special place in my heart as my National League team and definitely would cheer for them over the A’s if/when they face one another!
I didn’t know there were two different baseball leagues in America! I guess you learn something new everyday 😂
@@kabirconsiders Yes the National league (oldest of the two), and the American League, them combined = Major League Baseball. The winner of each league plays in the World Series. Until recent history the two leagues never played each other in the regular season it was only the World Series where you saw an American League team play a National League team, but for the last I dunno 20 years they started playing each other in the regular season. But for 100+ years they only saw each other in the World Series.
The NFL used to be this way too. You have the NFL and the AFL. The NFL was the oldest pro football league, in the 60's the AFL got so big that the NFL asked them to join them, after that the old NFL teams became the NFC (national football conference) and the AFL became the AFC (American football conference) combined they are now known as the NFL, the winner of each conference plays each other in the Super Bowl.
Same with the NBA, there used to be a league called the ABA that got big and combined with the NBA to form the modern league.
Another awesome feat that speedy base runners can pull off is the inside-the-park homerun. A straight-up, natural homerun is, of course, when the batter hits the ball over the fence & out of play (if the ball bounces up & over the fence, that's a ground-ruled double), but the inside-the-park variety is when the ball is just hit deep into the outfield - still in the park, & in play, but the runner races around all the bases just the same, & gets home safely. Maybe there's a video featuring some of those plays. . .A couple of phrases that I think I heard in this video that you might want to remember are, 'ribbies', &, 'for the cycle'. Ribbies is properly, 'RBI's', which is short-hand for runs-batted-in - these are built up by batters when they hit long balls while there are already players (teammates) on the bases. Example - if player, 'X', is on 1st (or any base) & player, 'Y', gets a hit, X can then run all the way home. And, if he makes it, player Y gets an RBI - just a mark in the record books. Hitting for the cycle occurs when a player hits a single, double, triple, & homerun all in the same game.
Thanks for this Steve, I feel like I’ve learned more about the game this evening than in the last three months combined!
Base stealing is an artform, not everyone can do it. Mentioned in the video, more than once is Billy Hamilton. He is one of the fastest guys in baseball... ever. He knows how to read the pitcher and the situation.
New subj: After 120ish years of baseball and many, many injuries, they finally outlawed catchers blocking the plate and runners plowing into them. BUT, collisions at the bases happen occasionally. Not outlawed because it's on the player to get the hell out of the way.
It is much worse when they are trying to turn a double play. They intentionally try to wipe out the second baseman.
The steal home is so exciting.
Try to find one where they slide away from the bag. Those are funny.
Delayed steal is where the runner takes off and slows down. The opposing team thinks they are returning to the bag, but they take off again. Fun to watch.
Yeah I love seeing the players running as fast as they can, bracing for potential impact
Generally, there aren't many collisions just based on where the players stand and travel. Most of the time, a player catching the ball will stand just in front of the base (so they can be as close to the person throwing the ball as possible), and because the player stealing a base wants to travel directly to the base, there usually aren't any collisions since their paths don't intersect. But if they do collide, it's the fault of the defensive player (this is called obstructing the base path, when a defensive player stands directly in the path of the runner between bases).
Awesome, thanks for answering my question mate!
Except when the runner slides towards the second baseman, not towards the base, so that he's obviously trying to stop the second baseman from throwing the ball somewhere else to make an out, rather than making a good-faith attempt to reach base. It's called "going outside the base paths."
It's stupid, but I haven't felt the same way about my *very own team*, the Dodgers, since they picked up Chase Utley, who did that during the playoffs and broke Miguel Tejada's shinbone. They didn't win the World Series, and they let Utley go, but that left a bad taste in my mouth.
Ain't this fun? base stealing is my favorite part of baseball, because it's clever and takes such good powers of observation, as well as speed and skill.
2:04 that is Ricky Henderson the all time leader in stolen bases with 1406 steals and the most in one year at 130 I believe that he is the only person with more than 1000 stolen bases in his career edit I looked it up and he is almost 500 ahead 2nd edit 2 6:06 that was probably old man Ricky at 44 in his last year
I’m not surprised he’s the record holder, he can really move! 💨
Yes he was a character too. He always spoke about him self in third person. I grew up in Oakland and my dad was always taking us to games.
