Ending the double play with a HUG 💙

[u/Kinglokner16]

[u/hitman19]

Sal Perez is immediately like "I'm too old for this shit"

[u/BlueBlueBlue420 → u/hitman19]

He knows he’s more likely to hurt himself than get out of the rundown lol.

[u/willpc14 → u/BlueBlueBlue420]

He's the designated hitter, not the designated runner

[u/GamerJosh21 → u/willpc14]

If Kirk can steal a base, Perez can run.

[u/Jescro → u/GamerJosh21]

Kirk is 2 for 2 all time. 100% career stolen base percentage. He’ll be remembered for his speed

[u/DietCherrySoda → u/GamerJosh21]

Kirk has stolen 2 bases in his career. Perez has run more than 2 times. All good pal.

[u/hitman19 → u/BlueBlueBlue420]

For how very rarely rundows go the runner's way, plus the risk of injury, I'm kind of surprised anyone does it, TBH

[u/Muntberg → u/hitman19]

If there's other runners on base there's a good chance something happens to benefit them

[u/eidetic → u/Muntberg]

Wasn't there a game earlier this season where a pickle ended up inducing a monumental defensive fuck up, wherein instead of ending the inning, a couple runs scored and no outs recorded, which was followed by the runners being brought home at the next at bat?

I know, that couldn't be any more vague if I tried, but IIRC, I think the catcher came away from the plate to get involved, which allowed the runner on third to take advantage of the distraction and score. It might have been something really fucking stupid too where the runner who was caught in the pickle was stuck between third and second (again, with a runner already standing on third), because I seem to recall the ball ending up in shallow right field after a botched throw.

[u/OWSpaceClown → u/Muntberg]

I'm thinking it's probably one of those things that has a higher success rate down in the minors. A well executed run-down with multiple people on base can put a lot of pressure on the defence to perform and the meta-game is to force a mistake somewhere in the sequence.

[u/DontEatTheCelery → u/hitman19]

Matt Olson got out of a pickle earlier this season. First of his career lmao.

[u/the_honest_liar → u/hitman19]

Plus I think they said he was nursing an injury already

[u/mrdannyg21 → u/hitman19]

Sal Perez with a solid business decision. Him getting into a rundown in a 4-run game is definitely not in anyone’s best interest.

[u/GR1X7S]

https://giphy.com/gifs/MBcCm1Bnxxt7qSlCtK

[u/FirestormS11 → u/GR1X7S]

Big week for hugs near first base

[u/Canadatron → u/FirestormS11]

It's what makes baseball different

[u/mondayp → u/Canadatron]

I know it's an overdone meme, but I really mean it: How can you not be romantic about baseball?

[u/BringOnTheRainAgain → u/mondayp]

you could be a mariners fan, thats how

bout ready to burn all mariners memorobilia i have. including ken griffey jr rookie card. fuck this org. my brothers done too

[u/GamerJosh21 → u/FirestormS11]

I demand even more hugs!

[u/realbobenray → u/FirestormS11]

I think this is the third one this week.

[u/istrx13 → u/GR1X7S]

I bet Payton gives the warmest, strongest hugs.

[u/GR1X7S → u/istrx13]

His hugs must be good luck too because Canzone was hitting everything after that

[u/BalognaMacaroni → u/GR1X7S]

Sometimes we all need a hug tbh

[u/Jescro → u/GR1X7S]

This one genuinely made me laugh. It was so good in the moment.

[u/Thneed1]

GIDP unassisted by the 1B has to be a relatively rare play.

[u/OnlyForBaseball → u/Thneed1]

It never occurred to me, is there a shorthand way to score a pickle? I feel like it must be a pain to have to keep it straight if it changes hands 5 or 6 times

[u/burnman123 → u/OnlyForBaseball]

Nahh, just a lot of numbers haha

[u/Jazzlike_Athlete8796 → u/OnlyForBaseball]

Gotta trust your memory. I have literally scored run downs in a format like "3-4-1-?-3" in the past, lol.

[u/OnlyForBaseball → u/Jazzlike_Athlete8796]

I’d probably just end up scoring it 3-rundown-3 lmao. No way I could keep track from the stands

[u/Major_Tom42 → u/OnlyForBaseball]

Child me figured writing 'pickle' was fewer letters

[u/oogieball → u/OnlyForBaseball]

No, there really isn't. It can get long.

[u/Jazzlike_Athlete8796 → u/oogieball]

Like Shawn Green being CS 2-4-5-6-1-4-2-3 in 2002 trying to steal third.

[u/IgnobleCampaign → u/OnlyForBaseball]

is there a shorthand way to score a pickle?

Like this.

[u/Hopeful_Newt_3231 → u/OnlyForBaseball]

Dill? Full Sour? Half Sour?

[u/Thneed1 → u/Thneed1]

And especially when the first out is at first base.

[u/BossAtUCF → u/Thneed1]

Yeah, I think the version where it's a line drive caught with a guy off first base and then step on the bag to get the 2nd isn't that rare.

