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[wilko]

You are always faster in a straight sprint to the bag than when sliding. Sliding slows you down considerably, which is why you almost never see people slide into first base.

 

The reason guys always slide into second and third is a) to avoid the tag and to stay on the bag. You can't run through 2nd and 3rd the way you can at 1st.

 

This was a set play by the Cardinals where he deliberately sprinted through 2nd, which made him fast enough to be called safe at second and rule out the force. You normally wouldn't see this because there's no way for the player to hang onto the bag at that speed and he'll always come off and get tagged out. In this instance, that worked to their advantage because by the time they tagged him out, the run scored.

 

At the end of the day though, this was another Baez running backwards type thing with the idiot Pirates defense. All they had to do was throw to first and get the sure force out but they got confused by the savvy gamesmanship from the Cardinals and memed themselves yet again.

 

What if you dive into first base?

[Stangstag]

What if you dive into first base?

 

Its been proven that its slower than just sprinting through. Only reason to slide at first is to avoid a tag if the first baseman has to come off the bag.

[Laika]

What if you dive into first base?

 

It can be marginally faster but you need to execute the dive perfectly

[Laika]

I fail to see how this is “genius”

 

It's pretty smart!!!!!

[John_Havok]

It was going to be a force out at second base to end the inning. Force out means no run scores from 3b. By sprinting through the bag instead of sliding he beats the flip to 2b thus turning the play into a tag play, thus allowing the runner to score from 3rd because runs can score on 3rd out tag plays as long as the runner touches home before the tagout. Pretty smart if you ask me. Never seen that before.

 

I love that you think i dont know the basics of baseball. My point is that Gorman could have easily been safe without sprinting through the bag given how that play set up. They essentially traded a possible run with possibly more coming for 1 guaranteed run and pretty much guaranteed end of inning.

 

I dont think that qualifies as "genius." Interesting yes, but genius????

[Omar]

I love that you think i dont know the basics of baseball. My point is that Gorman could have easily been safe without sprinting through the bag given how that play set up. They essentially traded a possible run with possibly more coming for 1 guaranteed run and pretty much guaranteed end of inning.

 

I dont think that qualifies as "genius." Interesting yes, but genius????

 

Lol. I got your point from the original post about the "genius" of the play, hence you were spared an essay explaining a force out at 2b. Next up John we will go over the intricacies of the IFF rule with you:)

[RustyTrombone]

I love that you think i dont know the basics of baseball. My point is that Gorman could have easily been safe without sprinting through the bag given how that play set up. They essentially traded a possible run with possibly more coming for 1 guaranteed run and pretty much guaranteed end of inning.

 

I dont think that qualifies as "genius." Interesting yes, but genius????

 

He wasnt going to have "easily been safe" if he didnt sprint through the bag. If he slides he slows way down and is forced out. If he sprints and tries to stop on the bag he has to slow down before the bag so hes out again. So tell me how exactly he would have been safe without sprinting through the bag?

[TwistedLogic]

My point is that Gorman could have easily been safe without sprinting through the bag given how that play set up.

 

Gorman had no chance of being safe on that play if he slid. He was barely safe as it is, and that was while he was in a straight sprint across the bag.

[Pendleton]

[Spanky99]

 

lol... never see that again.

[Stangstag]

lol... never see that again.

 

One of the greatest things about this sport. There’s bound to be some wacky s*** that you’ve never seen before almost every day

[wilko]

 

How the hell did it fly out of his glove so fast!

[Pendleton]

[John_Havok]

 

Catcher was halfway through throwing it back to the pitcher because he knew it was a ball…lol

[Pendleton]

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[Ehjays]

 

You can see after the pitch is thrown he looks in the crowd.

[Pendleton]

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[Spanky99]

Damn, loading this page and the music page is aids, ugghhh...

[Pendleton]

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[Omar]

[John_Havok]

 

The most surprising thing about this entire inning is that Ryan Goins was on base.

[Stangstag]

The most surprising thing about this entire inning is that Ryan Goins was on base.

 

Fielders choice lol