Trine Softball Wins Super Regional With Hidden Ball Trick Play!
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- With two outs and runners on first and second in the bottom of the 7th and final inning, Trine Junior Catcher Victoria Porter threw the ball back to Senior Pitcher Kate Saupe. Saupe faked a throw to second and several infielders and outfielders sold the fake by diving and sprinting towards the outfield fence. The Geneseo baserunner took off for third and Saupe, still holding the ball, tagged her out to win the NCAA DIII Super Regional Championship. Trine advances to the Championship round in Tyler, Texas next weekend!
Well done ladies, well done!
Simply brilliant, obviously practiced by all the moving parts...and notice, the runner on first was also running! It took me watching the video to understand the complexity of this play! High praises go to the Trine coaches and players.
Hands Down best trick play EVER!!!!
Even the right fielder ran to the fence like the ball got through. Everyone did their job to sell the play. Well done!
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As someone who has excitedly watched baseball and softball games for over sixty years, I'll say that this play is surely one of the greatest plays I have ever seen! I watched this video over and over and I couldn't believe how well the Trine catcher, Victoria Porter, the Trine pitcher, Kate Saupe, and the rest of the team with their frantic hollering, carried out the ruse to absolute perfection! I have never seen the Hidden Ball Play done with such precision! Congratulations, Trine! Now, girls, continue to do well in the Championship round next weekend in Tyler, Texas. I'll be rooting for you!
Awesome. They will remember this for the rest of their lives !
Confusion was the key! Great setup!
Absolute GENIUS! Middle infielders and Center Fielder sold this play! Well done!
Great job on an oldie, but a goodie.
Have to admit that was pretty slick. Good win!
Great play, and CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
I been coaching along time and I must say that was one of the best executed/ brilliant plays I have ever seen, very well done
That was actually a really clever play. Good stuff
Even the runner on 1st was fooled. I just wonder what sign was given to run that play. Perfect execution. Well done ladies.
The coach yelled for Rebecca to move in the outfield. There is no Rebecca on the team.
Watch our video where the coaches and players dissect and breakdown the play: ruclips.net/video/hmYAcNOeO3E/видео.html
Perfectly executed.
Man, that's so cold! 🤣🤣🤣
I had to watch this three times. The pitcher looked excited that it had worked before she made the tag.
That was--AWSOME!!!
That was a smooth play
This play was "Super Dope!"
That was absolutely awesome even in 2021 the way the girls all dived as if they were going to the ball had me fooled too...well done never seen such a 100% id move.
Wow, I bet that poor runner girl on the other team will never live it down or hear the end of it.
lol, Thats the first hing I thought of to lol
The third base coach should have been screaming to stay at
second unless the coach was fooled also . If the third base
coach was also fooled its the coaches fault in my mind . An
unsure runner should look to the coach for direction .
@@stevenmortensen1257 yea that’s the coaches fault
I got out on a hidden ball trick at first 25 years ago in little league when I was like 9. You never forget.
Wow that is impressive
Those girls are evil smart! Congrats
nice work ladies 😃😃😃
It took me 3 times to realize she didn't throw it. Wow. Great selling by the outfield on that play.
This took me a few times to realize what exactly happened lol... that right there speaks to the brilliance of the play!
Not just the brilliance, but the execution is flawless. I can't imagine any runner NOT taking off after watching the infield diving for an "errant" throw.
Seth H exactly! The whole team was on the same page for that play. I just wonder how the runner thinks after getting caught.
Nice play!!
Those are some cold blooded killers. Great play.
Wow, Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great play Ladies, and everyone she get Emmy Awards!!!!!
beautifully executed play. They earned that win
Who else is here be because Fox News shows a story with a picture but no video...?
Yahoo did it to me.
Fox is famous for that...run a story about some amazing visual and not provide the video at all.
They often have a link to a clip, by tapping on an image or a highlighted word - but not this time! VERY frustrating!!! But RUclips saved the day. What a well-executed play! I always love a good Hidden-Ball Trick.
No I saw it the video on before I came here. Just read a little and ther video is in the story. That's where the videos are.