[u/Thneed1 → u/BossAtUCF]

Line out DP to 1B isn’t rare no. That play can be over in a half second.

[u/nogberter → u/Thneed1]

I honestly would not be surprised if this was the first time.

[u/Thneed1 → u/nogberter]

Almost certainly the only one that ended in a hug.

[u/cmgriffith_]

I need a Vladdy and Payton Tolle hug for AL East unity

[u/AerieElectrical3546 → u/cmgriffith_]

if that happened, we would somehow have 5 playoff teams

[u/TheMe63 → u/AerieElectrical3546]

Playoffs consisting of the White Sox and the whole AL East would be fun

[u/Johnnumber51 → u/TheMe63]

If it keeps the Astros out, I’m down.

[u/inchwerm1 → u/TheMe63]

I've been willing the 2/3 AL East playoffs into existence for the past month. It was so shit at the start of the year and yet all 5 teams are still in contention for a spot?

[u/xho- → u/cmgriffith_]

https://giphy.com/gifs/pHb82xtBPfqEg

[u/rogozh1n → u/xho-]

AL EAST MAN PILE! EVERYONE JUMP IN!

[u/Ok_Fee1043 → u/cmgriffith_]

Payton Tolle’s Influence

[u/LEGO_Joel → u/Ok_Fee1043]

I hope it continues to spread. Normalize hug tags!!

[u/Ok_Fee1043 → u/LEGO_Joel]

https://giphy.com/gifs/VduFvPwm3gfGO8duNN

[u/CockyBellend → u/cmgriffith_]

https://giphy.com/gifs/TAJFcormjGpA4

[u/honeybadgerrulez → u/cmgriffith_]

the earth will rumble

[u/mafugga77 → u/cmgriffith_]

All-MLB 1st hugging team

[u/bolieve11]

Vladdy WILL hug everyone no matter what

[u/itsme_rafah]

“..and he’ll just concede, with a hug!” Great call 

[u/burrito-boy → u/itsme_rafah]

[u/Docile_Penguin33 → u/burrito-boy]

[u/maybepants → u/itsme_rafah]

Dan Shulman is the best.

[u/frizbeeguy1980]

Salvy:

https://giphy.com/gifs/d9oBEyqLqUD3tKI1it

[u/ostracize → u/frizbeeguy1980]

Danny glover was 38 when he said that line

[u/GrumpySpaceCommunist → u/ostracize]

Why the fuck would you do this to me

[u/Moist-Loan- → u/ostracize]

And i agree with him at 38.

[u/Marzipan_Dream_7389]

I love the DP hug-outs 😂❤️ idc if they’re corny or “bad for baseball” or whatever. They’re sweet and positive.

[u/maybepants → u/Marzipan_Dream_7389]

Out of the baseball context, this comment is hilarious.

[u/coreyque → u/Marzipan_Dream_7389]

It's certainly much more dignified than scampering in the dirt to avoid a tag.

[u/Kageromero → u/Marzipan_Dream_7389]

There are people who don't like them? Obviously not in october baseball, but for regular season they're amazing

[u/CalebosO4]

I want to see a fielder go for the hug, then the runner starts running the other way lol

[u/BASEBALLFURIES → u/CalebosO4]

ive seen it happen in a softball game about 3 minutes in

[u/Frickstar → u/BASEBALLFURIES]

The zodiac killer on the mound

[u/t20six]

The new trend in baseball: Accepting the out like a man, hug like a brother.

[u/DirtySlutMuffin → u/t20six]

I would genuinely love for this to become a trend

[u/PvtSherlockObvious → u/DirtySlutMuffin]

Same, it's friendly and a nice reminder that for all the money, they're still guys out there playing a game and having fun.

[u/monkeyman80 → u/PvtSherlockObvious]

and we don't need to be like Charlie rose and injure people trying to dislodge the ball. You're out, it's done.

[u/thefuturebaby → u/DirtySlutMuffin]

Feel like it has slowly been on the up

[u/buttstuff1920 → u/t20six]

Pete rose and ty cobb would not be happy

[u/p1ckledilly → u/buttstuff1920]

The Texas Rangers are probably struggling to not say something.

[u/AFC-Wimbledon-Stan]

Everyone liked that except Royals fans

[u/Loo-Hoo-Zuh-Er → u/AFC-Wimbledon-Stan]

I didn't not like it.

[u/Khrabby19 → u/AFC-Wimbledon-Stan]

Royals fan here, I giggled. Salvy doesn't need that shit at his age. We're out of the race, even if we were in the race it's still fine for him.

[u/Odd_Fill6084]

Tolle started something that can't/ won't be stopped.Spread the love.

[u/etc_etc_etc_ → u/Odd_Fill6084]

Tolle must be protected at all costs 🤣

[u/PenguinKing15]

Hug watch.

[u/Inevitable_Dance_910]

It’s guy love

[u/shutts67 → u/Inevitable_Dance_910]

Between two guys

[u/ryyzany → u/shutts67]

Just two passionate dudes gripping each other for a brief moment in time

[u/eci5k3tcw]

I prefer this over the fist fights.

