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@@haggispittjr i mean yeah the smart play would just be to tag first and end the inning, but even then if they had just tagged him instead of that really dumb throw to the plate it still wouldn't have counted
Everyone involved , except maybe the other runner, did something stupid during that play. Baez not only kept retreating to home as if that should have done anything and stopping to celebrate when the runner got home before realizing he still needed to actually get to first for the run to count, the 2B not covering when it was obvious Craig wasn't going back, the catcher making a poor throw to give them another base. It's all a shit show.
Not just first base, he had already stupidly chased the runner back to home plate, might as well had just tagged him there and ended the inning with that run not counting anyway.
@@zimvader25yup lol, he thought the run would count if the runner touched the plate first. he didn’t realize that runs don’t count if the 3rd out of an inning is a force out
I been watching a lot of sports a lot of time and I think that's the dumbest play in any sport I've ever seen on the pure simplicity of what needed to be done, the insane failure to remember his job, and then his team-mates screwing up so that instead of being just a dumb play that got rectified with no damage, the catcher and the other fielder managed to screw up the second throw to first and let in a run + an additional base. The only ones that come close are all those soccer goals where a player kicks it backward to the goalkeeper but the keeper misses blocking it and scores an OG. But that one he literally just needs to take a stepbackward and it's over.
Sosa missing the base and returning is both a bad moment and a good moment. Bad because he missed, but good because he didn't try to just keep running and then get called out on appeal.
It was absolutely a smart play. The baserunning issue was a mechanical issue - his pace was thrown off because he had to skip over the ball as he ran. Once his pace is off, it's hard to land your feet where they belong on the run. He didn't get thrown out, though - the negative IQ play would be if he'd kept going.
1:18. I absolutely love how the first base coach was on high alert and handled the situation. They got an extra base out of it and the next batter singled home Baez for a run. Outstanding.
I still don't understand why when the first baseman caught the ball and Baez started moving backwards, the 1B didn't just step on first base for the out...
@@dentonyoung4314 Not only that, he doubled down on stupid. He still could've just tagged the runner instead of tossing the ball to the catcher. There were 2 outs, so it wouldn't matter if the runner crosses the plate before you tag the batter out- the run wouldn't count. The catcher could've tagged him too instead of trying to tag the runner from third.
Wanna make this better? If you actually look up the score of that game, you’ll find that because of how that turned out, the Cubs won by 2 Which means that mishandle actually cost the Pirates the game
I umpired baseball and softball for 30 years. The absolute dumbest baserunning play I ever witnessed was in a men's softball league. There was a runner at first base with no one out. The batter hit a line drive. The shortstop made a fine, leaping catch for an out. The runner at first base had left the base as soon as the ball was hit. The shortstop tried to double the runner off by throwing to first base, but the throw was offline. The ball bounced into the bench area out of play. The runner slid back into first base. I called him safe--a very easy call. Then I ruled the ball was dead because it had rolled into the bench area. I awarded the runner two bases on the overthrow rule. The puzzled runner looked at me and asked, "Do I get to go to third base on that play?" I said yes. So the runner ran directly across the diamond--he could have shaken hands with the pitcher--without even considering touching second base! Everyone on his team gasped. The defensive team properly appealed that the runner had missed second base--and I called him out. His teammates were not pleased with him, to say the least.
Honestly that just sounds like not knowing the rules. An amateur softball player I can forgive for not knowing the rules. A Major League player, however....
While this is a funny video, unlike other similar videos, you allow the gags to play out rather than cut them off abruptly and go to another. It's quite good.
Yeah, and he's an infielder by trade. Boston tried him out there for a little while to keep his bat in the lineup, but in his whole career he hasn't spent 20 games in the outfield.
Man that sucks when you hit a home run which is the greatest feeling for any hitter, but then you're tagged out because you forgot to do something you were taught at t ball. Always remember to touch all the bases.
