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To: sunabeach who wrote (29197)10/14/2025 10:02:17 AM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell1 Recommendation

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Here's that crazy double play the Brewers did against the Dodgers yesterday. The sequence starts at about the 5 minute mark.

To set it up, the Dodgers had bases loaded and one out. Muncy hits a shot to deep center. If the ball is caught, it's likely a sacrifice fly as the runner at third easily tags up and scores. Rather, the ball bounces out of the center fielder Frelick's glove then caroms off the wall back into his glove. That's no different than if the ball bounced off the turf into his glove: no catch.

When I train kids to umpire I always ask them when runners are allowed to tag up: when the ball is touched or when the ball is caught, e.g. after it is bobbled? When touched. A few always get it wrong, so I ask them what would you do as a fielder if you could juggle a ball and only "catch" it once you reached the infield? It's not until the 7:48 mark that you see Hernandez actually tagged up twice! Bad base running. Because the ball wasn't caught, it's still a force at home and he's out by inches.

You also see the other two runners thinking the ball was caught and retreating all the way back to second and first. It would have been a triple play if there were no outs to start!



- Jeff
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