@@kabirconsiders theres a great video on him by sb nation, shows how great he was, how unique his game was, and how much of a character he was, he has some funny stories, probably my favorite player that I haven't actually watched play
Foolish Baseball has a great video called “the catcher who couldn’t throw” that explains pitcher and catcher vs base stealer in a very entertaining way.
Sounds interesting mate, I’ll put it on my list!
It's harder to steal home and 3rd than 2nd due to the shorter distance, so the better pitches to throw is are high fastballs from the stretch rather than a full windup.
Also keep in mind that these catchers have cannons for arms. Stealing bases is as much about speed as it is about reading the pitchers motion, getting a good lead off the base, and understanding the pitchers and the catchers tendencies. Understand as well that stealing home is a very difficult and rare thing. By the way, the implications of the phrase "stealing home" hasn't been lost on many an American writer.
Nowadays many base stealers go in head first, which makes the prospect for injury, to your fingers, hands, elbows, shoulder and head, much greater. In the old days when baseball shoes (cleats) had real spikes, players would always go in feet first. Some would sharpen their spikes, like Ty Cobb, and they would slide in feet high, daring basemen to catch the ball or block the base. Some like Cobb would often intentionally spike basemen in order to injure them. It was a different and more personal game then, and in many ways, far rougher.
Yeah I’m sure many a novel include the phrase “stealing home” somewhere in there 😂
Yeah, the KC Royals - you got it now! Glad to see them so well represented in this one. When I was a kid the Royals had one of the best, fastest base runners in the game, Willie Wilson - bit sad to see that he's not featured here. Other greats from my youth include Rod Carew, who played for the Minnesota Twins in the 70s, & the California Angels in the 80s; & Ozzie Smith who played for the St. Louis Cardinals. Another great from way back in the day is Ricky Henderson, but he is in this video. . .
You use to be allowed to run over the catcher at home plate. There a few good compilation of home plate collisions. Now a days you can't run the catcher.
You can if the catcher hasn't allowed a lane to the plate. The rule is intended to stop players from trucking the catcher just to try knocking out the ball when they should be going for the plate- the runner's only legal move is to attempt to reach the next base or home plate (same idea as the now-illegal takeout slide at second base). If the catcher is blocking the plate and the runner has no way to reach it, he's within his rights to run right over the catcher in order to reach it, and if the ball pops out that's the catcher's problem. Likewise, if the defender covering second base hasn't cleared away from the base, and the runner's natural attempt to reach the base interferes with the defender's ability to continue the play to first, that's his problem.
What had happened is that over the years, baserunners had developed strategies for disrupting defenses that were not only typically illegal but never enforced as such, but also dangerous. The rules in the last decade have cleaned up that part of the game, bringing enforcement back into line with the spirit of the game and its rules. Baseball is not a contact sport.
Best MLB catches, home plate collisions,
I’ll put them on my list!
Baseball is like Cricket a pure statistical game. You should do a review of MLB unbreakable records. Examples: Cy Young 511 wins, Joe DiMaggio’s 56 consecutive game hit streak (at least one hit in 56 straight games), Nolan Ryan 5,700 strikeouts, John van DerMeer 2 consecutive ho hit games, Fernando Tatis (the dad of the current MLB star) 2 grand slams in 1 inning against the Dodgers. Only happened once in 120 + years of MLB. The unbelievable player today is not American but a Japanese MLB player Shohei Ohtaniwho is a great pitcher and hitter. His teammate Mike Trout is the best MLB player and has a 400 million contract
I really should put Ohtani on my list, he’s been mentioned a couple of times
You should watch Ivan Rodriguez showing off his arm. He's the greatest catcher of all time, throwing base stealers out.
Run Billy Run!!! Sure miss him with the Reds. He was so much fun to watch
6:19 I was at that game. 2014 AL Wildcard game. Best game I've every seen. Worth a reaction to the "EPIC COMEBACK" video. Condensed game is only 30 min if you're feeling a long one.
