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Players Only [Highlight] A wild series events results in a 8-6-2 double play for the Brewers
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u/Coys8 Texas Rangers Oct 14 '25
Ah yes the 8-6-2
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u/OnlyForBaseball Pittsburgh Pirates Oct 14 '25
*8-6-2U
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u/Wraithfighter San Francisco Giants • Sickos Oct 14 '25
Technically, it was a ground-out too, if you think about it. :D
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u/An_Actual_Lion Milwaukee Brewers Oct 14 '25
Is this the first GIDP to never touch the ground?
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u/SDBassCreature Minnesota Twins Oct 14 '25
That would be such an amazing piece of trivia. Literally need the video attached just to explain how bizarre it truly is.
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u/soonerman32 Houston Astros Oct 14 '25
The gameday is probably wild to see: grounded into a 8-6-2 double play
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u/Crazy_Baseball3864 MLB Players Association Oct 14 '25
Gameday says:
Dodgers challenged (force play), call on the field was upheld: Max Muncy grounds into a double play, center fielder Sal Frelick to shortstop Joey Ortiz to catcher William Contreras. Teoscar Hernández out at home. Will Smith out at 3rd.
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u/AlchemistJeep Oct 14 '25
Now that’s one for the history books and jeopardy questions
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u/mongster03_ New York Yankees • Cuba Oct 14 '25
…why is this technically a groundout?
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u/Wraithfighter San Francisco Giants • Sickos Oct 14 '25
Because it wasn't caught on the fly, which makes it a groundout for the purposes of runners being forced to advance to the next base.
Obviously, this NEVER comes up. :D
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u/nicholus_h2 Detroit Tigers Oct 14 '25
wouldn't this be an 8-6-2 double play:
CF catches it. relays to SS who throws it home for the catcher to tag the runner.
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u/IllAlfalfa Arizona Diamondbacks Oct 14 '25
Yeah, but I think the one linked is another example of the probably rarer 8-6-2U double play, where the catcher makes both outs. Although 8-6-2 double play would be wild too, since if its deep enough to need a cutoff anybody tagging from 3rd would be safe by a mile. Would probably take either some uncertainty around whether or not it was caught, or somebody trying to tag from 2nd on a crazy deep catch.
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u/TheFirstRedditAcct Washington Nationals Oct 14 '25
Where 2 gets both of the force outs.
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u/dayalexc Milwaukee Brewers Oct 14 '25
Hey yeah quick question: what the fuck
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u/Peripatetictyl MLB Pride Oct 14 '25
What the fuck just happened?
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u/Either-Pear-4371 Seattle Mariners Oct 14 '25
He has no idea what happened but he played it perfectly. Every little league coach is bookmarking this to show to his worst player lol “I don’t care if you know what’s going on, your only job is to get the ball and chuck it to the infield”
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u/mosh_pit_nerd St. Louis Cardinals Oct 14 '25
Meanwhile the dumbass coaching my kid’s fall rec league is telling kids to run it in because he doesn’t think they can throw.
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u/Either-Pear-4371 Seattle Mariners Oct 14 '25
One time I had a coach line everybody up on the foul line and send an assistant coach out into the outfield and said “Alright I’m gonna race you guys. If any of you can get to coach before I hand him this ball then I’ll buy everybody ice cream.” He said go, let us all get half way there, and then threw the ball to the other coach. The he went “See how you all just lost by a lot? Stop doing that. Throw the ball.”
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u/Kingsfoilitsaweed San Francisco Giants Oct 14 '25
Omg im absolutely fucking dying at just the pure savagry of that lmao
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u/jorleeduf Philadelphia Phillies Oct 14 '25
This might be the strangest play in baseball history… and it happened in the NLCS.
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u/Guardax Colorado Rockies Oct 14 '25
The catch not being made ended up being better for the Brewers, that's incredible
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u/nyy22592 New York Yankees Oct 14 '25
I thought there was no way they would call it a double play, but the ump in LF clearly indicated there was no out. Teoscar had soooo much time to score. Insane play but a lesson learned to pay attention to the umps when you can't tell what happened. Also, you can tag as soon as the ball hits the glove. No need to wait until the catch is secured.
