It's hilarious the way he watches the ball bounce away, then actually looks at his glove for a second before doing anything else. Like he was so shocked he had to double check.
You’re watching it from an angle that makes it look like the ball was directly over him but in reality the ball it’s traveling out of his site. Just fyi
I think his peripheral vision/instinct knew something(the ball) suddenly flew upwards is why he looked up but the ball was already closer to the camera by the time he looked up so he didnt see anything so he checked his glove as he must have got it, then to realise that I was the ball that flew upwards but where is it.
Plenty of people have talked about the bad fundamentals, mine, my brothers, and my cousin's feed are all filled with this. The Yankees are apparently having very closed doors meetings about the fundamentals
The fact that the actual players are not hard on themselves is the problem. Yankee players think that their talent will win the game, but it's heart that wins. RIP Fernando Valenzuela
Especially when they are going against a team with the same (or perhaps greater?) level of talent. You've really got to be on your game, talent alone is not sufficient. I distinctly remember hanging in my friend's kitchen with a group of guys at the height of Fernando-mania, going over the box scores in the LA Times and discussing how the Dodgers were going to be unstoppable with him pitching. RIP indeed, to a Dodger legend.
I just had a conversation with my wife about this being one of the greatest brands of baseball to be witnessed because of the amount of talent on both sides and this was a battle of juggernauts. This would be decided based on who makes the least amount of errors. People sometimes don't understand when you are at the top of the competition everyone is technically level playing field. It's all about who executes perfectly for longer. Anyways just thought I would backup what you guys are both saying.
But thats the thing, Dodgers are 100% more talented than them. Pitching lineup, yanks have all their starters healthy, dodges have 16 injured pitchers, the dodgers have the edge. Batting lineup, yanks only have soto, judge and stanton to lean on...dodgers have shohei, mookie, freddie, teo, kike, tommy, will and max to lean on, basically their whole line up
But thats the thing, Dodgers are 100% more talented than them. Pitching lineup, yanks have all their starters healthy, dodges have 16 injured pitchers, but from what were seeing, the dodgers have the edge. Batting lineup, yanks only have soto, judge and stanton to lean on...dodgers have shohei, mookie, freddie, teo, kike, tommy, will and max to lean on, basically their whole line up
No, you are not being too hard on him. Fielding plays like this make a huge impact on the game. Edman saved a run earlier in the game by fielding the ball. Roberts played the infield back allowing Chisholm to steal third uncontested in the 10th inning. Then he played the infield in and Edman was too close to turn the double play and misfielded the ball. There was also a possibility that Rizzo could have slid into second base to be safe but he stood there to distract a possible throw to first base that never happened because Edman couldn't get the ball out of his glove. If Rizzo goes hard into second he might have been safe. This play by Torres definitely impacted the game. The Dodgers were not hitting well with RISP in this game and probably would have lost in 9 innings if Torres just fields the ball properly,.
All true. I would add poor pitching decisions to the mix as well, though. Pulling Cole at 88 pitches? Burned through your bullpen day 1. Also, Nestor instead of Hill? Watching Jeter, Papi and Arod talk about this post game was funny. They were calling it out but trying their hardest not to be too harsh on Boone, but you could tell they were all shaking their head.
Excellent analysis. Way more nuanced than this video. That's why baseball is a beautiful sport, many possibilities and the gap between casual and well informed fans is huge.
Even pitchers have better technique fielding come backers better than this backhanded snap or snatch. You are right. It cost them the game. But at the end of the day the grand slam was hit and the lefty pitcher gets the loser stamp on his record. Not sure why you would even put a pitcher in that has not pitched in one month except for the purpose to lose the game. The lefty set up far right side of the hill and threw 2 straight & flat fastballs that were home-run hittable. Shohei missed his belt high fast ball and Freddie crushed his low and inside. They should have pulled the lefty right after he got Shohei out, put in a new right handed pitcher & made Freddie get cold. If the Yankee had Trevor Beuer to close the game they would have won. The guy is fearless on the mound. Been watching him play Mexican league and his movement is nasty plus his IQ on the setting up guys is unreal. Never would have thrown 2 straight fastballs.
Gleybar loves the backhand attempts without getting his body behind the glove. He 'fields' grounders like that too. It works for him--until it doesn't. He went to the Gary Sanchez school of defense.
Haha, good one on Sanchez. The issue is you have to field a relay like a batted ball. Either charge and get it on the fly, or back up and play the big hop. The throw was in the air for a couple of seconds and that's your time to move. Gleyber stands still and swipes at the in-between hop. A middle infielder needs to move his feet to put himself in position to field batted balls, throws, etc. Gleyber won't be signed by Yankees bc if he's this lazy in his walk year, imagine what he'll be like once he's cashed out. Pathetic.
Its like Jeter with his leaping throws. Its impressive he could pull them off as often as he did, but it still results in more missed throws than using good fundamentals.
@@WyattFredaCowie you have to have instinct for baseball to understand why and when you attempt the throws jeter used to attempt, Its gambling with house money
@@WyattFredaCowie no, because you use them when you don't have time. If you use throwing fundamentals in that situation, you just don't throw because you can't make it in time to get the runner out. Whether it's worth the risk is a different issue.
It's a huge contrast to Verdugo laying out and putting his body at risk to catch that Ohtani fly ball into the stands in the 10th inning. There was also another defensive miscue when the sub Cabrera mishandled a grounder in that 10th. Had Jazz Chisolm been playing 2B, which is his natural position, one has to wonder if either of them would have happened. Unfortunately, we won't ever know. The biggest villain in all of this is BaBoone for playing players out of position and bringing in a reliever who hadn't pitched in over a month after getting injured.
I heard the plan when they traded for Chisolm was for him to play second. Torres to third. Torres took a tantrum and Chisolm said he would play third. I have all the respect for Chisolm and none for Torres. You are right. If Boone was a stronger manager he would have taken care of this when it happened. now he has to live with this and Torres doing stupid plays like this one.
I sometimes wonder if people have ever seen Freddy Freeman play? He is FAR from an "unlikely hero." Even if you'd only seen him in this single game, it's plainly visible that his injury wasn't impacting his plate appearances much at all and he was even running rather well. Even injured, the guy is a monster...one of the very best hitters in all of baseball.