Sounds good, maybe I’ll split it into two parts
I think Byron Buxton is maybe one the smartest baserunning demons I've ever seen. Routine single turns into a forced double . He's the goat on the base path. Subb3d.
I played baseball for 16 years. I now am 33 and work as a landscaper. I miss baseball so much. I played short stop and third.
As stated in other comments, for scouting purposes baseball players run 60 yard dashes instead of the 40 yard dashes like in football. Sixty yards is the distance if you ran straight to first then straight to second. Fast high school players run in the high six second range (6.8 & 6.9) with most around the low to mid seven second range. Big league players are even faster so their times of course would be even lower. Other times speed is commonly measured is when the batter is running to first after putting the ball in play. The time starts at contact so it involves finishing the swing then running the roughly 90 feet to first. Left-handed batters have an advantage here. Watch Ichiro hit for examples of this put into practice. The last main test for speed that is commonly used is running around all of the bases like you hit an inside the park homerun. Watching that is insane when it happens in a game.
For stealing, the runner usually reaches the next base in 3 to 3.5 seconds from a stand still (note the base is generally only about 80 feet away from the runner because of the lead). That slot just about perfectly straddles the time it takes for the defense to attempt to catch the runner stealing of about 3.31 seconds (1.3 second average for the pitchers to deliver the ball and 2 seconds for the catcher to catch the ball and get it to second) and you result in a thrilling event almost every time there is a stolen base attempt.
Thanks so much for explaining this to me! Comments like these really help me piece things together
You don’t see home plate collisions anymore. Buster Posey of the San Francisco Giants was severely injured in 2011 when a base runner took him out. MLB changed the rules regarding those plays after that particular incident.
Thank goodness, they look brutal!
You mentioned collisions at home plate. They've changed the rules regarding home plate collisions in the past few years, but technically it could, and does, still happen. Look up videos on that if you haven't done so already. It used to be common place to have the catcher just block the basepath and collide with the runner. Now the catcher can only be in the path of the runner if he has the ball, or if he must get in the way in order to catch the ball, but if he doesn't have the ball he can't be in the way of the runner. Back in the day, he would just stand there anyway and wait for the ball to be thrown to him.
Awesome, I’ll try to find a vid on the topic
Ricky Henderson was the master of stealing bases. Growing up in the Bay Area,we watched a lot of A's and Giants games. The year that they played each other in the world series, we had one of the worst earthquakes in California history.. That was an Awful situation.
That earthquake must have been terrifying!
Thank you for reacting to this. I sure miss baseball as it used to be. Without the fans in the stands it's just not the same to me
Completely agree, without the fans sports just isn’t the same
I agree. I won't watch sports until this fan limit/nonsense virus idiocy ends.
Not yet said in the comments is that defending against theft means compromising the manner of pitching and location of the fielders that makes it easier to hit. This is why baseball has synergy and creates situational play not existent in other sports and can work itself into an avalanche of problems and scoring. This is pretty much the very centerpiece of the game and where you start learning all of the subtleties.
Fascinating explanation, thanks mate
You used to be able to either steal or run home and you would be safe even if the catcher tagged you out as long as you rammed into him and he dropped the ball. So it used to be you would intentionally try to plow the catcher as hard as you could to get him to drop the ball.
I see.. so that’s what caused those huge collisions back in the day! Thanks for explaining this to me mate 🍻
Collisions, sliding in with spikes high - even "spiking" the baseman; getting drilled from behind with the ball... yeah, it can get a little "competitive" at times.
Baseball is not for the faint hearted that’s for sure!
Other than at home plate, the runner has to remain in contact with the base or he can be tagged out. That's why the slide often transitions into a climb up move so they dont slide completely off the base (aka "the bag")
Very interesting stuff, thanks for explaining this to me!
@@kabirconsiders the only base where the runner is allowed to over-run the base (without being tagged after called safe is 1st base). The batter runs to ( and THRU ) 1st base after he hits the ball. You can not expect him to stop on a dime, he has to run full speed. So the rules allows him to be exempt from being tagged out after being calls safe.....so long as he stays in foul territory after running thru 1st base safely and goes back to 1st. However if he wonders in FAIR territory as he goes back to 1sr he could be tagged out.