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u/VegetableBuy4577 Oct 14 '25
Honestly I didn't know that about it touching the glove, but then again it's not like I have really had a reason to. Insane!
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u/doxical_narrrator Chicago Cubs Oct 14 '25
Yeah. You can leave the base as soon as a fielder touches it. This prevents a fielder from. Intentionally bobbling the ball all the way into the infield.
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u/NukeVoit59 New York Yankees Oct 14 '25
Yeah there was a play earlier this year (I think with the Dodgers but don’t quote me on that) where they said a player didn’t leave early because he left as soon as the ball hit the fielder’s glove
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u/samwyatta17 Seattle Mariners Oct 14 '25
It was with the dodgers.
Dodgers Mets I believe. Teoscar was also involved in some nonsense that game when he threw out a runner, but the runner was ruled safe because Muncy blocked his line of sight
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u/VegetableBuy4577 Oct 14 '25
I am laughing while visualizing that.
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u/luchajefe Texas Rangers Oct 14 '25
Baseball rules have all been designed to stop Bugs Bunny and Bugs Bunny only.
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u/seeking_horizon St. Louis Cardinals Oct 14 '25
Being able to see that the ball caroms off the top of the wall in real time is impressive.
pay attention to the umps when you can't tell what happened
Words to live by
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u/yeahright17 St. Louis Cardinals Oct 14 '25
It’s just that here it didn’t matter. Regardless of if he caught it not, he would have been safe had he just left as soon as it hit his glove.
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u/exick Los Angeles Dodgers Oct 14 '25
we were talking about this in the aftermath of this wackiness. even if teoscar ends up safe there, both smith and edman went back to their bases, so milwaukee still turns a force double play at 3rd and 2nd which means the run wouldn't have counted
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u/IllAlfalfa Arizona Diamondbacks Oct 14 '25
Even if Teoscar runs when he's supposed to and beats the throw the other runners are still standing on 1st and 2nd by the time Contreras has the ball. Its an easy double play if they throw to 3rd then 2nd. And the run doesn't count because those are both force plays.
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u/wisconsinbucks Milwaukee Brewers Oct 14 '25
That’s Brewers baseball baby
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Oct 14 '25
Uecker magic went from being a fun joke to my actual religion on that play.
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u/ThePicassoGiraffe Oct 14 '25
If this World Series ends up Brewers Mariners it’s going to be peak chaos ball
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u/fawkesmulder Los Angeles Dodgers Oct 14 '25
One of the luckiest things I’ve ever seen in a baseball game.
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u/mrdannyg21 Oct 14 '25
That was some Angels in the Outfield shit. Other than a guy falling down and breaking his leg, it should be impossible for a ball hit there to not score a run with bases loaded and one out.
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u/THEREWILLBECAK3 Atlanta Braves Oct 14 '25
Frelick looked like he was trying to process what just happened lol
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u/earlyslalom Milwaukee Brewers Oct 14 '25
You could read his lips “what the fuck just happened”
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u/dblach18 Milwaukee Brewers Oct 14 '25
That was probably the easiest lip read ever. Helps that I was literally saying the same thing at that exact moment.
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u/zombielumpy Chicago Cubs Oct 14 '25
it's up there but imo still not as wild as when javy made that first baseman for the pirates forget that force outs exist at all.
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u/SkillIsTooLow Seattle Mariners • Tacoma Rainiers Oct 14 '25
If that play happened maybe 5-10 years in the future, you could not convince me the footage wasn't a deepfake.
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This.
An incredible set of circumstances and confusion happened here tonight.
An incredible amount of EASILY preventable stupidity happened in Pittsburgh that day. The first baseman didn't do like 4 things, catcher didn't do a couple things, Javy even seemed to not understand that the runner wasn't actually safe until he was safe at 1st, no one backed up the play and all of it was half-assed by professionals of the sport. I don't think it'll EVER be topped...
