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@robertsmith7968

Жыл бұрын

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Awesome breakdown! PLEASE do more of these, especially with multi-part infield plays like these, thanks!!

@AntonelliBaseball

Жыл бұрын

Will do!!

@junebugrobinson

10 ай бұрын

@@AntonelliBaseball But do it faster

As a good fielding fan, love it. As someone cheering for the White Sox, devastating play. What a good read.

Bregman has cut down a lot of baserunners from third on plays like that over the years. He did so in the World Series and in ALCS games against the Yankees when the run he prevented eventually became the difference for the game. I've always felt the Astros' defense tends to be overlooked because their pitching and hitting were so good. Thank you for the analysis. Think about it, Bregman was the only one in their core infielders who has not won a Gold Glove.

Great breakdown. When I was a kid I attended some baseball clinics put on by LSU. Amazing ball club. Bregman was playing this game like a chess piece understanding its place on the board. Each move is equally capable of changing the game entirely.

Important there that the pitcher also goes to back up the catcher. He appears to be doing so here, but some pitchers just stand around. Otherwise, if teh runner changes direction fast enough Bregman may be chasing him home.

Excellent analysis. Thank you for the insight - can’t get enough of this ‘inside baseball.’

The catcher adapted too and made a great throw.

Great breakdown man! I use a lot of your videos like this to share with my team and try to show them how situations can be different and what to think about as players. Great stuff!!!

My 10 year old loves watching your baseball IQ videos. I give him similar information on situational awareness during games but I’m just the dumb dad. Thanks for posting videos like this. Watching these with him seems to be changing his mind about MY baseball knowledge. 👍

Matt excellent breakdown , thank you for sharing and detailing every steps . Is not just going out there hitting and fielding but also the knowledge of the game is powerful

Wow, I learned a ton of stuff from your breakdown. Thanks for sharing.

My daughter plays third base. I'll be sure to share it with her. Even though we see this every night at home. We live in Houston. Good video nice breakdown.

@AntonelliBaseball

Жыл бұрын

Thanks and good luck to her!

@mkwy8782

Жыл бұрын

Softball is very different from baseball in many ways-playing third base in baseball vs softball is certainly different in this regard.

I always learn from your videos! TFS...this game has such depth.

Great explanation, Thank you!

And now I'm imagining my little league team in the same situation.... A million variations of what might happen! 😅

Love breakdowns like this

Very nice analysis!

Need more of these all season

He’s a smart and awesome player And experienced in big moments Piece of cake 💪🏼⚾️

Keep the breakdowns coming.

I suggest you do a video on the 2001 World Series in which a base running blunder by Yankees’ centerfield Bernie Williams cost the Yankees in game 7 against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Nice breakdown Matt!

This is why he's so valuable to the Astros. Even when the bat isn't at Bregman levels his defense is always on point.

Bregman, an LSU alum has always been a fav!

Good play by Maldy, getting the ball back to Breggy quickly.

Astros were one of the first teams to use the offensive rundown delay to advance runners. In the same situation they normally have the other runners on 2nd and 3rd after tag. Bregman just figured out a way to sabotage that tactic.

You should break down the Adrian Beltre charging Bunt play of the game five against Toronto where Toronto had that crazy inning where Bautista hit a three run jack with the bat flip, in that inning he had a really cool play were a charge to bunt by Ryan goins

My favorite thing to do at 2nd base was catch short hops 🤣 we all use to even, practice catching short hops by having someone throw short hops to you. Catching them on the attack in a game always made me feel like a bad azz 🤣. It makes you look like you're either really good or really lucky at the teenager levels lol. Hilariously, I can see my bad azz Easton infielders glove that I've had since high school from where I'm sitting 😁

Even I didn’t notice this and I was at the game! Great breakdown

@donaldwisor3031

Жыл бұрын

That's the awesome thing about these athletes. They make 'complicated' things look so easy and routine that you really don't even notice how non-routine it really is.

Great breakdown of the fielder's decision-making! Then, the base running coach needs to make sure that his runner that is on third base knows better than to try to do that AUTOMATICALLY, and will instead have to determine whether or not the double play is likely enough to make getting home be the smart play or if not, to stay on third and give the next hitter a sacfly opportunity, which is, IMO, a tough split decision to make at times!

Like he said, it happened instantly, way less than a second. I love infield plays.

