Plays like these make me wish that baseball existed

@BryceZehn6

24 күн бұрын

@majorandmagic5853it’s a joke buddy

@UpperCumberlandGamers

24 күн бұрын

​@majorandmagic5853Baseball Doesn't Exist

@chucklebutt4470

24 күн бұрын

we can dream

@vttheary

24 күн бұрын

@majorandmagic5853 r/woooosh

@AsherWright-fi7ib

24 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

The 50-ft lead in the outfield was WILD. Somebody was thinking late into the night and cackling madly over that plan.

@JMacSD

24 күн бұрын

Yeah it looks like it could work again, wonder if anybody has tried it since.

@KMcNally117

23 күн бұрын

That's something you dream about and wake up with the thought of, Wait would that actually work?

@xxdrippinbaby2089

23 күн бұрын

"Mwahahaha" - that coach

@RoyaltonDrummer922

23 күн бұрын

Someone else literally made the exact same comment

@WalkoffGrandslam

23 күн бұрын

i can see most umpires just calling the runner on 1st out not knowing or caring about the rule phrased like that.

“If he tries to pick off the runner in right field” is such a wild statement had me laughing out loud

@David-zn1un

16 күн бұрын

Just the old 1-9 pickoff play 😂

I heard a story in Ken Burns' Baseball about the 19th century player King Kelly. In those days, to enter a game off the bench, you would announce yourself. In one game, a popup came towards Kelly's dugout, and he stepped onto the field, said, "Kelly now catching for Boston," and caught the ball, and the batter was called out.

@ThePdog3k

24 күн бұрын

Oh shit I forgot about King Kelly

@The_Noticer_of_Things

23 күн бұрын

@@ThePdog3k He is going to be super pissed at you.

@lowandoutside

23 күн бұрын

Yup! The substitution rule was amended afterwards to specify that, yes, substitutions cannot be made while the ball is in play!

@registereduser

23 күн бұрын

@@lowandoutsidethat’s great. “Show me where it says I can’t do that. You can’t!”

@TheHopperUK

23 күн бұрын

This caused me to look up King Kelly and according to his wikipedia picture, he was not only smart, he was a total smokeshow, my goodness

Regarding the Johnny Bench play, when Ty Cobb was player-manager of the Tigers, he ordered a similar play on Babe Ruth. Cobb was managing from centerfield and yelled to the pitcher to intentionally walk Ruth. The pitcher gave Cobb a slight look of disagreement. The catcher yelled to the pitcher to just follow orders and walk Ruth. The catcher stood for the intentional walk, but at the last second the pitcher threw a strike one fastball. Expecting a ball, the Babe didn’t swing. Cobb yelled again from the outfield, pretending to be angry, ordering an intentional walk. The catcher appeared irritated and berated the pitcher for trying to lose the game by letting Ruth hit. But the next pitch was another strike. Ruth expected a ball. Then Cobb ran to the mound and pretended to chew out the pitcher, threatening to not only take him out of the game, but bench him and fine him for disobeying. Some of the infielders came in to calm things down. The frustrated pitcher finally agreed to walk Ruth. Knowing Cobb’s style as a manager, Ruth and the Yankees bought it. The theatrics paid off and the next pitch was strike three.

@conedx

24 күн бұрын

stories like this are why ty cobb is my favorite non-reds player of all time. the dude was a THINKER. always scheming to get ahead. fighting and scraping and doing anything he possibly could.

@phishphan49

24 күн бұрын

this is why baseball has become unquestionably my favorite pro sport as i've got older. Half of the game is played in the clubhouse. There's so many games there's no downside to giving unconventional ideas a shot, cheating is just part of the game to where the game is less safe and enjoyable without it (foegin substances), fighting is expected and pitchers are *expected* to throw at batters at time which in literally any other context would be felonious assault. Also you can celebrate as much as you want and give balls to the crowd without a fine. baseball is awesome

@vBarnacle

23 күн бұрын

The Tigers need Ty Cobb more than ever rn

@Lil_Loadin

23 күн бұрын

@@phishphan49lol baseball doesn’t have fights. sure you have your odor and amir garrett etc moments but majority of “fights” are just a bunch of overweight men running at each other to do absolutely nothing but stand there and babble some bullshit while they wait for the bullpen to finish their pointless run in

@Lil_Loadin

23 күн бұрын

@@phishphan49baseball is still awesome tho

the kentucky play was actually genius

@bmo14lax

24 күн бұрын

They must have some badass coaches

@22bk113

24 күн бұрын

The play is very old ran against us in 2010.. in Cali

@bmo14lax

23 күн бұрын

@@22bk113 ok he was showing clips from the '70s- '80s in this video so...