Cortisol is an amazing drug… not claiming he took any injections, but the way he was playing compared to previous series tells me he had some kind of injection. No way he healed that quick from what they were saying his injury is. But I agree, Freddie is not afraid of the spotlight.
@@markharbaugh8878 Cortisol is a possibility, sure. But he also hadn't played since Oct 18, that's a decent amount of rest. In any case, I'm already loving this series and am looking forward to the rest of it!
@@socallars3748 with the “extent” of the injury that I had read, it would have taken way longer to heal without the aid of something. I was under the impression he had damaged the tendons/ligaments, as well has a bone bruise… but here is hoping he can keep playing like he did last night.
Might be due to his injuried, that game watching stealing base or even regular rutine out at first base was painfull, but the guys is a beast on the batter box
Former All state 2nd baseman from NJ here...I screamed at the TV when I saw that play and yelled "use your body you lazy pos". You have a great eye for what changed game 1. Also, the dumb decision by Soto to not turn on the line drive that he turned into a triple (should have been a double) where they score on a sac fly also led to a run. Shame because Cole pitched a great game but his fielders let him down. I predict Dodgers win the series on their vastly superior fielding.
Everyone blaming Cortes for the last pitch. But he didn't load the bases that inning, he didn't tie the game with lazy fielding, and he came in for one batter in the last inning. I feel bad for the guy.
No one is blaming Cortez! It's Boone for putting a pitcher out there that hasn't pitched in over a month in a key situation when he had side winding lefty Tim Hill who's been lights out!
@@jaybird8192 Maybe not here, but I've seen a lot of unnecessary blame for him on other platforms. I'm glad people are rightfully calling out the horrible decision to bring him in in the first place
Maybe not a Grand Slam but it would've lost them the game regardless. But I agree he's not to blame for all the poor fielding. Edman had a couple mistakes himself but he made up for them, dude was busy all night
When a MLB player, especially a middle infielder, makes an error like this, he definitely needs to be called out for it. The Yankees sloppy fundamentals was part of the Dodgers scouting report. Plays like this and the 5th inning in game 5 are glaring examples of it. The better team won and fundamentals were the difference.
This here! Smith had a decent enough 5-pitch AB, for Lux to get a sense of Cousins’ pitching. Lux himself showed discipline in working the count to 3-1 and getting the walk. Edman did the same overcoming 0-2 on 2 bad strike calls and then staying out of the double play. Setting up the scene for the Ohtani-Betts-Freeman sequence.
Lux getting the walk was so incredibly huge. Then Edman clutch hit but I think poor fielding by the Yankees played a part, they could've turned 2 or even get 1 but they didn't get anyone
To give Los Angeles the extra 90 feet is only asking for trouble. The tying run was UNearned in the 8th inning! They gave Soto the error. I would've given it to Torres. Big play. The broadcasters only focused on Freddie's granny which was amazing, but that kind of play can lose the series for you.
Yup! I have a Freddie Freeman baseball card from when he was with the Braves that has a quote from Chipper Jones "Freddie hits mistakes out of the park" and thats exactly what happened in game 1.
Well, it worked against Ohtani. Not against Freeman. The really bad pitching in the inning was Cousins. Until Cortes threw a 92mph a bit inside to Freeman and he clobbered it.
Nothing like that seems big in the moment. It has to be looked at in the context of the entire series to really understand the impact of a small moment.
Yes Gelyber is bad at fielding, but I read his attempted swipe as thinking he might’ve had a chance at a tag. If Soto hadn’t double-clutched the throw there might have been a play at 2nd. My big villain of this play is Rizzo. Rizzo needs to be backing up that throw. No play at first, and Kahnle backing up 3rd like he’s supposed to. 1B supposed to slide in to backup so there isn’t a huge dead space in the middle of the diamond.
I’m glad someone else mentioned Rizzo. No excuse for Torres but I was thinking the same thing. Then again, it doesn’t make much sense to have an infield cutoff man with no one on and it’d be impossible to predict the bounce beforehand.
No I'd say the throw coming in from right field..at that angle it's the shortstop that should be in position in cae it's an overthrow or Torres misses it ..and also the pitcher should have been in the area enough to get the ball.
Idk about rizzo being a blame there because he has to stay at first incase there is a rundown from the throw and ohtani tries to go back, he probably trailed the runner some but you still are supposed to stay back. I think you are the only person though that actually points out soto here, and idk why he didn't throw to the cutoff man, he's not gonna throw out ohtani there and should know who is running, and instead he short hops it which is the biggest don't do that for outfielders, no reason but ego to me that he tries to throw him out but doesn't have enough arm strength to do that, it was a very far throw to get a very fast runner that was already almost to the bag. I think rizzo is honestly the true infield leader for the yankees he is first out there to help calm down the pitchers and was a great teammate on the cubs when he helped lead them to a world series. It's hard to say could he get that ball but it rolled to the pitchers mound so I don't think he'd get that anyways, only way he is by the mound is if there is a ball in the gap and a play at the plate from my college level of play as a firstbaseman
As a Yankee fan I am very concerned. The 2 long balls that did not go out against Cole would be long gone in Yankee Stadium including the one in this clip. They would all be home runs.
kind of shows how threatening the Dodgers lineup actually is. They're basically an AL All Star team at this point. Insanely loaded with power. Whoever wins this thing will have bought their championship, that's for sure.
It's a stupid, borderline arrogant play in a game against one of the best teams in baseball. When the margins are razor thin, stupid mistakes cost more. Because he COULD have made a better play, has made better plays, and simply chose not to. And I'll say this straight up: Ohtani's best play of the series so far. Not just the double, but being aware of Torres' play and taking third.
I've coached a ton of youth baseball. A typical 12U error on the part of the outfielder is a throw that misses the cut-off man and drops before the player on the base. "Hit the cut-off." That's what he's there for.
100% agreed. This was COMPLETELY inexcusable. Would have prevented from going into extra innings. He also made another lazy play in the 10th to get another out which kept the Dodgers in a rally. Terrible fielding.
Cement Glove Gleyber. I can recall at least 4 games 8th or 9th where a Gleyber error lead to an opponent coming back in the game. Either with the cement glove, or an errant throw.
Yes. Normally the first baseman will trail the runner to second. Thus he would have been in position to get that ball and prevent shohei from advancing.