Most injuries to runners trying to steal occur to fingers, wrists and shoulders (jammed) as they hit the bag oddly or slide over their hands and wrists and possibly break bones. Many runners will hold their batting gloves in their hands to keep fingers in a fist. Some runners will put on special mittens (almost like a boxers "sparring gloves") to protect fingers.
(Sidenote: in the early 60s Maury Wills of the LA Dodgers held the record for most stolen bases. The rival SF Giants would often "over water" the dirt at 1st base....making it very muddy and difficult to get a good jump. I don't know if that is outlawed now, but it was OK then. All tricks of the trade)
4:50 Part of the game, unless if it's well away from a base, or if it causes an injury. Home plate collisions are banned (Buster Posey Rule).
It's also very exciting when a team successfully pulls off a double steal!
Oakland A's short ads are quite funny, too. I did some proofreading for the Chinese subtitles a few months back.
I need to see some vids of those ads lol
Glad to see the love for my Royals. Those years with Dyson and Gore in their prime, stealing bases all over the place...just great to see.
I was fortunate to watch Ricky Henderson steal bases but unfortunately it was always against my Mariners.
One of those bittersweet moments eh 😂
Usually leadoff hitters are the best at base stealing cuz of their speed and plate discipline. It takes a lot of skill and luck to pull it off.
For sure, it seems that you need good decision making skills aside from speed to make these parts
Major collisions don’t usually happen on steals. Equipment is the reason. First, baseball spikes are steel and have an edge. They’re not round. Thus, they can cut the fielders’ arms, hands or legs (intentionally or not.) So the fielder will usually have the base between his body and the runner to shield himself. Then his glove, with the ball in it, will be positioned in front of the base so that the runner slides into it. The runner is then out and the fielder has the glove protecting his hand and the base protecting his legs and torso.
Or at least that’s the plan.
Awesome, thanks for explaining this to me mate!
@@kabirconsiders I’ve been a fan for about 64 years. I’ve taught the game to my children (my sons were still playing competitive adult amateur baseball at 42 and 30 years old, respectively.) They love the game, I love the game our whole family has. So I’m glad to let someone who has an interest I learning it in on the basics and nuances.
If you like the throws, check out Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez. He and Johnny Bench are probably the two best throwing catchers in MLB history.
I’ll put him on my list!
When a runner gets on first, especially a base stealing threat, it really alters the dynamic of how the pitcher will pitch to the batter. Pitchers eliminate the "wind up" part of the delivery, and "pitch from the strech" Breaking balls come in slower, so they are easier to steal on. You will throw more fastballs. Also you want to pitch into a spot where the catcher can get the best throw off. Batters of course are aware of this.
Thanks for explaining this to me! Baseball is way more complex than i initially thought 😂
Another thing that happens - the 1st Baseman will "hold the runner" on first - proceed close to the base - potentially to recieve a throw from the pitcher; called a "pick off". The down side is there will be more room between the infielders - so astute batters (especially left handed ones) will hit "in the hole")
Collissions were part of the game before. Now, they are frowned on. If the defendive player stays in the way of the runner and they colide, the defensive player is charged with the incident and could be removed. If the offensive player intentionally collides with the defensive player, he is called out even if he was safe.
The fastest players in the MLB would run the 40yd dash around 4.4 with maybe a couple running faster. Most players that would be considered fast would run in the 4.5-4.6 range.
These guys are way faster than they look
Where are you getting that information?
Gotta respect the hell out of the catchers who pop up and throw fast AF
Collisions do not happen that often. The fielder will get to the bag first and sets up to receive the throw. It is against the rules for the fielder to block the path to the bag unless they either have the ball or are making a play on the ball in a way that naturally moves them in the runners way. If they do interfere with the runner, the runner is awarded the base for free, as well as any additional bases the umpire determines they would have made it to. So the fielder will set up in a way that will both let them receive the ball and make a tag as quick as possible, as well as give the runner a clear path to at least part of the bag (example, setting up near the front of the bag but giving a lane to the back side of the bag. or straddling the bag, giving the runner access to the middle of the bag). If a collision does happen, it is usually because of an errant throw from the catcher causing the fielder into the way of the runner.
