Craziest baseball play ever
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Assume this is what you were referring to?
Brewers pull off 8-6-2 double play vs. Dodgers in NLCS Game 1 - ESPN
Brewers pull off 8-6-2 double play vs. Dodgers in NLCS Game 1 - ESPN
He tagged up and left the base, saw the OF juggle the ball and mistakenly went back to re-tag. Oddly, the OF juggle happened against us vs the Mets this season and he should have remembered once the ball goes into the glove, you can leave, even if it then bounces out (never knew that till that Mets game). He ran home, but the Brewers throw and perfect relay beat him by a step due to the re-tagging. And the other runners thought it was a catch and went back to their base. Inches from a grand slam, instead a double play.
But none of this bothers Blake Snell. Onions to the nth degree.
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Re-tagging was only part of the problem.
Once the ball hit the wall each base runner had to advance because the ball hadn't been caught. All three base runners had retreated to their initial bases which meant any of them could have been forced out as they hadn't advanced.
The Brewers still could have gotten a double play even if Hernandez had scored as Smith was still at second base and Edman at first. Both easily could have been forced out.
Once the ball hit the wall each base runner had to advance because the ball hadn't been caught. All three base runners had retreated to their initial bases which meant any of them could have been forced out as they hadn't advanced.
The Brewers still could have gotten a double play even if Hernandez had scored as Smith was still at second base and Edman at first. Both easily could have been forced out.
As Roberts says, brain fart. When it first happened in the summer, we did tag properly, but when the Met bobbled it, I thought it meant he left too early. I mentioned it to a few baseball fans, and they didnt know the rule either. Never saw it happen before, and now twice this season.
Not seeing the play what signal if any did the ump make? If caught he has to raise his hand with a out gesture. If the ball was dropped he didn't have to do anything as the ball was in play.
I assume the ump made no call otherwise the Dodgers had a right to protest.
I assume the ump made no call otherwise the Dodgers had a right to protest.
Yup, the runners on first and 2nd thought he caught the ball, as did everyone one watching it on TV till the reply. So they were both dead meat. They could have gotten a triple play.
And the pitcher didnt feel sorry for himself, he just mowed them down some more. And we won!
The ref in left field made the right call. How does an ump signal that a fly was not caught? That is the signal he made and I have no idea what the signal is. Not sure I would look for the ump on the left field sideline (who is only there in the ;playoffs) in the middle of that play. The Dodgers accept what happened and acknowledge that is was called properly.
If the ball is not caught there is no signal from the ump, so all the baserunners except the guy on 3rd should have focused on the outfield ump. His action or inaction should have told them what to do.
The guy on 3rd simply should have tagged up (just once).
The guy on 3rd simply should have tagged up (just once).
It’s pretty impressive these umps know all these rules, even ones that almost never materialize in a game.
If you see the ball go into the guy's glove, I forgive you if you think it is a valid catch and look to the ump for approval
The ump on the left field line moved onto the field and immediately gave the safe sign when the ball hit the fielders glove and bounced out and hit the wall. Whether anyone saw him make the call is questionable. But a different angle on the replay clearly shows him making the call as was noted by the TV commentators.
The yellow line is in-play. It has to be above the yellow to be a home run
The umpire can (and probably should) make a safe call to indicate the ball hasn't been caught.
I think on a routine fly ball, it's ok not to make a signal as it's obvious. On something like this where the play is in question, an umpire should make a signal one way or the other.
I wasn't suggesting he didn't and honestly I didn't notice if he did or not.
My response was to Halldan's comment that the umpire doesn't have to give a signal unless it's an out call. It was more a general comment rather than specific to this play.