The more I watch it the more egregious it becomes. You are so right, had Rizzo been properly backing up the throw Ohtani never would have gotten the extra base. Crazy to think Rizzo is aware of how lackadaisical Torres' fielding tends to be, and he still can't be assed to hustle just a little bit with a 1-run lead, 5 outs left to win game one of the biggest World Series in decades. This is the kind of brainfart kids get reamed out for making in little league, truly embarrassing for it to happen in this situation to a 14 year vet. Humbling. Reminds you why the little things are important.
Othani taking off to 3rd base was similar to Johnny Damon scampering to 3rd base against the Phillies in the 2009 World Series on a wayward throw from the outfield.
Torres has never valued the importance and the fundamentals of each play. If he was closer to the bag the hop and tag would have been more manageable. When he recognized the short hop he should have chosen to get in front of the ball instead swiping at it. He has gotten away with this even with everyone trying to school him during the regular season. The small things matter in the post season and they expose those that need exposing. Let him be someone else's post season problem next year.
Not harsh at all. Winning the World Series come down to pitching and defense and making casual, lazy, boneheaded plays like that extended the Dodgers' life and they took full advantage of it by getting to extra innings and winning the game.
It's a team sport. But don't dare blame Aaron 'Captain' Judge for not driving in a run in scoring position, striking out 3 times, and being so bad he also took the bat out of Sotos hands. That's no Captain. That's an anchor dragging the team down. Gleyber is hitting .310 and sets the table every game just so that colossal prick can strike out again.
The Yankees had so many defensive lapses in the series. Their sloppy, lazy, defensive plays basically gave away games 1& 5. I think this is a coaching issue.
a monkey would have run to 3rd base on that play. If anything, Ohtani almost cost himself a shot at 3rd base because he was celebrating toward his bench. 99% of runners go to 3rd base on that play without delaying it with a celebration.
You could throw better if your Soto, you could catch better as Gleyber, but you SHOULD backup the play as Rizzo. Its one thing to not execute, its an entirely different thing to play lazy and not cover any mistakes.
Look this was not the ONLY instance of the Yankees failing to get ball in glove in this game. There was like 5 instances of ball hitting glove and going elsewhere. Every case you can see the player was NOT doing the basic first rule, watch the darn ball.
UR completely correct. The other major mistake was by Aaron Boone pitching someone who obviously wasn’t game ready. To expect someone to come in under those circumstances who hasn’t pitched in a game situation in a month, yikes. I can’t believe he would think that’s a good idea.
Torres was the trade the cubs made in 2016 to get Chapman from the Yankees. Maddon wore the guy out of course, but he sure was instrumental in the World Series win. I was at his first game as a Cub and he was mesmerizing.
Yeah Torres was casual with it but someone should have been backing him up there. I see plays like that throughout the regular season and the runner will never try to advance. So for me this is more about Ohtani's awareness and hustle then anything. My biggest issue with the Yankees is why they have a guy who hasn't pitched for a month pitching in the biggest moment of the game in game one of the world series. Have faith all you want in your guys and I'm sure he said he was good to go, but you don't put him in that situation.
I'm not so sure. That would have been a very difficult play on a very hard hit ball. If he would have tried for it and not gotten it, Ohtani for sure would have gotten to third.
Virtually all fly balls caught near the top of the outfield walls at Dodgers Stadiums are on high flies with higher arcs. There really isn’t enough to time to get a proper read on a ball on a low hard drive like that. Especially with the back turned. No outfielder is going to backpedal the whole way on a hard low drive like this. Spotting the warning track isn’t enough when you have to move much quicker.
When one player make one defensive mistake, it's probably the player, when many players make many mistakes in the biggest game, it's probably coaching, not emphasizing fundamentals during practices.
thats basic little league baseball stuff. He cant be making those kinds of fielding mistakes at MLB level during the World Series against the LA Dodgers... Dunno man but seeing those kinds of plays tells me they dont deserve winning.
As another comment pointed out, Rizzo also failed to back up the throw, which would have most likely nullified the error. Two little league level mistakes. Learn the fundamentals, kids.
Thank you, aside from Boone putting Nestor, the other half of the story is letting Otani go from second to third base in the same play. The other one was Cabrera over sliding and missing a potential out or double play. And no, you are not being harsh here. Heck, I would add that Anthony Rizzo (an experience player) should have been assisting Glayber in a position behind him just in case something like that happened.
Look for the Dan Patrick Show episode posted on RUclips 4 days after you posted this. He had ex-Reds 1st baseman Joey Votto on as his guest, and Votto definitely agrees with you. He said that Torres “casually went after” the ball, and conjectures that Ohtani would otherwise have made it only as far as 3rd, and there would be no extra inning and Freeman walk-off grand slam.
At this level, on this stage, everything matters. Yes, in hindsight, this had a huge impact on the outcome of the game. Luckily there are more games ahead, and hopefully lesson learned and errors will be minimized. Two great teams and an awesome series it will be.
I watched at least 150 Yankee games this season. Torres made lots of dumb errors, but it is his base running that is truly bush league. I lost count of how many times he was picked off, caught stealing, not hustling to first base, etc. He either doesn’t care about what he’s doing, or he has a real short attention span.
The guy isn't really a third baseman either, it speaks to the level of athleticism in MLB these days. He doesn't physically look terribly athletic, but he is! Very intense guy, I love his play. I'm old enough to remember Graig Nettles in 1978, gobbling up EVERY BALL hit anywhere near third, robbing the Dodger hitters of doubles and triples...even turning some into double-plays! So even then, there was plenty of athleticism to go around!
Soto also double-clutched the ball as he tried to get it out of his glove. And then of course his throw was off-line which enabled the bone-headed infielder to screw up the short hop throw.
That game one fiasco had several contributors -- Cousins walked a batter, Cabrerra booted a gounder, Betts was walked intentionally, and the Grand Finale -- Cortes serves up a cookie to Freeman. Four goats.
Defense and baserunning matter alot in the post-season and are magnified in the WS. The Yankess have not been good at both all season and this example shows how it bites you and gives a great team all the edge it needs.
I don't think you're being hard on him at all. He looked in his glove for an explanation like my 10 year old does, thinking by all rights it should still be in the glove, somehow.
Another thing they brought up is why the Yankees had Volpe out in right field as the cutoff when the play didn't even need a cutoff man. He should have been the one to take the throw with Gleyber backing up. That's more a Boone philosophy problem than a player problem. Which means that there seems to be an obvious trickle down effect of lackluster strategy and effort that starts with the coaching.