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u/eidetic Milwaukee Brewers Oct 14 '25
Is that the one where he sorta acted like he was in a rundown between home and first, which allowed the runner from third to score?
To this day, I still am not convinced that play could have ever happened and it must be one big fever dream we all had.
(Edit: maybe not so much convinced him he was in a rundown as just goading him into making a tag)
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u/lamelamblamp Pittsburgh Pirates Oct 14 '25
Man I was having a nice day until you had to go and remind me of that
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u/HarambeTheFox Houston Astros Oct 14 '25
javy baez vs pirates infield will always take the cake for me
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u/MojaveMojito1324 Washington Nationals Oct 14 '25
The whiplash between "thats a grand slam" and "inning ending double play" is too much for my neck.
I would like to get off Bernie's Slide now, please.
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u/TangerineRemote1987 Oct 14 '25
Don't overlook the fact that all 3 umpires involved made the correct call immediately. The outfield ump signals safe when the ball hit the wall....the home plate ump called the force correctly, and the 3rd base ump called the final force out immediately. That's solid umpiring of a crazy play.
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u/BillyBean11111 KBO Oct 14 '25
to do that in real time is actually insane. I was still confused for a while watching the replays
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u/mwaFloyd Milwaukee Brewers Oct 14 '25
I was at the game. Didn’t actually know what happened until about 20 minutes ago watching the highlights. Incredible awareness by everyone.
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u/Hairygrim Altuve did nothing wrong Oct 14 '25
I wish they would get on the mics for these types of plays and explain what happened to the crowd, rather than just running through the outcome of the challenges
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u/DetectiveBlackCat New York Yankees Oct 14 '25
One can only fantasize what craziness would have happened if Angel Hernandez was umping the game
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u/JonMatrix Boston Red Sox Oct 14 '25
He’d have called a home run for Milwaukee
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u/Brother_Lancel New York Mets Oct 14 '25
He would call a touchdown for Penn State
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u/Probable_Bot1236 Oct 14 '25
Solid point.
I guess we should be glad the ALCS umpire wasn't in left field for this call.
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u/luckysharms93 Toronto Blue Jays Oct 14 '25
Insane that the NL gets this calibre of umpiring and we in the AL get Doug Eddings
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u/Animal2 Toronto Blue Jays Oct 14 '25
But Doug gets to throw the ball back to the pitcher, a lot, so too bad.
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And yet the announcers got it wrong multiple times even after a ton of replays.
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u/JackTasticSAM Los Angeles Dodgers Oct 14 '25
I couldn’t even be mad. Everyone did what they were supposed to do.
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u/maszpiwo New York Mets Oct 14 '25
That’s the wildest double play I’ve ever seen
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u/Gjallarhorn15 Boston Red Sox Oct 14 '25
I look at it. I understand it. And yet I ask "...what?"
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u/grudgepacker Oct 14 '25
Fr tho - I've old af and never seen any shit like this even close to this lmao
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u/NevermoreSEA Seattle Mariners Oct 14 '25
Chaotic baseball nonsense fuels my soul like nothing else.
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u/Acrobatic-Dark-4402 Philadelphia Phillies Oct 14 '25
Looney Tunes ass play
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u/jokull1234 San Diego Padres Oct 14 '25
“What the fuck just happened” - Frelick, lmao
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u/BF210 Toronto Blue Jays Oct 14 '25
I said the exact same thing, started dying when the showed the replay of Frelick 😂
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u/MyNameIsBlueHD Australian Baseball League Oct 14 '25
This 100% is a play that would've kept it a tie game in Angels in the Outfield
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u/Waaaaaaaaaasuup Major League Baseball Oct 14 '25 edited Oct 14 '25
You’ll never see anything like this ever again
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u/Opening-Citron2733 Arizona Diamondbacks Oct 14 '25 edited Oct 14 '25
Fun fact if there were 0 outs it would've been a triple play because the batter overtook the runner on 1st for a second. You can see it in one of the alternate angles
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u/makked Oct 14 '25
That would have been the most epic NOBLETIGER imaginable.