Thanks for breaking this down for me mate! I’m really starting to piece things together
It started back in the 1800s a player ran from first to second then the ump said to go back he told him to show him where in the rule book it says you can't do that , they couldn't, he just invented stealing a base.
It’s fascinating learning about the history of game, thanks John ☺️
@@kabirconsiders baseball is a world onto itself with its own customs and language and slang terms, you may have even used terms that come from baseball and not even realized it.
Great thing about Yadi Molina, he and both of his brothers, all 3 of them have world series championship rings
You should do a video on catchers. This video made them look really bad so you gotta balance it out lol. Probably the hardest position on the field. Crazy reflexes, rocket arms, and they basically control the whole field and the pitch sequence.
I will! I’ll try to find a good one to put on my list
Bo Jackson was disgustingly fast. On ground balls, shortstops wouldn't even throw to first base to try to throw him out. They had no chance. Stolen bases is an art though, and you can't always get there with pure speed. You need speed and timing the pitcher. Harder than it looks.
Bo was an amazing athlete, playing at a high standard in TWO sports? Just isn't supposed to happen
You're my favorite now because you said nice things about my Royals! 💙
If you want to see some amazing baseball, check out some of the Royals videos from 2015, when we win the World Series. We're a small-market team that gets overlooked constantly but the team does right. For example, last year all the teams were laying off their minor league players to save money. The Royals, under a brand new ownership group (which includes Patrick Mahomes, btw) and *not* having years' worth of past revenue to draw on, nonetheless kept ALL the minor league players on the payroll for the full year.
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Wow, the leadership at the Royals has my respect for that!
pitching is one of the most demanding roles in sports. trying to throw a runner out stealing second from home plate? that's a lot harder than throwing a pitch (i recognize they don't have to do it 20 - 100+ times / game).
If you want to go crazy try investigating baseball’s “unwritten rules” examples are: if you have a big lead you don’t swing on a 3-0 pitch (3 balls no strikes), if a pitcher has a no hitter going a batter does not bunt to break up the no hitter amd pitchers teammates do not talk or mention the no hitter when the pitcher is in dug out between innings. Also look into all time best baseball brawls. Another great topic is all-time best manager arguments with umpires which almost always results in the manager or players getting thrown out of the game. (Earl Weaver, Lou Pinella) Look up “Bronx Zoo” (1970’s NY Yankees)
Sounds pretty interesting, I’ll check it out!
Yes! Be an A's fan! They get into the playoffs more years than not. They are doing well right now too!
Glad to hear they’re on the ! I’ve definitely got a soft spot for them
No penalties if the baseman and the baserunner collide. Also collisions don't happen often and usually only at home plate. The baseman just needs to have his foot on the base or what baseball people call the bag and then tag the runner with the glove and ball before the runner touches the bag. There are sometimes collisions at home because the catcher wants to prevent the runner from scoring so he stands on and blocks the plate.
Awesome, thanks for answering my question Ronald. There’s so much more to baseball than i initially thought!
4:23 They only had 90ft dash (Home to 1st base and advancing to each subsequent base one by one), surely.
If you really want to see a story about an underdog team, check out the 4 part history of the Mariners that Secret Base did. It would be completely unbelievable from start to finish if it didn't actually happen.
I’ll check it out!
Was going by memory when I said 4. It's 6, or one 3:40:07 video. First 4 are roughly half an hour each, but the second is definitely the hook with the Griffey years.
Rickey Henderson was the greatest base stealer of all time. He has 468 more stolen bases than the guy in second place.
Now that’s one hell of a record! I think I’ll have to put him on my list
The player at 2:00 and 6:06 is Rickey Henderson, one of the greatest baseball players of all time. The first clip is when he set the all time stolen base record, which he still has. By a LOT. He has 1406 career stolen bases and the next most is 938, more than 1.5 times the 2nd place player. He also has the record for career totals in runs, unintentional walks, and lead off home runs, as well as the most stolen bases in a season. He is the only player to steal more than 100 bases in a season in the American League, which he has done three times. He is one of the greatest players in a league of his own, and also one of the more eccentric personalities to ever play the game. Here is a video you should react to that really puts into perspective just how special he was ruclips.net/video/A-QDXtKHEPY/видео.html
also good shoutout to Moneyball, great film
Interesting fact about the A's general manager Billy Beane portrayed in "Moneyball". He gets calls from Cricket clubs around the world asking about his system of picking players and how it may help them select cricket players for their clubs.