Reminds me of Correia this year. He is by far the laziest baserunner I have ever seen. He just walks to first if it doesn't seem like a hit. Drives me crazy.
He phoned in that play, probably surprised himself, then panicked when he collected himself. He made a mistake. My viewing has been too casual the last few years to say it's something he does all the time, but he definitely made it easier for the Dodgers to score that run.
Some of this goes on Soto as well. He didn't have a chance of throwing out Ohtani at second. Had he thrown it to the cut off man like he should have there wouldn't have been an issue.
I don’t think you’re being too hard on Torres at all; that play cost the Yankees the game. Torres is a major leaguer, and that play is as routine as it gets! Honestly, he might not be around much longer. As a Boston fan, we love to see it! 😂
If he completely rushed the throw, risking throwing it into No Man's Land himself there would've been a tiny chance he would have gotten Ohtani at second. It was not a lazy throw, he double pumped because he was throwing the second from the warning track. This is completely Torres's fault.
@@bamboozeledyt fr? in all honesty I havent seen much of him in the field but last night his range and his path to certain balls seemed bad. myabe just a bad game
In a situation like that, I was taught to block the ball with your body or get in front of it, -- doesn't matter if it's a practice game or the world series. They're ruining the game like everything else. Thank God for Freddy
I think he’s a great player. They should definitely keep him around so he can do the same thing for the Stinkies next year! They really really need him. I mean the Yankees.
I used to coach youth sports, I would tell my kids that the most important part of the game is to bring your best self to the match. Get a good nights sleep and mentally prepare yourself pre-game, pre-think what you should do in likely scenarios. Shohei quickly realized that an extra base was available and took it. Freeman seems to be guessing the correct pitches and executing. The Dodgers in general seem to be bringing their best self to the field each game. The Yanks seem mentally out of it, especially Aaron Judge. Some Yanks are playing their best, ( Cole, Holmes, Soto, Stanton come to mind) but that wont cut it.
Between that, Soto's horrible throwing to the plate with 2 bouncers, and the left fielder giving extra bases by not playing the wall right in the park he's playing ball in, I was astonished at their horrible defense.
It's hilarious the way he watches the ball bounce away, then actually looks at his glove for a second before doing anything else. Like he was so shocked he had to double check.
Pure Looney Tunes
You’re watching it from an angle that makes it look like the ball was directly over him but in reality the ball it’s traveling out of his site. Just fyi
I think his peripheral vision/instinct knew something(the ball) suddenly flew upwards is why he looked up but the ball was already closer to the camera by the time he looked up so he didnt see anything so he checked his glove as he must have got it, then to realise that I was the ball that flew upwards but where is it.
Makes ya think the show is rigged.
He’s not as good as he thinks he is
Not seen enough people talk about this. I’m glad you covered it.
Plenty of people have talked about the bad fundamentals, mine, my brothers, and my cousin's feed are all filled with this. The Yankees are apparently having very closed doors meetings about the fundamentals
As a Dodger fan, I think he played it perfectly. No problems with his laziness whatsoever. 😂
The fact that the actual players are not hard on themselves is the problem. Yankee players think that their talent will win the game, but it's heart that wins. RIP Fernando Valenzuela
Especially when they are going against a team with the same (or perhaps greater?) level of talent. You've really got to be on your game, talent alone is not sufficient.
I distinctly remember hanging in my friend's kitchen with a group of guys at the height of Fernando-mania, going over the box scores in the LA Times and discussing how the Dodgers were going to be unstoppable with him pitching. RIP indeed, to a Dodger legend.
I just had a conversation with my wife about this being one of the greatest brands of baseball to be witnessed because of the amount of talent on both sides and this was a battle of juggernauts. This would be decided based on who makes the least amount of errors. People sometimes don't understand when you are at the top of the competition everyone is technically level playing field. It's all about who executes perfectly for longer.
Anyways just thought I would backup what you guys are both saying.
Stfu watch the rest of the series
But thats the thing, Dodgers are 100% more talented than them. Pitching lineup, yanks have all their starters healthy, dodges have 16 injured pitchers, the dodgers have the edge. Batting lineup, yanks only have soto, judge and stanton to lean on...dodgers have shohei, mookie, freddie, teo, kike, tommy, will and max to lean on, basically their whole line up
But thats the thing, Dodgers are 100% more talented than them.
Pitching lineup, yanks have all their starters healthy, dodges have 16 injured pitchers, but from what were seeing, the dodgers have the edge.
Batting lineup, yanks only have soto, judge and stanton to lean on...dodgers have shohei, mookie, freddie, teo, kike, tommy, will and max to lean on, basically their whole line up
No, you are not being too hard on him. Fielding plays like this make a huge impact on the game. Edman saved a run earlier in the game by fielding the ball. Roberts played the infield back allowing Chisholm to steal third uncontested in the 10th inning. Then he played the infield in and Edman was too close to turn the double play and misfielded the ball. There was also a possibility that Rizzo could have slid into second base to be safe but he stood there to distract a possible throw to first base that never happened because Edman couldn't get the ball out of his glove. If Rizzo goes hard into second he might have been safe. This play by Torres definitely impacted the game. The Dodgers were not hitting well with RISP in this game and probably would have lost in 9 innings if Torres just fields the ball properly,.
All true. I would add poor pitching decisions to the mix as well, though. Pulling Cole at 88 pitches? Burned through your bullpen day 1. Also, Nestor instead of Hill? Watching Jeter, Papi and Arod talk about this post game was funny. They were calling it out but trying their hardest not to be too harsh on Boone, but you could tell they were all shaking their head.
Them's the breaks. Cabrera's mis-field for a potential double play IMO also was big. Both sides were a bit sloppy, perhaps due to the stage.
Excellent analysis. Way more nuanced than this video. That's why baseball is a beautiful sport, many possibilities and the gap between casual and well informed fans is huge.
When the Giants won those WS 2010-14 they NEVER gave away extra bases.