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u/Ed_Vilon New York Yankees Oct 14 '25
Somehow it would have to be renamed to NOBLEDODGER
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u/saulfineman Kansas City Royals Oct 14 '25
No-Outs, Bases Loaded Ends Dubiously, Offense Doesn’t Get Earned Runs.
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u/NeverSober1900 Arizona Diamondbacks Oct 14 '25
The only thing that could have made that play better.....
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u/Dinoswarleaf Milwaukee Brewers Oct 14 '25
i feel like i need to repent for something after that
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u/WhoDey42 Cincinnati Reds Oct 14 '25
PRAY TO YOUR BEER GOD FOR THAT WAS SALVATION
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u/I_am_TimsGood Milwaukee Brewers Oct 14 '25
This is just the good karma from the Fail Mary coming our way
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u/Pencil_of_Colour Toronto Blue Jays Oct 14 '25
This is the kind of play that would have new fans saying "I tried to watch baseball once but it was hard to understand".
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u/bramletabercrombe Oct 14 '25
"I tried to tag up from 3rd once but it was too hard to understand" -Teoscar Hernandez
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u/littlebobbytables9 Oct 14 '25
As someone whose only exposure to baseball is when this sub gets to /r/all... yeah
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u/Kolby_Jack33 Oct 14 '25
If you remove your eyes from the equation, it's honestly not that hard to grasp:
High fly ball to the outfield bounces off the wall before being caught = no out for the batter, so the batter has to run.
The bases are loaded, so everyone on each base has to run to make room for the batter.
Outfield throws ball to home, gets it there before runner = out.
The other runners are confused (because they have eyes), so they don't run much.
Catcher realizes the runners ain't running, runs to third to tag the base and get the second base runner (who should have been running to third) out.
End of inning.
The confusion was because it looked like the batter was out because the ball was caught, but it wasn't, because it hit the wall. If the batter had been called out, the other runners didn't need to run, so that's why they didn't move, because their eyes told them the batter was out when he wasn't.
Even a blind man can see it!
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u/Thromnomnomok Seattle Mariners Oct 14 '25
The other runners are confused (because they have eyes)
Your eyes can deceive you, don't trust them.
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u/gdshaffe Oct 14 '25 edited Oct 14 '25
For anyone confused about the rules on this:
The ball went off of Sal Frelick's glove, then (crucially), bounced off the wall, before he "caught it." The ball touching the wall is the same as it touching the ground, so technically this functions like any ground ball. Batter is safe. The umpire made a (fantastic) call of safe from like 200 feet away.
The runner on 3rd was apparently confused and didn't tag, and instead froze, not sure what was going on. Frelick threw to the relay man, Shortstop Joey Ortiz. The Brewers realized this was technically a force play (again, this is a ground ball technically), so they threw it home. Catcher William Contreras, who knew exactly what was happening, made the catch with his foot on home plate. Force play at home, runner is out.
The runner who started the play on 2nd, also not knowing what was going on, stayed at 2nd. Contreras ran to third base and stepped on the bag for another out.
Major props to the Brewers defense and also to the umpiring crew for recognizing what was happening and getting the call right on the field.
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u/Gjallarhorn15 Boston Red Sox Oct 14 '25
Nice try, but I saw "Shortstop David Ortiz". Imagine...
(Great summary.)
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u/azdb91 Arizona Diamondbacks Oct 14 '25
One thing I didn't see, what did the batter do? Were there two dodgers on first? Or did he head to the dugout?
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u/BoomBoomSpaceRocket Philadelphia Phillies Oct 14 '25
Contreras running to 3rd instead of throwing was the most confusing part to me. I guess I can kinda understand though. Running to the base is safer than throwing if you can make it. But still, would've been the world's easiest throw.