@BallparkFranks7

23 күн бұрын

That one’s been around a while though. We did it in High School over 20 years ago, and I’m sure it was around before that in some capacity. We had a set of 5 first and third plays and this was always the most fun one. Everyone just assumed the runner screwed up when he fell over. Easy run.

@kylerey09

23 күн бұрын

My coach taught us to yell the base, not runner.

Me whenever baseball doesn’t exist posts 🎉

@IsaacGroff12

24 күн бұрын

Fr

@blackreign673

24 күн бұрын

me too and i dont really even like baseball

@BobbySacamano

24 күн бұрын

You turn into confetti?

@ChaseStone-ht2sc

24 күн бұрын

It does I went to one game

Capps jumping two feet off the rubber to pitch is still wild to me.

@joemichigan4945

24 күн бұрын

That double jump delivery was so cursed

@extragoogleaccount6061

23 күн бұрын

The way he held it behind his back during his throwing motion would have made his delivery weird to me by itself, too.

@jclembo8461

23 күн бұрын

Is his original pitch still legal? The video made it sound like only his double hop pitch is illegal. I wonder why more pitchers aren't doing the original one if so?

@pinkdink1210

21 күн бұрын

it definitely makes my knee hurt 😂

@Win7ermu7e

21 күн бұрын

@@jclembo8461 No, it's called a crow-hop and it's definitely illegal. In softball as well.

That last pitch was a damn ball 😆 the ump didn’t want to ruin the “smartest” play of all time and just went with the catcher’s reaction

@neurodivergentdad

22 күн бұрын

Plus - Tony Peña did it better

@craigquesnell7292

17 күн бұрын

☝100%, wasn't even all that close a pitch, not deserving of 'best' for sure, kind of an anticlimactic finish to an otherwise very entertaining video👍

I still think Freddie Freeman's 4th out, Kyle Tucker's appeal breaker, and Jason Varitek running for the fielder instead of the base were all smarter MLB plays than the A's fake intentional-walk-to-set-up-the-double-play. Edit: Even the 1st-and-3rd with Kentucky's runner-falling-down distraction and the high school runner leading off in shallow right were better

@barleymepodcast2301

24 күн бұрын

I think it happening in the World Series, where the stakes are the highest, put it over the top for Mr. BDE

@JJCanucks

23 күн бұрын

The Kyle Tucker play is the smartest play imo

@Gravy_Jones22

23 күн бұрын

4th out never made sense and it happened to the Mets a few years later too where the call on the field was out so the Mets runner stopped. If you call someone out on the field for the 3rd out, that should always be a dead ball. If you need to send Duda back to 2nd so be it but you can't mess up a call and not leave the ability to make it right.

@mrstrosdahl04

23 күн бұрын

@@Gravy_Jones22 My first thought. You would think the up wouldn't call him out at 3rd because the play was completed at 1st. It was smart but it shouldn't have worked.

@fxsnyc

23 күн бұрын

@@Gravy_Jones22 agreed. I was thinking the same thing. Ump called runner out for 3rd out. At worst, Duda should just have to remain at 2nd.

The hitting the batter to stop stealing from home is something I never heard of

@Joe-rj8ch

24 күн бұрын

Fr

@samueloverend3517

24 күн бұрын

Can't the batter just swing at it, turning the HBP into a strike?

@Alexander_Grant

24 күн бұрын

Yep, that's what I was taught from the time I started pitching. @samueloverend3517 is also correct, you were taught to keep the bunt up and go for the ball even if it's coming at your head. Turn your head and put the bat towards the ball.

@terrymorrill4311

24 күн бұрын

@@samueloverend3517 Swing and miss with the pitch hitting him would be a strike, but it would still be a dead ball.

@nuggetoftruth865

23 күн бұрын

Rare instance of verlisify not complaining about a Pokémon player

yet we still have the infamous javy baez play 🤣🤣

@jjwats12

23 күн бұрын

That’s #1 on the DUMBEST plays of all time, not smartest.

@ThomasPoorman

23 күн бұрын

I would call it a heads up play, Baez removed the first baseman’s ability to think when he acted so fast. He acted like he knew something the first baseman didn’t know so he got tricked into ending his own career.