Even pitchers have better technique fielding come backers better than this backhanded snap or snatch. You are right. It cost them the game. But at the end of the day the grand slam was hit and the lefty pitcher gets the loser stamp on his record. Not sure why you would even put a pitcher in that has not pitched in one month except for the purpose to lose the game. The lefty set up far right side of the hill and threw 2 straight & flat fastballs that were home-run hittable. Shohei missed his belt high fast ball and Freddie crushed his low and inside. They should have pulled the lefty right after he got Shohei out, put in a new right handed pitcher & made Freddie get cold. If the Yankee had Trevor Beuer to close the game they would have won. The guy is fearless on the mound. Been watching him play Mexican league and his movement is nasty plus his IQ on the setting up guys is unreal. Never would have thrown 2 straight fastballs.
It’s these subtle things that can make a difference between the #1 team and #2 team in MLB….this series is so amazing.
IMO, the 2024 Yankees is the 4th best team in MLB.
The Dodgers had to beat the #2, then the #3 teams to get to the World Series.
This play sums up the entire series. One team nonchalant. Another team playing like there is no tomorrow.
The best was Cole pointing at 1st base while Rizzo looked for Cole in the huge 5th inning rally by LA in Game 5.
Gleybar loves the backhand attempts without getting his body behind the glove. He 'fields' grounders like that too. It works for him--until it doesn't. He went to the Gary Sanchez school of defense.
Haha, good one on Sanchez. The issue is you have to field a relay like a batted ball. Either charge and get it on the fly, or back up and play the big hop. The throw was in the air for a couple of seconds and that's your time to move. Gleyber stands still and swipes at the in-between hop. A middle infielder needs to move his feet to put himself in position to field batted balls, throws, etc. Gleyber won't be signed by Yankees bc if he's this lazy in his walk year, imagine what he'll be like once he's cashed out. Pathetic.
Its like Jeter with his leaping throws. Its impressive he could pull them off as often as he did, but it still results in more missed throws than using good fundamentals.
@@WyattFredaCowie you have to have instinct for baseball to understand why and when you attempt the throws jeter used to attempt, Its gambling with house money
@@WyattFredaCowie no, because you use them when you don't have time. If you use throwing fundamentals in that situation, you just don't throw because you can't make it in time to get the runner out. Whether it's worth the risk is a different issue.
He won’t be there next year 1:31
It's a huge contrast to Verdugo laying out and putting his body at risk to catch that Ohtani fly ball into the stands in the 10th inning. There was also another defensive miscue when the sub Cabrera mishandled a grounder in that 10th. Had Jazz Chisolm been playing 2B, which is his natural position, one has to wonder if either of them would have happened. Unfortunately, we won't ever know. The biggest villain in all of this is BaBoone for playing players out of position and bringing in a reliever who hadn't pitched in over a month after getting injured.
Verdugo impressed me when he was a Dodger, I was sorry to see him go.
I am not a Yankee fan but I must agree with you here... your comment was spot on... Boone gets the goat horns all the way on this one.
But Chisolm also saved a run when he got Mookie out in the 6th
I heard the plan when they traded for Chisolm was for him to play second. Torres to third. Torres took a tantrum and Chisolm said he would play third. I have all the respect for Chisolm and none for Torres. You are right. If Boone was a stronger manager he would have taken care of this when it happened. now he has to live with this and Torres doing stupid plays like this one.
@@Jry088 He did indeed. Jazz has been one of the few bright spots in the Yankees defense along with Verdugo.
Watching Game 5 of this year's World Series put me in the mood to watch THE BAD NEWS BEARS.
Watching that play made me go “WHAT ARE YOU DOING” LMFAO. Truly an NPC moment from him.
I sometimes wonder if people have ever seen Freddy Freeman play? He is FAR from an "unlikely hero." Even if you'd only seen him in this single game, it's plainly visible that his injury wasn't impacting his plate appearances much at all and he was even running rather well. Even injured, the guy is a monster...one of the very best hitters in all of baseball.
It may be because his last 30 days but yeah it's weird to hear unlikely hero and Freddy Freeman in the same sentence
Cortisol is an amazing drug… not claiming he took any injections, but the way he was playing compared to previous series tells me he had some kind of injection. No way he healed that quick from what they were saying his injury is. But I agree, Freddie is not afraid of the spotlight.
@@markharbaugh8878 Cortisol is a possibility, sure. But he also hadn't played since Oct 18, that's a decent amount of rest. In any case, I'm already loving this series and am looking forward to the rest of it!
@@socallars3748 with the “extent” of the injury that I had read, it would have taken way longer to heal without the aid of something. I was under the impression he had damaged the tendons/ligaments, as well has a bone bruise… but here is hoping he can keep playing like he did last night.
Might be due to his injuried, that game watching stealing base or even regular rutine out at first base was painfull, but the guys is a beast on the batter box
Former All state 2nd baseman from NJ here...I screamed at the TV when I saw that play and yelled "use your body you lazy pos". You have a great eye for what changed game 1. Also, the dumb decision by Soto to not turn on the line drive that he turned into a triple (should have been a double) where they score on a sac fly also led to a run. Shame because Cole pitched a great game but his fielders let him down. I predict Dodgers win the series on their vastly superior fielding.
Everyone blaming Cortes for the last pitch. But he didn't load the bases that inning, he didn't tie the game with lazy fielding, and he came in for one batter in the last inning. I feel bad for the guy.
Dodger fan here but love Cortez!
I think the blaming is directed toward Boone not Cortez.
No one is blaming Cortez! It's Boone for putting a pitcher out there that hasn't pitched in over a month in a key situation when he had side winding lefty Tim Hill who's been lights out!
@@jaybird8192 Maybe not here, but I've seen a lot of unnecessary blame for him on other platforms. I'm glad people are rightfully calling out the horrible decision to bring him in in the first place
Maybe not a Grand Slam but it would've lost them the game regardless. But I agree he's not to blame for all the poor fielding. Edman had a couple mistakes himself but he made up for them, dude was busy all night
I've always been a Dodgers fan and I wanna thank the NYY for their performance in the World Series 2024
That’s why baseball is a game of inches. And 95% mental
When a MLB player, especially a middle infielder, makes an error like this, he definitely needs to be called out for it. The Yankees sloppy fundamentals was part of the Dodgers scouting report. Plays like this and the 5th inning in game 5 are glaring examples of it. The better team won and fundamentals were the difference.
Solid breakdown. You’re are 100% in line and correct.
Dodgers such a balanced, disciplined team. Everyone forgets about the hitters who got on base when they needed, before the Freeman blast.