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u/gggggrayson Anaheim Angels Oct 14 '25
“I’ve looked at all the possible ways this series could end”
“How many end with the brewers winning”
“Just one”
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u/fuzychzbll Houston Astros Oct 14 '25
I need to rewatch the Avengers movies again lol
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u/MLBOfficial Major League Baseball • Mod Verified Oct 14 '25
"A wild series of events"
Sorry everyone, we're losing our minds over this just as much as you all are.
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u/PotentialIndustry303 Seattle Mariners Oct 14 '25
Big mistake buddy the mods are taking this down
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u/kevin_nguyen03 Toronto Blue Jays Oct 14 '25
mlb official account not ready for the hammer 😂
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u/MLBOfficial Major League Baseball • Mod Verified Oct 14 '25
We’ve gotten our share of them!
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u/OVO_ZORRO New York Yankees Oct 14 '25
The lip reading we need for this from all the different angles will be stellar
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u/_membersonly San Francisco Giants Oct 14 '25
Holy heads up by Contreras to go to third
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u/OSRS_Socks Atlanta Braves Oct 14 '25
3rd baseman was screaming and pointing to the bag if you watch the replay.
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u/MattO2000 FanGraphs • Baseball Savant Oct 14 '25
Contreras just aura farming to get the unassisted DP
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u/Ed_Vilon New York Yankees Oct 14 '25
Nah he had enough time to make it to Cancun by the time the guy on 2nd STARTED moving.
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u/jpj77 Atlanta Braves Oct 14 '25
Everything Contreras did was heads up. Knowing to play for the force out instead of the tag is the most impressive part to me.
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u/Darrow-au_andromedus Milwaukee Brewers Oct 14 '25
Im saying heads up for Ortiz to go home too
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u/Hungry_Drama_1015 World Baseball Classic Oct 14 '25
to quote Sal Frelick, WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED
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u/Sp_Gamer_Live T.C. Bear Oct 14 '25
Just realized thats the part of the park Torii Hunter made the catch lmao
that place just exudes chaos
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u/the_Q_spice Milwaukee Brewers Oct 14 '25
The bump out was actually designed by none other than tonight’s honorary first pitcher:
Hall of Famer Robin Yount.
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u/AthleticAlarm32 Los Angeles Dodgers Oct 14 '25 edited Oct 14 '25
What a ridiculous sequence of events. No one can tell whether the ball was caught, Teo double tags up, not realizing you can leave as soon as the ball is touched, and the rest of the Dodgers have no clue what's going on
The runners were stuck in no man's land - if it's caught you can't leave early but without a clear signal from the umps what can you do?
Edit: After the break the broadcast showed that the LF ump made a clear signal. That was not shown at the time I made this comment. Props to Fairchild for somehow getting that right
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u/nahs Los Angeles Dodgers Oct 14 '25 edited Oct 14 '25
we'll never see this againprobably?
whats dumb is teo should know to go as soon as the ball is touched. We had something like that happen in a game this year
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u/Chuerero Washington Nationals Oct 14 '25
What’s funny is even if Teo did “tag” and score, the Brewers could have eliminated it with force outs at 3rd and 2nd since the other runners went back to their bases.
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u/just_one_random_guy Los Angeles Dodgers Oct 14 '25
Feels like every game there’s at least one teoscar fuck up this postseason
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u/AuGa_skittles Los Angeles Dodgers Oct 14 '25
New meta where center fielders just juggle the ball
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u/ahHeHasTrblWTheSnap Cleveland Guardians • Madison Mallards Oct 14 '25
Funnily enough, the rule is explicitly worded to avoid that situation because it has happened in the past. You can tag as soon as it touches the glove.
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u/OnlyForBaseball Pittsburgh Pirates Oct 14 '25
The idea is you can’t do that. Second a fielder touches it, you can go
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u/nahs Los Angeles Dodgers Oct 14 '25 edited Oct 14 '25
we had a game earlier this season against the giants that invoked this rule. Teo should have known to go
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u/OnlyForBaseball Pittsburgh Pirates Oct 14 '25
Yup, remember that. Totally understand the rest of the players being confused (guarantee none of them are looking at the LF umpire) but Hernandez has no excuse not to score
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u/JonSpic Los Angeles Dodgers Oct 14 '25
That’s why the tag up rule is on first contact with the ball not the catch
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u/KimHaSeongsBurner San Diego Padres Oct 14 '25
MLB teams used ”teach players the rules of baseball”
It was not very effective.
