not your usual professional baseball play

**aslyfox** · 05-27-2021, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Chicago Cubs star Javy Báez (somehow) fools Pittsburgh Pirates into sloppy fielding
Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY 2 hrs ago

They call him El Mago, but this wasn't magic from Javy Báez as much as it was comically bad fielding by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Chicago Cubs star Javy Báez (somehow) fools Pittsburgh Pirates into sloppy fielding

40 second video in article, the announcers on the video are the Cubs announcers

I was watching the live broadcast with the Pittsburgh Pirates announcers doing the play by play

and I could not believe what I was seeing

I think the best part is when Baez signals " safe " as Contreras scores before Baez takes off for first base for the second time

Baez then scored when the next batter got a single

Last edited by aslyfox; 05-27-2021 at 03:58 PM.

**ChrisPlatt** · 05-27-2021, 06:43 PM

You won't often see a batter run back to home plate, nor a first baseman try to chase him.

Chris

**aslyfox** · 05-27-2021, 07:09 PM

Originally posted by ChrisPlatt

You won't often see a batter run back to home plate, nor a first baseman try to chase him.

Chris

Nor the baserunner signaling the runner attempting to score is safe at home before the baserunner then runs to first base

forensicscientist · 05-28-2021, 04:49 AM

Go Cubbies!!

**luftfluss** · 05-28-2021, 07:00 AM

In a play filled with inexplicably bad decision-making, the Pirates still could have simply gotten out of it when they had Javier Baez at home plate. If the Pirates tag Baez, even after the Cubs runner crosses home, the run does not count.

I'm a Mets fan since the '80's, so I've seen a superabundance of baseball idiocy, but this play takes the cake.

**robgski** · 06-04-2021, 05:55 PM

It's plays like that which make me love the game a little more.

05-27-2021, 03:48 PM	#1
aslyfox Seeker of Knowledge Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Topeka, Kansas Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 24,581	not your usual professional baseball play Quote: Chicago Cubs star Javy Báez (somehow) fools Pittsburgh Pirates into sloppy fielding Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY 2 hrs ago They call him El Mago, but this wasn't magic from Javy Báez as much as it was comically bad fielding by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Chicago Cubs star Javy Báez (somehow) fools Pittsburgh Pirates into sloppy fielding 40 second video in article, the announcers on the video are the Cubs announcers I was watching the live broadcast with the Pittsburgh Pirates announcers doing the play by play and I could not believe what I was seeing I think the best part is when Baez signals " safe " as Contreras scores before Baez takes off for first base for the second time Baez then scored when the next batter got a single Last edited by aslyfox; 05-27-2021 at 03:58 PM.

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ChrisPlatt Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Rockaway Beach NYC Posts: 7,692	You won't often see a batter run back to home plate, nor a first baseman try to chase him. Chris

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aslyfox Seeker of Knowledge Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Topeka, Kansas Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 24,581 Original Poster	Originally posted by ChrisPlatt You won't often see a batter run back to home plate, nor a first baseman try to chase him. Chris Nor the baserunner signaling the runner attempting to score is safe at home before the baserunner then runs to first base

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forensicscientist Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: DFW Texas and Michigan - I commute :) Posts: 1,012	Go Cubbies!!

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luftfluss Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: NJ Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 11,618	In a play filled with inexplicably bad decision-making, the Pirates still could have simply gotten out of it when they had Javier Baez at home plate. If the Pirates tag Baez, even after the Cubs runner crosses home, the run does not count. I'm a Mets fan since the '80's, so I've seen a superabundance of baseball idiocy, but this play takes the cake.

06-04-2021, 05:55 PM	#6
robgski Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,793	It's plays like that which make me love the game a little more.

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