This here! Smith had a decent enough 5-pitch AB, for Lux to get a sense of Cousins’ pitching. Lux himself showed discipline in working the count to 3-1 and getting the walk. Edman did the same overcoming 0-2 on 2 bad strike calls and then staying out of the double play.
Setting up the scene for the Ohtani-Betts-Freeman sequence.
Lux getting the walk was so incredibly huge. Then Edman clutch hit but I think poor fielding by the Yankees played a part, they could've turned 2 or even get 1 but they didn't get anyone
to many Yankees (and many others) have forgotten "sound fundamentals" like catching and cradling certain balls with two hands
That might pass in June against Oakland A's, but not in October against the Dodgers.
Don't even get me started on the fifth inning in game 5.
To give Los Angeles the extra 90 feet is only asking for trouble. The tying run was UNearned in the 8th inning! They gave Soto the error. I would've given it to Torres. Big play. The broadcasters only focused on Freddie's granny which was amazing, but that kind of play can lose the series for you.
The other big mistake here was Boone's leaving the ground-ball machine Hill in the bullpen and using Cortes instead.
When I saw that he called on Cortes, I thought, "This is pure Boone--and it's going to bite him in the ass."
Yup! I have a Freddie Freeman baseball card from when he was with the Braves that has a quote from Chipper Jones "Freddie hits mistakes out of the park" and thats exactly what happened in game 1.
Well, it worked against Ohtani. Not against Freeman. The really bad pitching in the inning was Cousins. Until Cortes threw a 92mph a bit inside to Freeman and he clobbered it.
@@cejannuzi catcher asked for the pitch inside high and Cortez missed it inside low..
Nothing like that seems big in the moment. It has to be looked at in the context of the entire series to really understand the impact of a small moment.
Going into the WS I simply wanted to see the two best teams battle it out. Now I am a Dodger Fan!!!
If the Yankees comeback and win, you’ll be a Yankees fan. We know you.
Did you already commit the prerequisite felony?
@@SaintPenguinAstroMaverickThe Yankees would be lucky to take one game at this point 😂
My two favorite teams are the Dodgers first and Yankees second. Go Dodgers against any team. But I will root for the Yankees against any other team.
Yes Gelyber is bad at fielding, but I read his attempted swipe as thinking he might’ve had a chance at a tag. If Soto hadn’t double-clutched the throw there might have been a play at 2nd. My big villain of this play is Rizzo. Rizzo needs to be backing up that throw. No play at first, and Kahnle backing up 3rd like he’s supposed to. 1B supposed to slide in to backup so there isn’t a huge dead space in the middle of the diamond.
I’m glad someone else mentioned Rizzo. No excuse for Torres but I was thinking the same thing. Then again, it doesn’t make much sense to have an infield cutoff man with no one on and it’d be impossible to predict the bounce beforehand.
No I'd say the throw coming in from right field..at that angle it's the shortstop that should be in position in cae it's an overthrow or Torres misses it ..and also the pitcher should have been in the area enough to get the ball.
Idk about rizzo being a blame there because he has to stay at first incase there is a rundown from the throw and ohtani tries to go back, he probably trailed the runner some but you still are supposed to stay back. I think you are the only person though that actually points out soto here, and idk why he didn't throw to the cutoff man, he's not gonna throw out ohtani there and should know who is running, and instead he short hops it which is the biggest don't do that for outfielders, no reason but ego to me that he tries to throw him out but doesn't have enough arm strength to do that, it was a very far throw to get a very fast runner that was already almost to the bag. I think rizzo is honestly the true infield leader for the yankees he is first out there to help calm down the pitchers and was a great teammate on the cubs when he helped lead them to a world series. It's hard to say could he get that ball but it rolled to the pitchers mound so I don't think he'd get that anyways, only way he is by the mound is if there is a ball in the gap and a play at the plate from my college level of play as a firstbaseman
He was not anywhere near the bag to attempt a tag though..
The cool factor is more important than fundamentals for too many professional ball players.
This was the game they absolutely needed and gave it away. It’s going to be hard to keep LA from getting the split in NY.
As a Yankee fan I am very concerned. The 2 long balls that did not go out against Cole would be long gone in Yankee Stadium including the one in this clip. They would all be home runs.
Cole is overrated
kind of shows how threatening the Dodgers lineup actually is. They're basically an AL All Star team at this point. Insanely loaded with power. Whoever wins this thing will have bought their championship, that's for sure.
@@jackson5116quit saying that bs already every team pays for a championship!
@@ItsHeavyHitterNation Detroit CERTAINLY DID NOT pay for a championship, lol - Check their payroll
Thanks for the reminder that the short field in Yankee Stadium is a joke.
It's a stupid, borderline arrogant play in a game against one of the best teams in baseball.
When the margins are razor thin, stupid mistakes cost more.
Because he COULD have made a better play, has made better plays, and simply chose not to.
And I'll say this straight up: Ohtani's best play of the series so far. Not just the double, but being aware of Torres' play and taking third.
I've coached a ton of youth baseball. A typical 12U error on the part of the outfielder is a throw that misses the cut-off man and drops before the player on the base. "Hit the cut-off." That's what he's there for.
Absolutely agree! We were yelling at the screen, saying Torres cost them the game right there! No tie without that mistake.
100% agreed. This was COMPLETELY inexcusable. Would have prevented from going into extra innings. He also made another lazy play in the 10th to get another out which kept the Dodgers in a rally. Terrible fielding.
Torres wasn't even in the game in the 10th inning . . .
Cement Glove Gleyber. I can recall at least 4 games 8th or 9th where a Gleyber error lead to an opponent coming back in the game. Either with the cement glove, or an errant throw.
True Gleyber screwed up, but shouldn't Rizzo have been near the mound to pick up the ball?
Yes. Normally the first baseman will trail the runner to second. Thus he would have been in position to get that ball and prevent shohei from advancing.
The more I watch it the more egregious it becomes. You are so right, had Rizzo been properly backing up the throw Ohtani never would have gotten the extra base. Crazy to think Rizzo is aware of how lackadaisical Torres' fielding tends to be, and he still can't be assed to hustle just a little bit with a 1-run lead, 5 outs left to win game one of the biggest World Series in decades. This is the kind of brainfart kids get reamed out for making in little league, truly embarrassing for it to happen in this situation to a 14 year vet. Humbling. Reminds you why the little things are important.