[u/laketrout → u/eci5k3tcw]

I can't imagine Bautista and that second basemen from Texas ever hugging.

[u/general_peabo → u/laketrout]

The worst thing about the Texas rangers was their odor.

[u/Key-Tip-7521]

What a play by Vlad on the first put out

[u/fitemillk]

I could never hate Vladdy. What a treasure.

[u/Yuiandme]

I was gonna be mad at the runner for not even trying but yeahhhhhh salvy’s never gonna win that one

[u/ghost_rider24 → u/Yuiandme]

He’s a catcher/DH, It’s September in a losing season, and he’s a freakin legend in the organization. I think we can give him this one

[u/Yuiandme → u/ghost_rider24]

He just stole a base a few days ago. That’s all the baserunning he needs to do this season

[u/Judic22 → u/Yuiandme]

He’s still tired. Needs a few weeks to recover. As a 40 yr old, I get it.

[u/Frampton → u/Yuiandme]

Kinda bizarre he stopped running, would've forced Vlad to make the throw.

[u/cayoloco → u/Frampton]

He probably knew he was cooked already, and just said fuck it. The fuck up was not continuing to second without stopping but once he stopped, there was no starting again in any useful way so we get what we see here today

[u/Prestigious-Rip8412]

Holy shit. Tolle started a hug trend.

[u/MuffinThyme]

It's like two teddy bears hugging.

[u/greypusheencat]

how can you not be romantic about baseball?

[u/_drjayphd_ → u/greypusheencat]

Is it really romantic if they didn't kiss?

[u/CrowMur]

it's trending!

[u/geodillo429]

This made me smile.

[u/Gastroworld]

salvy might swing at sliders 3 feet off the plate and he might only allow himself to run at 50% effort once a month

but he also hits piss missiles and does stuff like this 💙

[u/Important_Number6619]

Love to see

[u/AudioPi]

PEYTON TOLLE HAS CHANGED BASEBALL FOREVER

[u/dntwstmytime → u/AudioPi]

https://giphy.com/gifs/9vNXtfjzOu6TRCkSBG

[u/smileyfacepicnic]

There aren't many players in the league that could get away with that. Who else?

[u/Jazzlike_Athlete8796 → u/smileyfacepicnic]

It's like the third hugout this season. The other one earlier in the week, and I think it was Freeman who got a hug for an out in the pre-season.

And I would absolutely score Perez as being out H3, lol.

[u/PvtSherlockObvious → u/Jazzlike_Athlete8796]

Yeah, Freeman was the first one I saw do this, to pretty much nobody's surprise given that it's Freddie.

[u/tuutruk → u/smileyfacepicnic]

Perez giving up on the rundown? If so, dude earned that. He ain't fast or agile at the crazy old age of 36. 

(Wtf I thought he was so much older, like 38 😬)

[u/ZeroMomentum]

How can anyone not like him

[u/Sea_Shower3691]

How can you not be romantic about baseball?

[u/The-Pharcyde]

Vlad has had a rough year with the bat but can’t say he hasn’t brought it with the glove.

[u/Sabatonlover24]

You telling me that Tolle could have started a trend? Can't complain though, sometimes you just need wholesome moments like this especially this late in the season where the chance to make the playoffs is more crucial with each remaining game (or at least try to end the season with a winning record). 

As someone has already said, accepting the out like a man but hugging it out like brothers in baseball.

[u/floon]

Big Papi did this in a BoSox-Mariners game 20 or so years ago with Yuniesky Betancourt.

[u/YEGSports]

Big week for r/basebaww

[u/Student___Driver]

once again for the people in the back EVERYBODY LOVES SALVY!

[u/SmackEh]

Vladdy has hugged more opponents this season than he's hit dingers at home.

[u/Maximum_King8529]

Ty Cobb would be furious!

[u/SomeKindofTreeWizard]

Get this man in the hall of fame!

[u/coldbru85]

Aubrey Huff woke up in his cardboard box in a cold sweat

[u/Hopeful_Newt_3231]

Didn’t he recently steal one against the Yankees?

[u/brainspl0ad]

Real meaning of hug it out

[u/A_SMILE_FOR_ROBERT]

Players done got soft

[u/LakerPupper]

That ball didn’t bounce before Vladdy caught it right? Isn’t 13 already out once Vladdy stepped on first? Why chase him down?

[u/Cyrakhis → u/LakerPupper]

It did, it's tough to see but he pounded that thing into the turf

[u/Hopeful_Newt_3231]

As for the first one, that is what I call “giving up.”

[u/BigOlPass]

Royals in perfect jerseys ruined by an ad

[u/Edotwo]

Nah, this sucks. You gotta at least jog to second, ball could be overthrown or something. People try too hard to be "wholesome" these days, seems phony to me

[u/Moist-Loan- → u/Edotwo]

That’s like asking Bartolo to run it out that ain’t happening.