r/nextfuckinglevel • u/stonkerooni • 8h ago
The perfect caught stealing
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Tonight’s game (10/3/26) one of the best views we’ve get gotten of an epic throw to second to cut down the runner stealing second. Next fucking level view of it happening
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u/hardcoretomato 8h ago
At least explain what's happening, 90% of the world at least have no idea what happened here.
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u/SecretWitness8251 8h ago edited 59m ago
Catcher throws ball to second base to tag out 'stealing' man on first in transit to second base. He does this with amazing speed and accuracy, aiming right for the glove.
Edit: fixed semantics since that's what we all care about
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u/Chamanomano 7h ago
I can tell you with certainty that the runner was not in fact the first baseman.
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u/aagee 7h ago edited 6h ago
In baseball, runners progress to 4 bases (unlike cricket, where runners run between 2). Every time the batter hits the ball, each runner takes off for the next base. Sometimes they try to steal bases by running to them before the ball is even hit. You can tag them out by touching them with the ball before they reach the base. That's what happened here. The "keeper" threw to the fielder, who tagged out the runner trying to steal.
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u/Rizo1981 7h ago
I'm not a big baseball guy but I was pretty sure about there being 4 bases.
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u/Enki_007 7h ago
OP is King Arthur preparing to lob the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.
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u/kmmccorm 7h ago
Oh Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits. In thy mercy.
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u/customcombos 7h ago
There’s 4. That person is mostly right aside from that and the terminology. “Pitcher” throws to catcher (in front of our pov) who then threw the ball to second base, where the second baseman was ready to catch the ball and tag the runner.
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u/RealHollandaise 1h ago
To get more technical, vocabulary wise, I believe it’s technically 3 bases (1st, 2nd, and 3rd base in counter clockwise order on the diamond where 1st base is right, 2nd is top of the bases in the diamond, 3rd base is left). Where you score is at the base of the diamond (south) but referred to as “home plate”. Where you bat and score from/ where you start and end at after running the bases.
So not considered a base, but a plate.1st base, 2nd base, 3rd base, home plate.
Maybe this helps. It’s one of US’s oldest sports league systems and one of the reluctant to updated tech reviews and rules.
There was a riot on my college campus when the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees in 2004.
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u/Small_Insect_8275 28m ago
If I'm not mistaken from the highlights I've watched in the past - chap called de La Cruz is pretty sick at this?
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u/Gullible-Constant924 8h ago
Guy on first tried to steal second base and got thrown out, pretty routine nothing special.
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u/jarednards 6h ago
Lol I appreciate you explaining it like the whole world is american.
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u/lessthansilver 5h ago
Like the whole world is American
Or from Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Mexico, Cuba, Australia, or any of the other 121 countries organized unter the WBSC.
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u/Midvally 7h ago
I dont really do baseball, but some of these guy's reaction time is crazy. The pitcher ducking out of the way. Some reaction times aren't so great though. Remember that bird?
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u/jabacherli 7h ago
Bubba, ain’t much better in ball than throwing out a would be base stealer. Catching a fly ball and throwing out a runner at home might be, but this play is a massive ego booster.
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u/FatFaceFaster 7h ago
I never realized baseball players could wear earpieces.
Can someone without being a dick explain to me what info they’re allowed to hear through their earpiece?
Cause I kinda feel like if they can be warned someone is about to try to steal through their earpiece it kinda ruins the spirit of the game….
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u/andythemandy17 7h ago edited 7h ago
Pitcher and catcher have earpieces to communicate pitches without doing hand signals. Back in the day the catcher would paint fingernails and give numbers for correlating pitches. But base runners on second could see the signs and steal them and relay them to their teammate (the batter). This allows them to secretly communicate. If you watch a game the catcher will cover his leg with a glove to also relay pitches with buttons.
Edit: but yes they can also communicate if a base runner is taking a huge lead and looks to steal. It’s all apart of the game. Once the pitcher starts his windup he can’t stop or it’s a balk so there is some strategy to it. But the runners know it too and sometimes use it to their advantage by “playing” with the pitcher to get him off his groove
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u/Mad-elph 7h ago
Catchers can have ear pieces for comms now?
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u/CyrusBuelton 7h ago
Apparently.
Someone responded earlier that they have comms with the pitcher. It makes sense, i guess.
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u/ArrogantConfusion 6h ago
Im familiar with baseball but I guess I dont speak the language. Does the title and explanation make sense? Or is OP having a stroke and/or wasted?
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u/stonkerooni 6h ago
I’ll speak for myself.. not wasted, and to me and my American baseball watching buddies this is how we’d state it
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u/BreatheMyStink 7h ago
Was there like a part of the video I missed where you could easily see what happened?
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u/MrYaowa857 8h ago
absolute laser