Actually it was Yahoo!
so dirty lmaooo
Third base coach usually the manager. Fired!!!!
How did they practice that and decide when to use it? Awesome!
Jaw Tooth they practiced it all year to make it look natural.
Awesome!
Awesome team play! First base runner is 1/2 step off the bag before the pitcher releases the ball, so (without knowing the league rules 100%) would have been the third out either way?
It was close, but her foot did not detach from 1B until the point of the pitch's release. That's why they start with their right foot behind the bag, so they can begin that first stride while the pitcher still has the ball.
lol great play, hard not to be fooled by that really.
That’s awesome
Awesome! Simply FUCKING awesome!!!
I had this happen to me in the 9th grade. Except, I jogged to 3rd thinking the whole time, “Should I go?” And then I was tagged out. Really embarrassing
Nice trick play. The third base coach really blew it.
Not really. Once his Runner gets up and turns to 3rd and takes a STEP the trap is set.
It is either a Rundown or a quick toss to 2nd for an easy Tag.
No time for the Runner to TURN AROUND AGAIN and get back or make it to 3rd.
No time for a Coach to get his players attention and reverse her momentum in time.
You have to remember this Offensive team is TRAILING in the last inning of a Championship Game.
Not Softball team gets to a State Championship game without being AGGRESSIVE running the bases.
The Coaching it takes to get your team to be aggressive as 2nd Nature and to react to this play the way they did cannot be turned on a dime like you suggest.
This IS NOT baseball where caution is stressed on the bases to avoid outs like this.
These ARE NOT 90 foot Base Paths... only 60 feet.
In Softball a passed ball like this is an EASY free base every time (except when it is this Trick Play).
In Baseball... those extra 30 feet is a HUGE difference.
In Baseball... a Double Play is ROUTINE because they happen so often... enough for a Golf Clap due to the 90 feet between bases.
In Softball... a Double Play can be RARE (unless an Infielder catches a Line Driver or can field a fast rolling grounder next to their base and then fire to 1st.)
@@brucemercer7753 Why thank you for the NON-snotty reply ! Very well explained and thank you again.
@@chrissourp6807 There is a 4 part Baseball Trick Plays video I just watched after this video. And it shows ALL of the ways this play can work. Wish I had a LINK. But it is a relatively new post. You you can probably see it just by using s keyword search... "Baseball Trick Plays" I think it is video 1 or 2 of 4.
@@brucemercer7753 I will check that out !
Good play but how did the runner miss that she never threw the ball. Thing is literally bright green so you'd probably see it thrown wherever it goes.
"There's a Sucker born every minute" =))
It faked me out. That was Great!!!
Quick question. If a runner gets the 3rd out of the inning, does the player who was at bat get to another at bat to begin the next inning or is hit turn hitting over? Even if he didn't get an out or struck out himself.
yes, when a runner is the 3rd out, the batter has not completed their turn at bat and returns to bat the next inning.
That was slick.
If the guy in the yellow shirt with "TRINE" on the front was from LA, would his shirt read~~~"LATRINE"?
I wasn’t particularly happy when they changed the name of the university because someone donated a bunch of money.
The BALL is YELLOW!!!!!!
Someone in the stands also got fooled
Sweet!
At first I thought "what a cheap ass way to win a game" but after reading all the positive comments about how great a play it was.... I guess if this is acceptable within the sport (obviously there's no rule against it but some sports have those "unwritten" rules) then it was by any definition a well-executed trick. Were the parents in on it too though or were they just tricked as well?
Explain please. Assume I know very little, which would be correct.
They were tricked into believing the pitcher threw the ball to second and she missed the catch. The center fielder dove to the ground pretending to backstop the errant throw. The girl advancing from second to third was tagged out. It's a play on the hidden ball trick.
The pitcher pretended to throw the runner leading off out at 2nd but kept the ball in her mitt. Everyone else sold the fake out by pretending it was over thrown into the outfield. The runner at 2nd saw everyone scrambling to get the "ball" and tried to advance to third base but the pitcher (still holding the ball) tagged her on the way to third. Brilliant way to end a close game. The other team had tieing runs on base so if the hitter knocked it over the fence they would have won 3-2.