Good point as well!
@@Vejtable I think in Rizzo's case it might just be a sign that he's completely toast. His legs are gone.
Absolutely. Rizzo is lazy.
You got to give props to Ohtani most runners would have been stuck on 2nd base on that lazy play.
No
Wrong
Othani taking off to 3rd base was similar to Johnny Damon scampering to 3rd base against the Phillies in the 2009 World Series on a wayward throw from the outfield.
Torres has never valued the importance and the fundamentals of each play. If he was closer to the bag the hop and tag would have been more manageable. When he recognized the short hop he should have chosen to get in front of the ball instead swiping at it. He has gotten away with this even with everyone trying to school him during the regular season. The small things matter in the post season and they expose those that need exposing. Let him be someone else's post season problem next year.
Not harsh at all. Winning the World Series come down to pitching and defense and making casual, lazy, boneheaded plays like that extended the Dodgers' life and they took full advantage of it by getting to extra innings and winning the game.
Games are lost more often than won. This WAS the game right here. One defensive lapse.
It's a team sport. But don't dare blame Aaron 'Captain' Judge for not driving in a run in scoring position, striking out 3 times, and being so bad he also took the bat out of Sotos hands. That's no Captain. That's an anchor dragging the team down. Gleyber is hitting .310 and sets the table every game just so that colossal prick can strike out again.
The Yankees had so many defensive lapses in the series. Their sloppy, lazy, defensive plays basically gave away games 1& 5.
I think this is a coaching issue.
You’re def not the only one., I couldn’t walk 5 feet into the office before hearing a “hope he’s gone” conversation.
I think Ohtani is just too baseball savvy. I've seen that kind of fielding before. 99% of runners stay put. Good base running>>poor fielding.
a monkey would have run to 3rd base on that play. If anything, Ohtani almost cost himself a shot at 3rd base because he was celebrating toward his bench. 99% of runners go to 3rd base on that play without delaying it with a celebration.
I agree. Ohtani reacted so quickly, like he spent hours and hours during his baseball practices in Japan on that exact scenario.
You could throw better if your Soto, you could catch better as Gleyber, but you SHOULD backup the play as Rizzo.
Its one thing to not execute, its an entirely different thing to play lazy and not cover any mistakes.
Look this was not the ONLY instance of the Yankees failing to get ball in glove in this game.
There was like 5 instances of ball hitting glove and going elsewhere.
Every case you can see the player was NOT doing the basic first rule, watch the darn ball.
wow, coming back this really tell the story of the series
Hit nail on head.
Also, where was Rizzo? He's supposed to be backing that throw up.
UR completely correct. The other major mistake was by Aaron Boone pitching someone who obviously wasn’t game ready. To expect someone to come in under those circumstances who hasn’t pitched in a game situation in a month, yikes. I can’t believe he would think that’s a good idea.
This aged well.
Ohtani looks at the infield, "Is that the baseball? got to go."
Illuminating and important analysis!
Torres was the trade the cubs made in 2016 to get Chapman from the Yankees. Maddon wore the guy out of course, but he sure was instrumental in the World Series win. I was at his first game as a Cub and he was mesmerizing.
Yeah Torres was casual with it but someone should have been backing him up there. I see plays like that throughout the regular season and the runner will never try to advance. So for me this is more about Ohtani's awareness and hustle then anything.
My biggest issue with the Yankees is why they have a guy who hasn't pitched for a month pitching in the biggest moment of the game in game one of the world series. Have faith all you want in your guys and I'm sure he said he was good to go, but you don't put him in that situation.
The big moment was supposed to be getting Ohtani out. Which he did. But it turned out there was another big moment.
If Soto could read and catch a flyball like a real outfielder this would have never happened
That's what I was thinking.. that ball looked catchable
I'm not so sure. That would have been a very difficult play on a very hard hit ball. If he would have tried for it and not gotten it, Ohtani for sure would have gotten to third.
Virtually all fly balls caught near the top of the outfield walls at Dodgers Stadiums are on high flies with higher arcs. There really isn’t enough to time to get a proper read on a ball on a low hard drive like that. Especially with the back turned. No outfielder is going to backpedal the whole way on a hard low drive like this. Spotting the warning track isn’t enough when you have to move much quicker.
Might have been a homerun at yankees stadium
Yea i thought that he was lazy. A Mookie Betts or Fernando Tatis would try to jump over the fucking wall to catch that ball
Such a testimony to the mindset of today’s players. It’s the World Series. What would it take to get someone motivated.
People have been full-on blaming Boone for Game 1 (rightfully so, with that Cortes decision), but nobody talks about this enough.
I completely agree. I was thinking the 2nd baseman looked lackadaisical on that play.
Not to mention the main variable. We’re human! We feel momentum and it sure did shift on the field when he ran that extra base. Great vid
I am a Big Yankee fan. You couldn't be mire correct. Next topic: How crappy of a manager is Aaron Boone? Good for 1,000 videos all by itself.
When one player make one defensive mistake, it's probably the player, when many players make many mistakes in the biggest game, it's probably coaching, not emphasizing fundamentals during practices.
thats basic little league baseball stuff. He cant be making those kinds of fielding mistakes at MLB level during the World Series against the LA Dodgers...
Dunno man but seeing those kinds of plays tells me they dont deserve winning.
As another comment pointed out, Rizzo also failed to back up the throw, which would have most likely nullified the error. Two little league level mistakes. Learn the fundamentals, kids.
Torres is a lazy player. He doesn't run out grounders either.
Thank you, aside from Boone putting Nestor, the other half of the story is letting Otani go from second to third base in the same play. The other one was Cabrera over sliding and missing a potential out or double play. And no, you are not being harsh here. Heck, I would add that Anthony Rizzo (an experience player) should have been assisting Glayber in a position behind him just in case something like that happened.
It would have been a hard-to-make double play, but at least one out there would have been nice.
Absolutely correct ‼️🎯😊😊
Los jugadores siempre son así, se quieren lucir atrapando la bola con mucho estilo, es decir mucha crema,,,,
It’s a good thing that Soto can hit, because he’s weak AF in the field, and also a subpar base runner. He’ll be a full time DH in a year or two.
He's plenty good enough to man RF in Yankee Stadium for the foreseeable future.