Nice breakdown. U have some phrasing that sounds like the late great Vin Scully

Can You look at many machado ejection

Can you break down Adley Rutchman's slide (or crash?) into second base that conked Christian Arroyo in the head?

I got it in the first minute!

Let's also not forget to mention the homeplate umpire getting the bat out of the way.

8+ minute commercial for the Astro's 3B. We got it in the first minute...play on

Brilliant on-field thinking cannot be over-stated.....

Good work, though did the runner make it to second base? ;-)

@brassmule

Жыл бұрын

Well the runner was at 1st to start the play. Since the hitter made it to 1st, the runner obviously had to advance to second. Bregman's play ensured the runner didn't make it to 3rd and the hitter didn't make it to 2nd.

"Don't be a robot". If you know what I mean. Great play illustrating this by Bregman.

You didn't mention the inning or the score. If it's late in the game 7th inning or later and you're behind by a run. give them the 6-4-3 double play and score the tying run.

It's like listening to grandpa telling a story from the olden days . It's a 5:00 video at best

Bregmans play or Renfroes catch? Who had the better opening day play?

@thomascrowley9122

Жыл бұрын

Renfro's catch easily

@dalefraser9771

Жыл бұрын

Renfroe... and it's not even close.

Perfect Breakdown....so please Explain the Derek Jeter Backhand flip from the First base line.....how is that even coached, if ever?

@mkwy8782

Жыл бұрын

It is not coached-just a great player making a great play.

its taken a long time but Bregman is going to finally win a gold glove

If Andrus had run directly for the plate when Bregman got the ball, could he have gotten past the catcher before Bregman could throw to the catcher? In this play, he runs perpendicular to the line, and that doesn't seem helpful. If he'd just put all of his effort towards going home again, he would seem to have a better chance to escape the tag and maybe score.

Thanks howard stern

@vedere2

Жыл бұрын

Ha! Now I can’t un-hear it.

That grass looks like a damn green-screen🐸

Yes and it also depends on the score of the game but Bregman knows that Andrus is a fast runner but this ball was hit too slowly for him to turn a double play. Plus look where his momentum is taking him because it would have been impossible to turn a double play. But I guarantee you that if this ball is hit on the ground like it was Andrus thinking is with his speed that he could beat that out and score. But like you said Bregman made a smart play and threw to home right away but he knows in a rundown that you can't be in the baseline without the ball in his hand because it would be Interference if he did. Your right Andrus job is to stay in the rundown as long as he can so the other runners could advance but Bregman just made a smart play

But that bat kick by the ump!

I just realized you sound a lot like Howard Stern. lol. It's like if Howard were a baseball expert. Anyway, great breakdown.

@AntonelliBaseball

Жыл бұрын

A lot of people say that lol. Thanks!!

He also knew the shortstop was positioned toward 2nd base and the SS may not have been able to cover 3rd base in time.

I noticed that Andrews didn't go inside in fair territory in order to try to get in the way of the throw to home, unlike the runner in that similar situation I saw you break down.

@paulyC

Жыл бұрын

Doesn't the base runner need to stay inside the "running lane" in order to prevent something like that?

@reformCopyright

Жыл бұрын

@@paulyC Only on his way to first base.

Pena would also need to pinch in if the runner got past Bregman. It's not correct to stand with your keyster over the base in a rundown. You need to read the play and pinch in as the other fielder is running the runner back so that you can execute a catch and tag like Bregman did..

What about the fact that Andrus had no secondary lead and poor reaction? Do you think if Bregman sees him further down the line, he goes to 1st?

Matt Smartenelli

Good reaction from the umpire kicking the bat away. Let's give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar...

Wait, what did Bergman do?

Bregman could also see the pitcher was coming home to cover the plate

The pitcher should be backing up the catcher so Bregman could remain there in the middle. That, and the catcher is still home

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You're giving him way too much credit I always wanted to do this at the high school level but I was an outfielder. So never got a chance to be involved but I always thought it was weird that everyone stands at the base instead of shortening the throw thus shortening the throws and the run down especially if the fielder is standing right next to the runner.

You don’t think the runner should’ve stayed at third and the only play they would’ve had was at first because the ball was softly hit? They would’ve had a player on second and third with one out.

