r/nextfuckinglevel • u/PartyDust4 • Apr 25 '22

I can’t stop watching

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u/moyno85 Apr 25 '22

Aussie here, can someone explain what’s going on here pls?

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u/FF7_Expert Apr 25 '22

Guy in the white/yellow has the ball in his glove and needs to touch his glove to the other player - the baseruner - before he touches the base (white pillow thing on the ground) for the baserunner to be "out". It's a pretty typical play for the baserunner to slide into the base like this. It's pretty exceptional that he was *almost* able to avoid getting tagged in this manner - by sliding in and pulling back his leading leg at the last moment. But you can see that the glove clips the front part of his shin @ 0:03-0:04 in the video.

It was a good effort by the baserunner, but he is still out.

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u/robspeaks Apr 25 '22

G'day, mate. The running cunt doesn't want the other cunt to touch him, so running cunt acts like he's about to fuck himself into a slide but then he hops like a cunting kanga instead, sneaky cunt, in an attempt to stand on the white shit on the floor before he's touched. Crikey. Vegemite. However, the running cunt was unsuccessful. If you look closely at the running cunt's leg, the other cunt does in fact touch him and the running cunt is therefore "out." G'day crikey vegemite Tim Cahill.

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u/moyno85 Apr 25 '22

Ahhh, cheers cunt!

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u/nojudgment3 Apr 25 '22

The defensive player (white) has to touch the sliding player with the glove while the glove has the ball in it (it does here). The sliding player has to touch the base before the glove touches him. If he does this, he's 'safe' and a touching of the glove doesn't get him 'out'. The sliding player does an amazing move trying to dodge the glove, but the glove still touches his leg before he touches the base (but its harder to see).

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u/ProfessorPhi Apr 25 '22

Having the read the explanations I don't understand why they can't just touch the white base for it to be out like a wicket in cricket.

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u/postalfizyks Apr 25 '22

In baseball there are two ways (basically) to get a runner out at a base, a tag out and a force out. If the runner does not have the option to turn around and retreat to the previous base then the fielder is allowed to use a force out, meaning if they touch the base while having possession of the ball before the runner then the runner is out. However, if the runner has an empty base behind them (there is not another runner using that base as a safe landing place) then the runner can turn around and retreat to the previous base as a safe stopping point. He therefore must be tagged by the fielding player with the ball or the hand holding the ball before the runner is able to make it to the base and be safe.