@VibeCheck13

23 күн бұрын

@@jjwats12 thats what im saying

@jjwats12

23 күн бұрын

@@ThomasPoorman --- If Baez simply stopping on the 1st base path 'removes the 1st baseman's ability to think', that points to how DUMB the 1st baseman responds, not how smart Baez acts. 99,999 times out of 100,000 the first baseman steps on 1st and laughs at Baez. Funniest play in baseball history, though, for sure.

@mattlongley7362

9 күн бұрын

@@jjwats12 What bothers me about that play is...why weren't any of the Pirates yelling at Craig to get his head back in the game and step on first? They were going along with it just as much as he was.

Hold On.. On the Freeman 4th Out play.. After the Ump calls the guy at 1st out for the 3rd out, wouldn’t the play be dead? Even though he’s eventually safe, can’t the runner going to 3rd say he stopped cause the Ump called the 3rd out which should automatically kill the play.. I feel like after being called safe from the challenge, the runner should have to go back to 2nd or whatever base he’s on when the original call was made.. How can they allow the play to keep going??

@judyjohnson630

19 күн бұрын

Agreed. NOTHING can happen after the 3rd out call, even if it was due to a bad call and replay later overturns it. The 3rd out was called, the inning was over, the ball was dead, the tag on the runner (think it was Duda) meant nothing, and did not even exist as a baseball play, because the inning was over. If the Mets had challenged the out call at first, that call would have been overturned, and the batter becomes safe at first. That tag put on Duda meant nothing since it happened after a 3rd out was (incorrectly) called. Likewise, when that 3rd out was called, Duda didn't yet reach 3rd base, so he should have been sent back to second base. It *was* a really smart play by Freeman, but I don't think it would have been successful if the Mets challenged. And I wish they did.

11:30 the rubber is 60’6” away from the rear point of home plate

@daysandwords

23 күн бұрын

Yeah, and the other thing is, he did the maths as "Since he's 8 feet in front, that's 54 feet while everyone else is throwing 62..." But everyone else pitches in front of the rubber as well, so it's really like a 2 feet gain... Basically the length of that little hop he does.

@peterparker-zy9oe

23 күн бұрын

@@daysandwords you can actually measure this. Statcast has something called "Release Extension" which measured Carper's average extension to be 8.1 feet in 2015. League average is around 6.3 feet, so you are about right.

@christopherheckman7957

20 күн бұрын

The rubber was supposed to be 60 feet even, but the guy who wrote that down had sloppy handwriting.

@NeweyUC

14 күн бұрын

@@peterparker-zy9oe Yes, but he doesn't "gain" 8 ft by jumping. His natural motion already has lots of extension due to his height and stride length.

nah somebody give the batter at 3:16 a medal. He made contact AND got it safely onto the ground

@NatesNexus

23 күн бұрын

That play was insane in so many ways lmao. There's no way the catcher was getting to that tho he should've just taken the ball

@pentuplemintgum666

2 күн бұрын

I'm pretty sure Sandoval made contact in the next clip. It was on the backswing when the catcher throws. It's hard to tell, but judging by the missed throw he might have nicked it.

No way that Rollie Fingers Pitch was a strike 😂 That was waaay outside 🤣

@Nonsensicl

23 күн бұрын

It was over the plate

@MikeTracyFiles

23 күн бұрын

That’s definitely a strike

@wimpymcsteel4458

23 күн бұрын

It may have been the smartest play ever, but the Reds went on to tag Fingers, and win the game to keep the series alive.

@kolde6092

23 күн бұрын

@@Nonsensicl hell naw! 😂

@kolde6092

23 күн бұрын

@@MikeTracyFiles disagree. wish they had pitch cast then. Looks outside to me

That Freddie freeman play was insane

@christopherheckman7957

20 күн бұрын

Not really, just common sense. If you're not sure you got the 3rd out, try to get an out somewhere else. The runner on 2nd messed up; he should have not taken for granted that the 3rd out had happened and kept running and not slowed down. (This is why, if there's two outs, the runners will start running when the ball hits the bat.)

Show this to a person just learning the rules of baseball to explode their brain

i don’t even watch baseball but i love this channel and the thing one thing i do find so interesting about baseball is that all the most interesting, important, or intriguing moments in the sport happen in between the actual moments of the sport being played. so many weird rules, caveats, and traditions that ultimately lead to such interesting stories

@christopherheckman7957

20 күн бұрын

There's definitely more to the game than the game. Check out _Baseball Strategies: Your guide to the game within the game_

As an Astros fan, I'm humbled. I thought Tucker was a damn idiot when I saw that game. Dude's a damn genius!