Yet, Billy Bean has never won anything.
@@areguapiri He may not have won anything, but other small market teams have copied his system, like the Kansas City Royals and won the 2015 World Series.
Yeah from what I’ve gathered his system has become a mainstay in the game
@@BNehls08 Let me tell you why I made my comment. Billy Bean became famous, not for his general manager skills, but for his bookwriting skill. The A's had some success under him, but not because of any unique or special skills of his. Oakland A's have not won anything other than losing in the early round of the playoffs a few years.. The Florida Marlins won "2 World Series" before Bean was ever heard of and the Tampa Bay Rays have been regularly competitive, even "making it to the World Series" with no-name players..... Remember all those extremely competitive Montreal Expos teams in the 80s and 90s. Each team had equal or more success than the A's, with small market management before and after Bean wrote his book. He used the sneaky philosophy of "he who speaks the loudest wins", or "he who gets patented first wins". The A's even had losing records for years under Bean "following" the release of the book. Small payroll teams have had consistent success--- playoffs and/or championships--- before (and after) Bean wrote the book. Unfortunately, they are ignored because they didn't write about it.
@@areguapiri Michael Lewis wrote the book not Beane.
If you want to know about stealing bases watch the SB Nation video on Rickey Henderson. He is the all time stolen base leader and it's not even close he was also the greatest leadoff batter of all time. He played well into his forties which is a testament to how good he was, one of the best all around players of all time.
Thanks for suggestion mate I’ll check it out!
lots of people don't seem to recognize how long high level baseball has been around. the skills required to pull off plays in the mlb are out of the reach of 99.5% of people that aspire to play professional baseball.
I was at the A's game last nite that they won on a walk off home run by Seth Brown and there were was two close calls where there baseman tagged the runner pretty much at the same time and one time the umpire runner out and one time the runner was safe. The umpire had to review replay video for a few minutes both times to make the call.
You still need to react to Ronald Acuna Jr 2019 Highlights. He's red hot right now but just got hit in the hand tonight so he's day to day.
I’ll put him on my list!
First the all time base stealer is Rickey Henderson aka "The Man of Steal" with a lifetime stolen bases record of 1406. I was at the Coliseum when he broke the record at 939 his first tour with the Oakland A's. He was perfection with the 2nd base steal. Secondly. Baseball does have rules to guard against collisions, but they do happen. Check out Angels Lively vs ugh Astros Marisnick Collison of 2019. Last, watch baseball's long arm throws. Ramon Laureano for Oakland has a great throw from the Angels outfield to first base.
Collisions are not really a problem. The fielder is not allowed to block access to the base. Contact will happen but players police themselves. If a fielder were to try something dirty, he will definitely get hit with a pitch in his next at bat.
Awesome, thanks for answering my question mate! So it’s pretty much a dont-be-an-asshole type situation
You should react to some double and triple plays think you would enjoy :)
I’ll put a vid of them on my list!
I know I am late to the video,but Yadier Molina is more know as a catcher, who throws the stealer out. A Cather is often thought of as the one who calls the pitches. I saw a video where he practically dared the runner to stea and whe he ran he nailed him. Yadi is retiring after the end of the season.
Ahh!! Thanks for another baseball reaction Kabir. ⚾⚾⚾⚾
Base stealing is only attempted by the fastest players. If you are not among the very fastest then the odds of you successfully stealing a base is very slim. Bigger, slower players don't even try.
Stealing bases is an art. They are a combination of selecting the right opportunity, pure speed, and often aided by a poor throw by the catcher, or a bad tag by the infielder. In any case a lot of factors have to coalesce in favor of the runner to be successful. It's pretty exciting when it happens. Google search results for 2019 MLB league wide average was .06 bases per game. So teams averaged just over 1 stolen base every 2 games. That's not many and that is why it is stealing a base remains such a coveted skill in baseball. Baseball is not a game that requires elite athleticism, but superior skill and great athleticism. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great video my friend. Keep up the good work.💜
Stealing home plates is definitely an art, it’s more than just speed. You probably need good judgment too, knowing when to run, how far to go etc
A good compliment to this would be Avoiding the Tag.