Yup. The baserunning blunder we see here was the same thing he did a year or two earlier with the Cubs. You'd think he would have learned his lesson from his first time forgetting how many outs there were. I guess not. (He got benched after his baserunning blunder with the Cubs, and I think he got benched again after the blunder in this video.)
For anyone curious about Will Craig, we was designated for assignment by Pittsburg on June 4th, 2021. A month or so later he was picked up by the Kiwoom Heroes, a South Korean baseball team. But that didn’t last either cuz he wasn’t resigned for the 2022 season and is currently a free agent. No one’s heard from him since lol Edit: In June 2022, Craig went back to school at Wake Forest University to complete his degree and is currently on their coaching staff.
On that batter-runner running away from first and then back to home, they still had a chance to negate that runner scoring if someone had covered first base on the eventual errant throw.
At first I was like "okay, the 1B didn't want the runner to score while he went to tag the bag, I kinda see how this happened" but then I realized -- yeah, there were already two outs!!
Defense must've lost track of how many outs there were. Well, more broadly, the defense forgot how to play baseball, but you would only be concerned with the runner on third if you thought there were less than two outs.
@TrueSbStar the catcher might have known but he couldn't throw to first as no one was covering it until way too late. Then again, the catcher could have just tagged the batter-runner when they got real close. I guess instinct, at that point just caused the catcher to turn to the runner scoring. You kinda can't blame him.... I just watched again. The batter-runner never got close enough to the catcher to be tagged by him.
The second clip is the winner. Two outs - all the fielder needs to do is take his time and walk back to first and step on the bag. Even if the bases emptied, it's a force play at first and any run scoring before the two out force play wouldn't count.
I will never tire of seeing the Cubs batter almost get to first-base, run back to home, and pronounce the third-base runner safe, before running to second.
The royals player thinking it was ball 4 when it was only ball 3 I’d argue was a good thing for the team. It was the World Series and that probably helped loosen everyone up a bit, which is massive in sports, and especially in baseball
@@3rdeye931I think the person you replied to was also joking. "stop at three burgers for breakfast" is not what someone would say giving serious advice
Ryan Raburn's lawn dart reminds me that Raul Ibanez not once, but TWICE spiked lawn dart throws off the grass in LF during his time with the Mariners. It's a shame because Ibanez was a good hitter on that team and a good dude, but he's forever remembered for being a liability in LF, especially because of those plays.
Hey, quick question, I was thinking about making these type of baseball videos but wasn't quite sure were to get the clips from, if you don't mind where do you get them from?
4:05 my coach always says that if you make an error then you need to calm down, set your feet, and throw the ball well. you don't want to make the situation any worse by messing up the throw too
0:31 Let alone the first baseman forgetting about the FORCE OUT All they had to do was cover first base and the run wouldn't have counted Why was no one covering first 3:34 I remember this game Kluber had perfect game going on into the 7th Can't remember the Royals pitcher, I want to say Duffy. had a no hitter through 7 too
Honestly some serious mind control by baez to avoid the out. Most people just run through that and accept it. But even baez isnt immune to mental slips
I was a catcher when I played baseball and I accidentally tackled the pitcher once too. At least he didn’t have a perfect game going in the 8th inning at the time.
That Javi Baez is a Legend, not only him running back towards Home Plate and making his team score a run, He stays there to see the runner scores and he calls it Safe. It can't get any better than that
On first play, it's the catcher's play. He doesn't have to pivot to make the throw. Pitcher at fault. Also, Raburn thought someone would run toward him to take a throw. He anticipated it by starting a throwing motion, and couldn't stop. Not brain dead. Tough luck.
The first play is two guys trying really hard to protect a no hitter. That’s not a low IQ play. Even perfectly fielded by the catcher that batter would have been safe.