@@greatloverofmusic1 he’s gone next year.
@jeffreyparks2371 You really think so? The Yankees seem like a near perfect match. We'll see, I guess.
@@greatloverofmusic1 I meant one more year in NY. Then I predict a national league team, possibly the Cubs or St. Louis. We’ll see.
@@greatloverofmusic1As a DH, sure.
Look for the Dan Patrick Show episode posted on RUclips 4 days after you posted this. He had ex-Reds 1st baseman Joey Votto on as his guest, and Votto definitely agrees with you. He said that Torres “casually went after” the ball, and conjectures that Ohtani would otherwise have made it only as far as 3rd, and there would be no extra inning and Freeman walk-off grand slam.
🐿 there's nothing I love more than seeing Aaron Judge's confused squirrel expression after he strikes out or drops a ball. Big lazy squirrel
At this level, on this stage, everything matters. Yes, in hindsight, this had a huge impact on the outcome of the game. Luckily there are more games ahead, and hopefully lesson learned and errors will be minimized. Two great teams and an awesome series it will be.
I watched at least 150 Yankee games this season. Torres made lots of dumb errors, but it is his base running that is truly bush league. I lost count of how many times he was picked off, caught stealing, not hustling to first base, etc. He either doesn’t care about what he’s doing, or he has a real short attention span.
Speaking of fielding, how was that short-hop pick up by Max Muncy at third? Smoooth.....
The guy isn't really a third baseman either, it speaks to the level of athleticism in MLB these days. He doesn't physically look terribly athletic, but he is! Very intense guy, I love his play.
I'm old enough to remember Graig Nettles in 1978, gobbling up EVERY BALL hit anywhere near third, robbing the Dodger hitters of doubles and triples...even turning some into double-plays! So even then, there was plenty of athleticism to go around!
A thing of beauty
Smooth as glass!
Soto also double-clutched the ball as he tried to get it out of his glove. And then of course his throw was off-line which enabled the bone-headed infielder to screw up the short hop throw.
you are spot on
That game one fiasco had several contributors -- Cousins walked a batter, Cabrerra booted a gounder, Betts was walked intentionally, and the Grand Finale -- Cortes serves up a cookie to Freeman. Four goats.
Defense and baserunning matter alot in the post-season and are magnified in the WS. The Yankess have not been good at both all season and this example shows how it bites you and gives a great team all the edge it needs.
No way!!! Really?!!??! Wow! You should be an analyst for Fox
You’re totally right. I felt the same as well. Crap like this can sometimes make the game look rigged.
Awful take.
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I don't think you're being hard on him at all. He looked in his glove for an explanation like my 10 year old does, thinking by all rights it should still be in the glove, somehow.
Spot on.
Another thing they brought up is why the Yankees had Volpe out in right field as the cutoff when the play didn't even need a cutoff man. He should have been the one to take the throw with Gleyber backing up. That's more a Boone philosophy problem than a player problem. Which means that there seems to be an obvious trickle down effect of lackluster strategy and effort that starts with the coaching.
Reminds me of Correia this year. He is by far the laziest baserunner I have ever seen. He just walks to first if it doesn't seem like a hit. Drives me crazy.
He phoned in that play, probably surprised himself, then panicked when he collected himself. He made a mistake. My viewing has been too casual the last few years to say it's something he does all the time, but he definitely made it easier for the Dodgers to score that run.
Some of this goes on Soto as well. He didn't have a chance of throwing out Ohtani at second. Had he thrown it to the cut off man like he should have there wouldn't have been an issue.
I don’t think you’re being too hard on Torres at all; that play cost the Yankees the game. Torres is a major leaguer, and that play is as routine as it gets! Honestly, he might not be around much longer. As a Boston fan, we love to see it! 😂
Super point.
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Now make a video about Gerrit Cole
Gleyber "where did the ball go?" Torres. How Soto is the only one charged an error on that play is beyond me.
It also didn't help that Soto took forever to throw the ball. His bad fielding might cost the Yankees the series.
If he completely rushed the throw, risking throwing it into No Man's Land himself there would've been a tiny chance he would have gotten Ohtani at second. It was not a lazy throw, he double pumped because he was throwing the second from the warning track. This is completely Torres's fault.
soto is so bad in the field
@@n8doggy733I don’t know how he’s a gold glove finalist
@@bamboozeledyt fr? in all honesty I havent seen much of him in the field but last night his range and his path to certain balls seemed bad. myabe just a bad game
Wouldn't have changed anything. What cost the Yankees was their inability to hit.
It's the WS, you go 100% at ALL times. Inexcusable.
Good job.
Tell the truth about cortez n Boones love affair 😂😂😂😂 thank god for Boones great thoughts n cortez always going on his pants in the playoffs 😂
In a situation like that, I was taught to block the ball with your body or get in front of it, -- doesn't matter if it's a practice game or the world series. They're ruining the game like everything else. Thank God for Freddy
I remember the 63 fall classic
when Joe Pepitone bungled a simple throw that cost the Yankees the game and the series. I coulda caught that throw...
This started for the Yankees in 2002 when jeter’s inept fielding put the angels in the World Series.
Wow. Mary Hart jumped up out of her seat when Freeman hit it out. She sits there like a statue for 9 innings not eating or drinking anything.
Edman had a couple mishaps too but no one blamed him cuz those were all tough plays. He made up for it and was clutch for us once again
I think he’s a great player. They should definitely keep him around so he can do the same thing for the Stinkies next year!
They really really need him. I mean the Yankees.
I used to coach youth sports, I would tell my kids that the most important part of the game is to bring your best self to the match. Get a good nights sleep and mentally prepare yourself pre-game, pre-think what you should do in likely scenarios. Shohei quickly realized that an extra base was available and took it. Freeman seems to be guessing the correct pitches and executing. The Dodgers in general seem to be bringing their best self to the field each game. The Yanks seem mentally out of it, especially Aaron Judge. Some Yanks are playing their best, ( Cole, Holmes, Soto, Stanton come to mind) but that wont cut it.
Watching his fielding, if this is Soto’s best, it’s pretty lame.
Love Torres for you Yankees - you guys should sign him long term!!!
Between that, Soto's horrible throwing to the plate with 2 bouncers, and the left fielder giving extra bases by not playing the wall right in the park he's playing ball in, I was astonished at their horrible defense.