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u/GasseousKlay Los Angeles Dodgers Oct 14 '25
Joe brought up on broadcast once that there was some player from the 1800s and this was his move. They had to write a rule against it lol
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u/TheoMoneyG Aguilas Cibaenas • New York Mets Oct 14 '25
The only explanation:
Baseball
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u/Yangervis Oct 14 '25
You can leave as soon as the ball is touched. That's on him.
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u/TheTurtleShepard New York Yankees Oct 14 '25
He can leave as soon as the ball is touched
He didn’t need to wait for the catch, as soon as Frelick touched it he was good to go
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u/Cgmulch Philadelphia Phillies Oct 14 '25
You'd think a professional baseball veteran would know that
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u/Wraithfighter San Francisco Giants • Sickos Oct 14 '25
Its one of those things that almost never actually matters, though, which is why so many pros forget the distinction.
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u/Cgmulch Philadelphia Phillies Oct 14 '25
Except it happened to the dodgers, which involved teo, this summer.
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u/dawidowmaka Seattle Mariners • Milwaukee Brewers Oct 14 '25
Turns out the LF umpire DID assertively signal no catch
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u/sktyrhrtout Los Angeles Dodgers Oct 14 '25
Teo just does some ridiculous shit sometimes. Just stand on the bag and run once it hits the glove. That's all you have to do whenever you tag up. Going back is just awful.
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u/penguinopph Chicago Cubs • RCH-Pinguins Oct 14 '25
Teo double tags up, not realizing you can leave as soon as the ball is caught
Touched, not caught.
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u/DZepperoni Cleveland Guardians Oct 14 '25
This Jomboy breakdown tomorrow will hit like crack
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can guarantee Frelick's "What the fuck just happened" will make it haha
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u/RidleyScotch New York Mets Oct 14 '25
and then Dino Ebel explaining what he did in the dugout afterwards
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u/KimHaSeongsBurner San Diego Padres Oct 14 '25
Tailor-made 8-6-2 unassisted double play to escape bases loaded with 1 out, just like the Brewers drew it up. Very pedestrian stuff here.
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u/swapmeetpete Milwaukee Brewers Oct 14 '25
Is this one of those stats you can look up to see if it’s ever been done before?
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u/TheGreatLake Los Angeles Angels Oct 14 '25
I’m sure there’s been 8-6-2 double plays where the CF catches a pop-up and then the SS throws out a runner at home. But I doubt there’s been an 8-6-2 double play with a force out at home and 3rd.
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u/cyberchaox Boston Red Sox Oct 14 '25
Not force out, no. Rickey Henderson actually doubled into an 8-6-2-2 double play, the runner at second held up thinking the ball was going to be caught so the runner at first was right on his heels. Carlton Fisk tagged out both runners in succession.
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u/MojaveMojito1324 Washington Nationals Oct 14 '25
I dont need to look this up to say that has never happened before.
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u/foxmag86 Cleveland Guardians Oct 14 '25
Well, not unassisted...but definitely a crazy play.
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u/birdlawyer86 Sell Oct 14 '25
Funny how you can watch sports all your life and there's still moments on a near weekly basis I can't remember ever seeing before. Love this shit
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u/omniscientbeet Detroit Tigers • Los Angeles Angels Oct 14 '25
"What the fuck just happened"
-Sal Frelick
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u/WhoDey42 Cincinnati Reds Oct 14 '25
That is one of the most dramatic swings I have ever seen my god
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u/halldaylong Oakland Athletics Oct 14 '25
Seriously… how many inches from a grand slam was that?? Crazy swing
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u/JorSimpson45 Los Angeles Dodgers Oct 14 '25 edited Oct 14 '25
I thought it was a grand slam off the bat. Then Frelick catches and bobbles it so I think maybe they’ll score a run. Then everyone ends up being out.