@mkwy8782

Жыл бұрын

This is the more fundamental issue with the play. What the hell is the runner on third doing???!!! This was a simple, basic baseball play.

does anyone else feel like most of the action in baseball happens while there are 2 outs? It would be interesting to see this as a statistic or investigate with a video 🧐

In reality the base runner at third should know that unless there’s a contact play on, you never break for home on a grounder to 3rd or pitcher. No different than if Derek e chose to play corners or all INF in to cut him down

Seems this is the type of play you'd make in a video game, but it's coached out of you IRL.

The logic you gave for the runner makes no sense. If he's going home 99% then it should be full speed. If he's reading the play to see if bregman goes to second, then he's too far off. Result he's in no man's land and makes decision easy for bregman and he's only running half speed means he has no chance at home. If the goal is to score then run or wait until throw goes to second. If goal is to get in rundown to try to load bases, then only go off far enough to draw through then return to third.

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I've always had an extremely high baseball iq so all of this is exactly what I would've done. Good to know I read it right. 👌This is exactly how I was taught to play out this situation on both sides 👍

Could have been said in 3 minutes. Nice job by the umpire, getting the bat out of the way.

Bregman does not get a chance to do this if runner on 3rd makes a better read. If runner does not break for home I imagine the only play would be to 1st. 2nd and 3rd 1 out.

Yes. But if he drops it, the run scores.

what do you think of the new union with the minor leagues and the raises they received, list the stupid mlb fielders. make a video on how players have no idea how to tag out players. players try and tag the player in stead of putting their mitt on the base and letting the runner slide into it.

That’s why they’re major leaguers.

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Love the take, but this could have been a 2- to 3-minute video.

Hi IQ, indeed.

Could have been said in 2 mins.

My team would have overthrown the catcher and all 3 runners would score

Regular/Routine baseball play...??? What is the big deal?

In my opinion the runner on third should have stayed. No way a double play can be executed therefore the batter is out and you achieve runners on 2nd and 3rd. To me, poor base running skills and I too am a Sox fan.

Kinda stupid though, was anyone else backing up home plate incase he couldn't run him down?

Crazy how talented the astros are, yet they still had to cheat 🤷‍♂️

God, could have said that in 30 seconds. Wasted movements...i would bench you. That play was just cut off by me.

A painfully protracted explanation of a smart baseball play. Could have been thoroughly yet crisply explained in 2 min.

@AntonelliBaseball

Жыл бұрын

I’m sorry to waste your time

I don’t think it’s that deep. There was nothing crazy special. He threw home and was close enough to get back in the run down.

@danschilling5863

Жыл бұрын

This lol, and he just wanted to try and get the out, I dont think it was heads up or smart per se.

This is basic baseball. Everyone knows this.

No rocket science here.

@AntonelliBaseball

Жыл бұрын

Not rocket science, but nice play

a two minute story... took 8 minutes... likes to hear himself...

Get to the point

Uhh. These are professionals, they had better know how to make plays like that---it's nothing special. Now if these were Little League players, I could understand the reasoning behind the post. Sorry.

Way to go cheater

@djlp2212

11 ай бұрын

Why are you rooting on your relationship in here?

You talk way too much. You didn’t even show the whole play before you started your dissertation. Poor commentary too.

Super dumb base running by andrus. He is charging the ball. All of his momentum is heading towards home plate. It’s easier to throw home than to try to throw to 2b.

@mschwage

3 ай бұрын

I disagree. Antonelli literally discusses why Andrus went. He either scores, or prevents the double play.

@jaredwright1655

11 күн бұрын

It's a smart run. He isn't a psychic and did what he was supposed to do. As for "momentum" yeah that's how you run. Leaning forward. Duh

@blankname6629

11 күн бұрын

@@jaredwright1655 sounds like you would have been thrown out also since you don’t understand what an easy play is lol

Great play, but come on Matt! These guys are getting paid millions to do this...they better get it right!

Nice breakdown. I’ll make a suggestion though - I don’t think you are giving your audience enough credit (you’re very repetitive). Try doing this one again in half the amount of time - when you watch it, I’ll bet that you won’t feel like you left anything significant out.

Ehh good play but Astros still trash .

@danabarnhardt1575

Жыл бұрын

GOLD trash! Love those Astros!

@ronaldcervantes1959

Жыл бұрын

Winning it again this year

How many times can you repeat yourself? You are no Jomboy. Give it up.

@Hornsfan64

Жыл бұрын

Coming from an neophyte troller.

geez man, you're mansplaining this play to people who already know this stuff. come on man.

@AntonelliBaseball

Жыл бұрын

Not everyone has as high a baseball IQ as you