A baseball rule I’ll never understand is the Baez situation, where you’re allowed to run back to home to avoid a tag, but god forbid you take a diff path to 1st or home to avoid a tag, you’re immediately called out
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"I don't know if I've ever seen a first-base coach wave a guy down the first-base line." Great comment by that announcer!
Jim deshaies is awesome
The worst part of the whole thing is that even after all that all they needed to do was get him out at first and the run wouldn’t have counted
@@haggispittjr High IQ point.
@@haggispittjr i mean yeah the smart play would just be to tag first and end the inning, but even then if they had just tagged him instead of that really dumb throw to the plate it still wouldn't have counted
I wouldn’t call losing a ball in the lights “negative IQ”.
@@TheDogGoesWoof69 good point
Bro what are you talking about? How would he find the ball by closing his eyes?
@@weaponizedwii /whoosh
@@TheDogGoesWoof69 No
@@poluticon it's youtube not the cringefest that is reddit.
I don’t think a play will ever be as bad or as dumb as Will Craig not touching First Base.
Everyone involved , except maybe the other runner, did something stupid during that play. Baez not only kept retreating to home as if that should have done anything and stopping to celebrate when the runner got home before realizing he still needed to actually get to first for the run to count, the 2B not covering when it was obvious Craig wasn't going back, the catcher making a poor throw to give them another base. It's all a shit show.
maybe the David Cone arguement @@Anon-xb9pc
Not just first base, he had already stupidly chased the runner back to home plate, might as well had just tagged him there and ended the inning with that run not counting anyway.
@@zimvader25yup lol, he thought the run would count if the runner touched the plate first. he didn’t realize that runs don’t count if the 3rd out of an inning is a force out
No wonder nobody is at there Games.
As a Pirates fan that play by Will Craig will always be etched in my memory...still can't believe that happened.
I would've DFAd him
@@wavystars5075 They did dfa him lol
@@wavystars5075 within a month he was traded to a Korean team and now he's not playing at all
I been watching a lot of sports a lot of time and I think that's the dumbest play in any sport I've ever seen on the pure simplicity of what needed to be done, the insane failure to remember his job, and then his team-mates screwing up so that instead of being just a dumb play that got rectified with no damage, the catcher and the other fielder managed to screw up the second throw to first and let in a run + an additional base. The only ones that come close are all those soccer goals where a player kicks it backward to the goalkeeper but the keeper misses blocking it and scores an OG. But that one he literally just needs to take a stepbackward and it's over.
@@bryanflynn2855one single brain fart can’t be the reason
Rizzo laughing his ass off in the dugout is so good
Steele was equally as good lol
Sosa missing the base and returning is both a bad moment and a good moment. Bad because he missed, but good because he didn't try to just keep running and then get called out on appeal.
yeah that's not low iq that's just bad baserunning. low iq would've been trying to pretend it didn't happen lol
It looks like the top of his foot DID touch it just barely...
If someone is yelling to go back though, that really makes it confusing!
It was absolutely a smart play. The baserunning issue was a mechanical issue - his pace was thrown off because he had to skip over the ball as he ran. Once his pace is off, it's hard to land your feet where they belong on the run. He didn't get thrown out, though - the negative IQ play would be if he'd kept going.
He made the mistake and caught it in time to minimize the damage. Good IQ play.
Agreed. He had the awareness to realize the error and correct it.
1:18. I absolutely love how the first base coach was on high alert and handled the situation. They got an extra base out of it and the next batter singled home Baez for a run. Outstanding.
I still don't understand why when the first baseman caught the ball and Baez started moving backwards, the 1B didn't just step on first base for the out...
@@dentonyoung4314 Complete lack of situational awareness.
@@dentonyoung4314 Not only that, he doubled down on stupid. He still could've just tagged the runner instead of tossing the ball to the catcher. There were 2 outs, so it wouldn't matter if the runner crosses the plate before you tag the batter out- the run wouldn't count. The catcher could've tagged him too instead of trying to tag the runner from third.