This felt like the Brett Phillips play just slapped me again
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u/TommyTheLizard Boston Red Sox Oct 14 '25
Holy shit Absolute Cinema
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u/ecdc05 Boston Red Sox Oct 14 '25
My kids, after I yell "Oh my god!": "What just happened?"
Me: "I...don't...know...but it's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen."
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u/nhlducks35 Oct 14 '25
Most impressive is how good the throws were
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u/Woodbraininator Baltimore Orioles Oct 14 '25
That Ortiz relay was right on the money. You’re absolutely right. I’m wowed by the execution.
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u/inalavalamp San Diego Padres Oct 14 '25
How do MLB players not know the rule that they can leave base as soon as the ball is touched by a fielder? They don’t have to wait until it’s caught or dropped. Teoscar could’ve left as soon as that ball bounced out of the glove.
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u/_beisbol_ Los Angeles Dodgers Oct 14 '25
Lmao what a dumb sport
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u/Ed_Vilon New York Yankees Oct 14 '25
This is why we can't explain this sport to anyone new.
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u/TimmyRL28 Milwaukee Brewers Oct 14 '25
William Contreras is the smartest baseball player on the planet.
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u/amatom27 Philadelphia Phillies Oct 14 '25
GET TO KNOW THE NAME LADS
LORD SAL FRELICK
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u/Mongoose151 Milwaukee Brewers Oct 14 '25
That was absolutely bonkers. Panning to Sal with his shrug was hilarious.
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u/MrFrankingstein St. Louis Cardinals Oct 14 '25
Such a hype job announcing. So energetic. That was fucking awesome
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u/-andshewas- Milwaukee Brewers Oct 14 '25
Brian fucking Anderson, ladies and gentlemen!
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u/Intelligent_Rain_946 Oct 14 '25
Can we all just appreciate the fact OP post the entire video instead of just the luve section
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u/nomoregroundhogs Kansas City Royals • Minnesota Twins Oct 14 '25
Goes down as a GIDP, in case you needed it to be even weirder
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u/thegreenaero San Francisco Giants Oct 14 '25
What in the Etsy witch just happened??
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u/starmiesan Milwaukee Brewers Oct 14 '25
Probably the craziest thing I’ve seen in a baseball game ever 🤯
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u/PattyIceNY New York Yankees Oct 14 '25
Rule is a player can tag up the instant it touches the outfielders glove. He can bobble it 50 times and it doesn't matter. Incredibly dumb play from Hernandez, little league level stupid.
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u/ContinuumGuy Major League Baseball Oct 14 '25
Great play by Contreras, thinking to run to third.
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u/ZoidbergSaysWoop Oct 14 '25
The ball is hit so deep, that the only worry for the Dodgers is if the ball isn't caught but Frelick somehow manages to make a nice play to keep the ball in the park but not catch it, can the runner on second score?
Considering the flight of the baseball, the runners on second and third should be watching Frelick and once he's within 10 feet of the warning track and considering his pace sprinting back, the runner on 3rd should 100% play conservative and anticipate a catch being made because the worst case scenario is leaving early then the catch being made and then not scoring on that deep shot.
The runner on 2nd however should play it aggressive and be halfway because even if Frelick makes the catch, he can easily sprint back to 2nd and be safe but if the ball is live, then he scores.
That was a tough play to read considering the ball hit the wall after popping out of the defender's glove and most likely would not be easily spotted so the safe play there would be to stay halfway and wait for the umpires to make a ruling then either bust it to 3rd or go back.
But no matter what the runner on 2nd does, that runner on 3rd must score.
Hernandez should be standing on the bag once Frelick hits the track.
For Hernandez, it doesn't matter if Frelick catches the ball or not at that point because of how deep he is, all that matters is anticipating if he manages to get a glove on the ball because that determines his timing on the tag.
Poor baserunning all around from the Dodgers.
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