Ted Heavy thanks!
Mark Allred OK. NOW I see it
Definitely a trick play cause I don't know what the hell happened!!!
Catcher acted like trying to pick the runner off at second with throw to second. But catcher threw to pitcher instead. Pitcher turned and fake threw to 2nd. But short stop and 2nd base acted like throw to them from pitcher was over thrown into the outfield. Outfielders acted like they were chasing the ball that pitcher overthrew. 2nd running to outfield after imaginary ball. Rf and cf running at 2nd baseman like they all running for the ball. Short looking out into center waiting to get cut off throw. Runner sees all this and thinks the ball rolled out to outfield and was gonna try running home to tie game. But pitcher had ball whole time and ran and tagged runner on way to third for last out of game. And win. Great team effort. 1st base and lf only 1s not involved. Cause I bet 3rd base was on bag for throw from pitcher if pitcher missed the tag. And catcher should've been ready to run back up 3rd in run down event. At which point 1st would've ran to cover home. Left field should've been running to back up over throw at 3rd if pitcher missed tag. And short would've blocked 2nd and helped in run down. So really a real big whole team involved trick play to bait the runner into a trap.
I researched. I think it was left that dove in shallow center like she was trying to stop the over throw. I'm sure they practiced all year by actually over throwing ball to see how and when everyone reacts to get timing down. So someone didn't dive to soon
Nice that was legitness
“Got ya”
What happened ?
Sportsmanship always wins...
I came here thinking... "hidden ball play" that is illegal AND/OR cannot happen in Softball, can it?"
But I was thinking of a different type of Hidden Ball play. This isn't the play I had in mind.
This play IS/WAS legal.
I think you would have to call it a "Ball Fake Play" (or a better name than that) and not a Hidden Ball Play. This requires slight of hand by the Pitcher and some Acting by the Short Stop and 2nd Basement etc etc. It is MORE than a "Hidden Ball Play".
The OFFICIAL "Hidden Ball Play" only requires that the Pitcher appear to take a Hand-Off of the Ball by ether the 1st or 3rd Basemen and walk back to the MOUND and delay stepping on the Pitcher's Plate. Then you wait until the Base Runner steps off bag to get their LEAD and then TAG HIM and reveal that you have the Ball on 1st or 3rd (which ever base you are on).
You could not do THIS in Softball because it is illegal for the Base Runner to take a LEAD... it is an OUT in Softball if the Runner leaves the base before the Pitcher releases the ball during a PITCH. So the Runner is NOT going to step off the base for the play to work.
So. Once again. Legal. Great play call. Congrats to the Winners. Condolences to the Losers.
Just NOT the "Hidden Ball Play". Opinions? Know something I don't or that I left out?
I am trying to learn everything I can about the game and to share what I know.
What was the final score?
3-1
Justin McLeod - Wrong, it was 6-3.
If the opposing team was only one or two runs behind this has to be one of the most embarrassing plays I've ever seen. But the fact that they didn't give the final score makes me think it wasn't close.
Deadspin article said it was a 2 run game.
Final score was 3-1
ah, the Grand Illusion. so embarrassing for R2.
Third base coach asleep??
It happened too fast AND played on the strategic difference between Running Bases in Softball and Running them in Baseball. Distance between bases in Baseball 90 feet... Softball 60 feet.
So in Softball being what might appear "overly aggressive" and "wrong" in Baseball is the best strategy (most of the time) in Softball.
(Assuming it is NOT a TRICK PLAY.)
Getting to 3rd there in Softball is 30 to 40 steps (depending on Runner) and a great THROW and TAG.
The same play in Baseball is 45 to 55 steps and a very likely great THROW and TAG because of the Arm Strength and Distance.
In Baseball you are just happy to be safe at 2nd Base. You don't want to run yourself out of the game.
In Softball you are always looking to manufacture a score by running. The shorter distance between the bases makes this a higher pressure throw and more difficult throw to 3rd.
Batter walks away before the tag, she knew it was over.