Also I don't think I've ever seen anyone react to first basemen stretched before.
Thanks for the suggestions mate, I’ll put them on my list!
The kid goku figure behind me have me the biggest blast of nostalgia, thank you 🙏🏼 love your videos keep up the great work
Thanks brother ☺️🍻 dragon ball z for life!!!
Great video! you should react to a video of double plays next. They are truly the most beautiful thing in the sport.
Thanks mate, I’ll put it on my list!
Many of the runners get a large lead-off from the base when they are thinking they may steal. Even if it isn't as impressive since they do have a lead-off it is still very quick. A player stealing home is beyond the comprehension of mere mortals. I think they catch the pitcher adjusting their cap or checking their glove. By the time the pitcher sees something going on, it is too late to catch them at home. I also noticed a bearded catcher was in several of these. Not to embarrass him, but there are obvious problems with him throwing to 2nd. Even a pitcher throwing a change up will delay a throw to 2nd. Most pitchers will avoid this with a fast runner on 1st. All strategy. If you want to follow Oakland, then do it. They are good as anyone. I think . . . I don't know how they are doing this year. I used to have 8 or 9 fave teams in the NFL before I stopped watching that.
On the other end, there isn't much point for pitchers or power hitters to look like body builders, either.
True, although highly developed arm muscles could aid their batting/pitching power perhaps?
@@kabirconsiders ruclips.net/video/6jfzS-Z4i_g/видео.html It's the legs, the core, the arms... everything. All about kinetic linking. This applies to soccer, golf, racket sports... all of them.
Nothing like the feeling of stealing bases what a rush
Guys get up to 23-24 mph at top speed rounding first and second on inside the park homeruns... pretty much the most wide open they would ever be for speed so...
Very impressive speed
I could not care less about baseball, but Moneyball was a fantastic movie.
Moneyball was excellent, great story and flow
I lived through everything with the Oakland As worst owner ever Charles Finlay, Billy Ball, the Bash Brothers, and Money Ball. Oakland is the inner city
the team has never been rich blue collar workers. You made your name with the As snd your money with the Yankees. I swear at one point we were their farm team. Rickey Henderson played in the majors from 1979 until 2003. He was the best lead off hitter and base stealer
He still holds about 5 or 6 major league records after being retired almost 20 years. Funny story Rickey played football and basketball he didn't want to play baseball, no cheerleaders. A teacher asked him to try out he made the team she paid him every time he scored a run. He was truly a gifted athlete and a true character. I wish there was more footage available.
PICK THE OAKLAND A’S 😂😂😂 We are a proud franchise
Trea Turner has the fastest sprint speed in baseball right now. About 30.8 ft/sec or 9.39 meters/sec
Top speed of about 33.81 km/hour. It’s bonkers.
Catchers try to throw out the runners by limiting their “pop time” the seconds that pass between when the catch the pitch to when they release the ball to throw out the runner... all told the average is 2.01 seconds.
Thats like 22 miles an hour, almost top sprinter speed!
Also, the they wear steel spikes on the bottom of their shoes. They're called spikes. There's definitely the danger of 'spiking' the player catching the throw when the base runner goes in feet first. YIKES!
Oh man, imagine getting spiked in the thigh! Nooooo thanks 😂
2:56 Why? Why throw a curve from a longer windup?
Collisions are part of the game. Here's a video compilation: ruclips.net/video/m9ZNhsbppRM/видео.html
Note that the home plate umpire looks intently at the catcher after the collision. He's not checking if he's okay, he's looking to see if the ball came out of his glove, which means it doesnt count as a tag of the runner.
Yeah I remember watching a home plate collision vid a few months back, some of the impacts were just brutal!
@@kabirconsiders Collisions at home plate are no longer part of the game. In 2014 they changed the rules so that if the runner intentionally collides with the player covering home when they have the ball, they will automatically be out