@duralumin594

13 күн бұрын

The baseball equivalent of quick-snapping the football before the opposing coach can throw a challenge flag. Except, in this case, it looks like the umps just flat-out blew the call. Watching the video a couple times, it looks like the third baseman caught the ball with his foot still on the bag _before_ tagging Tucker. So Gurriel should have been called out at that point and the inning would be over. Apparently, it was the umpires who got fooled, not the Diamondbacks. But like they say, "If it's stupid but it works, it isn't stupid."

Can’t wait to watch coney react to this lmao

@bangiaryan

23 күн бұрын

The Coney-BDE symbiotic relationship is the strangest thing and I love it.

If you're playing on a hard bag at first the 1B probably knows with ~75% accuracy if the runner is safe - just from the feeling on the bag. Super smart play by Freeman at 13:25

@sam.houseworth

22 күн бұрын

Former first basemen. Can confirm. And if it's close, pull your foot off, point at your infielder, look at the other runners, convince the ump you know you got the out.

@IamScoHo

20 күн бұрын

@@sam.houseworth But it was close. And he didn't do that. Besides, the throw to third was not decided on the runner's contact with the plate. He knew to throw as soon as it was coming his way.

@withershin

20 күн бұрын

@@sam.houseworth lol sooooo true. Especially when you know they beat the throw. Even in the majors it's worth doing that. Used to do the trick to toss the ball to 2B and let them go over to first just in case the runner was safe and stepped off the bag

I was thinking about that Miggy at bat all video, glad it got mentioned!

I love how BDE shows an actual hit and run before talking about the hit and run.

@smalliebigs101

14 күн бұрын

What are the odds of perfectly capturing a hit-and-run on a live television broadcast.

@6:30 I'm having to stop the video because I'm dying. This game is so messed up. I love it.

@pauldeamer9581

22 күн бұрын

I did the same kkk😂

For those wondering how to defend against the baserunner taking off during an appeal, you as the defending team have to focus on making the appeal as quickly and directly as possible and THEN make a play on the runner. If there were 2 outs and the appeal is successful, the inning is over but if it's not or there are less than 2 outs, you do still need to make a quick play so you can still try and get the runner.

Skunk in the outfield is my favorite play ever. The kid in that video should be out though. The basepath, once established, goes directly from the runner to either base. He ran back towards the Right Fielder when “retreating”, which would put him out of the baseline. It can be maneuvered correctly, but I don’t think he did it right.

@Kyle_116

24 күн бұрын

No, he wouldn't be out of the path because he was running straight back to where he started. Because the base path only became established once the other team started to try and tag him, the base path became a giant V due to his starting point.

@rancidcrawfish

23 күн бұрын

​@@Kyle_116you're 100% right.

This plays are absolutely amazing for a sport that doesn't exist!

Damn, hearing him having to explain how intentional walks used to work makes me feel old as hell

Solve the baserunning hack by ruling: once a tag is attempted, the runner must proceed straight to the next base or return straight to the previous base

That play where 1st and 3rd double stole and the guy on 1st fell... Genius

I love this video. I love this type of content, If you can cover this more about Smart plays dude I’d watch every single one of them.

GREAT VIDEO! I laughed at most of them. It's insane how smart umpires have to be to know all of these forgotten rules.

This is the best channel on KZread, hands down.

Great stuff! Another great one!

One of my new fav channels Making me like baseball

Good video,thank u. The video proves why they should have to pitch for the intentional walk!

Didn't expect my Wildcats to get metion so cool!

I loved Carter Capps deliver, man. That was the kind of silly games from a pitcher I live for.

Awesome job with this video! Love it. Great research, clip collecting, editing, and COMMENTARY!

Rollie Fingers talked about this play on one of Bob Costas' show, I think in the mid to late 2000's. Costas had Fingers, Rich Gossage, Lee Smith, Dennis Eckersley, Bruce Sutter and I think Sparky Lyle. According to Fingers, Joe Morgan , who was on 3rd, saw it coming and started yelling to Johnny Bench , but apparently Bench never heard him. I've never been able to find the episode, but it was fantastic hearing about the history of the relief pitcher.

Always a good day when BDE uploads

Love your content man keep it up😊

@Connerslam405

23 күн бұрын

Yep

My favorite video of yours yet, keep ‘em coming 😉

2:28 "and the next time he came to the plate, he was also nailed by a pitch." 😂🤣

Kudos for making this video... had to be a lot of work and research. Very educational. You know your baseball stuff for sure.