Pretty bad when you can't see a florescent ball
Pretty bad when you can't spell fluorescent.
If that play didn’t work, I think the video would be better.
Saaaweet
Never saw that one before. And I've watched softball and baseball games for more than 50 years.
Done it several times softball tournament
My daughter's club team had an opponent that tried it in an 18U tournament in AZ. Fortunately our runner saw that it was a fake and stayed at 2nd. Trine executed this perfectly! Good luck to them.
Awesome play ladies. Only thing better would have been if the runner on second was a trans named bucky and his brute strength was outdone by the brilliant mind of a lady. Lol.
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That's bad coaching on the 3rd base coach
He or she had nothing to do with it...player was 100% responsible....should have looked to where the ball was in the outfield before moving on.....
@@briantessmann6443 no sir. Your coaching has all to do with this. And if he/she dont then thats bad coaching all together. You dont EVER RUN on a throw away unless the coach is telling you to or you see the ball gone and then the coach is telling you too. Coaching 101 baserunner 101. This chick got played and her coach should take blame.
It was Sold TOO well this was a great play. With their screaming people diving for the ball Third base coach AND the runner would have been FOOLS not to run.
@@350zmurray looks they were fools TOO RUN
If they could even be heard. The entire team shrieking is part of the play. More worrying the runner didn't find the giant yellow ball.
Sounds like the Trine coach yells out "GET IT!", which triggers the runner to check center field, and then take off. Prior to hearing that, the runner wasn't sold on anything. I think that runner's reaction comes as a result of the coach's 'interference' on the play. If the yelling is taken out, I'm not sure that runner takes off. It's a well-executed play, but it's more than a bit dubious that the coach was involved in the play like that. I'm calling bush league on this.
Don't seem right...
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Runner on 2nd should've known better. Either physically see the ball go to the outfield or the 3rd base coach waving you over before advancing. I was going to knock her for making the 3rd out at 3rd also, but it was a 2-run game so attempting to get the runner on 1st into scoring position wasn't the worst idea.
Thus the cliche, "20/20 vision in hindsight".
Their field is 70% the size of men's. Like their paychecks. 😆
Quick question. If a runner gets the 3rd out of the inning, does the player who was at bat get to another at bat to begin the next inning or is hit turn hitting over? Even if he didn't get an out or struck out himself.
@@jsilva7005 their turn is over. They go to end of batting line.
@@jsilva7005 If they finished their atbat, they're done (if they put the ball in play or got struck out, hit by the pitch or walked). But if the 3rd out occurs on anything else (a runner caught stealing most of the time), then the atbat is not complete and the same batter will come back as the first next inning with an empty count.
Hope this is readable and understandable...
@@magaureille4007 yep i get it now, they still get to continue their at bat the following inning if they didn't cause the 3rd out.
@@jsilva7005 They actually start a new atbat. Even if they had had balls and strikes the first time, they get to start with a clear count.
Bush league. Very cool. Very well done. I like it a lot. But it’s still bush league.
The teams' "fakeness" , is better than CNN ! Great play "girls !"
Fox News viewers know less about the world than people who don't watch TV at all.
dirty
Not exactly sportsmanllike. The runner probably felt like shit afterwards.
It's a sneaky play that ignores the gist of the rules.
The is no rule that prohibits such a play, so there is no "gist" to consider.
Not the way I'd want to win a game. 👎
This is called a legal, yet wholly *_dishonorable_* win. Nothing here to cheer about -- not unless you enjoy fundamentally unfair play. Deking is part of the game. Wholesale orchestrated malfeasance is shameful.
Totally agree. Well said!
Kinda shitty that you can't win by playing well, so you practice a trick play to win. My teams wouldn't celebrate a win like that especially in a championship game.
Stupid base running without looking where's the ball at. Anyhow, they're losing anyway.
If they where only one or two runs behind this has to be one of the most embarrassing plays I've ever seen. But the fact that they didn't give the final score makes me think it wasn't close.
Avery Brecher - Final score was 6-3.
Stupid armchair pundit.
Bush league !!!! lol
Kentucky 🥎 try that 👌
Trust me