Was hoping to see the College Center Fielder fake a catch before catching the ball, and throwing the runner out, by making the runner leave the bag early.

Hype, perfect meal time video! Thanks for all the hard work!

It’s always a good day when bde posts

your videos have gotten me back into baseball

You've got talent, keep showcasing it

The way to avoid ever being thrown out in an MLB baseball game is this: On your way to tryout for a Major League team, turn around and go somewhere else instead. It worked for me.

I love your videos

Can you do a video on the history of stadiums?

@sam.houseworth

22 күн бұрын

What stadiums? They don't exist.

@PatrickCashman-kp4uu

15 күн бұрын

@@sam.houseworth no like how they started and how they have changed the game of baseball

5:31 My little league coach had us do this all the time. He was obsessed with trick plays and this one he literally called this the Skunk play

Thanks!

So fun to watch

Johnny Damon’s double steal in the 2009 World Series is the one that comes to mind for me

Please never stop making videos… Baseball is SO Awesome!!!!

He was so discombobulated 😂

I never thought I would laugh at a kid getting hit with a bat but holy hell 😂

I love my UK BatCats!! They turning a Basketball school into a baseball school just like I always wanted!! Fun time to be here in Lexington because they made the World Series this year too. Anyway another great video my dude ❤the content! 👍

Great video as always. Thank you

Ok that runner in the outfield trick made me laugh so hard I spit my coke all over my computer.

I've seen 1000s of youtube videos. This is one of the best. Great job!

dude this is crazy such a good video i think i might have to use that 50 foot lead thing some day lol

I like these plays alot of these are tricking to get a guy on third to score and sacing a player to make it even more secure. 3ft from the base path trick was smart.😊

What a treat never been this early

1:39 “throw off the catcher” dude knocked him the fuck out lmao

I always love your content but videos like this are some of your best work. I love your efforts and results!

Your videos are awesome always. But this is a MASTERPIECE. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Honestly I don’t even watch baseball but his videos make me so excited

He’s back!

Crazy that I found this channel when they had like 50k subscribers. So happy you continue to make videos. Best baseball videos ever!

ur channel is amazing i wish u did this for hockey

Freakin' love baseball.

When he uploads I get so excited 🎉

Running through second base is one of the smartest new changes in baseball.

As a Marlins fan, I was amazed that Carter Capps got away with that “jump” towards the plate.

Awesome video

“Throwing off the catcher” bro you mean murdering the catcher lmao

Wow man what an amazing video. The strategy involved in baseball makes it one of the best sports in the world.

that clip you showed of the runner in the outfield was my now former highachools rival Alexander High School of Laredo, Texas. Alexander has been known to be aggressive on the basepass, so our coached at United constantly ran drills with our pitchers to focus on runner control. and yet they couldn't pull that off against us this year. because my Alma mater United H.S. finally captured our first district title in 13 years in a series sweep of Alexander back in April. anyway it was cool seeing a clip showing laredo high school teams for the first time I've ever seen on the internet!!!

As always fantastic video BDE

The ad read with ohtani on the angels 💀

Cabrera's hit on the intentional walk attempt reminded me of a long ago All Star game, in which Al Kaline threw his bat at such a pitch and got a hit.

When I was in a league in high school we would have the center fielder come in for pick-offs on 2nd. Coach would act like he's just waving in the outfield to play shallow, but then center would sprint to the base. Waving with his hat was the pick-off sign. 3 Stooges level design, but it worked several times 🤷‍♂️🤣

That thumbnail is wild!

The old grandpas gunna be mad at this one

That faceplant stealing of second was genius.

i might try this

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I really enjoyed this video!👍

Now runners have a shift?

I'm sorry but that's just really funny. SMARTEST PLAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY and it's just "You thought I was gonna throw a ball, but I ACTUALLY threw a strike!"

The not sliding into second is making my head explode. How did no one ever think of this until now? Of course sliding slows you down!!!! It's only done in case the runner is safe anyway so why not do it if it looks like the runner would likely be out anyway?

I did not know every one of these smart decisions I am going to use them in my next baseball game

10:15 ad ends your welcome

47 career stolen bases for Brandon Belt. He deserves better than a "very slow" assessment.

@mgasolprodz33

4 күн бұрын

Yeah, over 10+ years Trust me, he is very slow

@Br0seid0n

22 сағат бұрын

That's about 4 steals per season. I know he's constantly on the DL but that's still an underwhelming stat.

That last play, i recall the Yankees doing the same thing, but that one was more iconic due to the catcher calling the strike.