@@dentonyoung4314 He tried to be cheeky is why. And got played like a fiddle.
Wanna make this better?
If you actually look up the score of that game, you’ll find that because of how that turned out, the Cubs won by 2
Which means that mishandle actually cost the Pirates the game
I umpired baseball and softball for 30 years. The absolute dumbest baserunning play I ever witnessed was in a men's softball league. There was a runner at first base with no one out. The batter hit a line drive. The shortstop made a fine, leaping catch for an out. The runner at first base had left the base as soon as the ball was hit. The shortstop tried to double the runner off by throwing to first base, but the throw was offline. The ball bounced into the bench area out of play. The runner slid back into first base. I called him safe--a very easy call. Then I ruled the ball was dead because it had rolled into the bench area. I awarded the runner two bases on the overthrow rule. The puzzled runner looked at me and asked, "Do I get to go to third base on that play?" I said yes. So the runner ran directly across the diamond--he could have shaken hands with the pitcher--without even considering touching second base! Everyone on his team gasped. The defensive team properly appealed that the runner had missed second base--and I called him out. His teammates were not pleased with him, to say the least.
Very funny
So the runner doubled himself out. Ouch.
Honestly that just sounds like not knowing the rules. An amateur softball player I can forgive for not knowing the rules. A Major League player, however....
@@psymar THIS.
reading this as a non-baseball player is like reading Chinese
The Will Craig play, no matter how many times you watch, is unbelievable lmao
Ya that was wild surprised we ain’t see more attempts of that lol
I always love seeing the guy practically at home plate calling "safe" and then going "Oh, I guess I had better run to first".
Will Craig embarrassed himself in front of the ten people in attendance. 😂
He embarrassed himself? That's an understatement lol
@@qwaszx2 And where is he now?
@@qwaszx2 "Living a privileged white male life at Wake Forest"
What kind of reply is that?!
@@qwaszx2 Why are you bringing race into it?
While this is a funny video, unlike other similar videos, you allow the gags to play out rather than cut them off abruptly and go to another. It's quite good.
Dude, the level of disrespect the second dude had to call his teammate safe THEN go back to first base
that's tough to call Arroyo's play a 0-IQ play, he just lost the ball. The panic makes it look extra bad but still.
For sure. It happens.
Yeah, and he's an infielder by trade. Boston tried him out there for a little while to keep his bat in the lineup, but in his whole career he hasn't spent 20 games in the outfield.
@@fletchermaxwell exactly. Guy was in trouble from the start.
And his throw to recover was a great throw.
I played left field for most of high school... There is no worse feeling on a baseball field then not knowing where a fly ball ball is dropping.
Man that sucks when you hit a home run which is the greatest feeling for any hitter, but then you're tagged out because you forgot to do something you were taught at t ball. Always remember to touch all the bases.
It's because Tom Cheek wasn't in the broadcast booth yelling "Touch 'em all, Joe!"
Great... Got to relive Aaron Hicks pouting about not catching a fly ball.😅.. meanwhile the batter is running.
the pirates play is the dumbest play in professional sports history
Jim Marshall's wrong way "touchdown" may have been dumber.
이미 2아웃이라 그냥 1루를 밟기만 했으면 이닝이 종료되는 건데 무슨 생각을 가지고 저런 행동을 했을까?
That second one hurts the most. What in the fook was he thinking
I love the inside-the-park homerun LOL when it can be had it's just amazing. Lol.
Baez is involved in both extremes here
Yup. The baserunning blunder we see here was the same thing he did a year or two earlier with the Cubs. You'd think he would have learned his lesson from his first time forgetting how many outs there were. I guess not. (He got benched after his baserunning blunder with the Cubs, and I think he got benched again after the blunder in this video.)
Did anyone else see that old dude dressed like superman in the back? 3:22
lmao
SupaBrothaMan. Lol
That's not Superman, it's an old man version of SuperDude!
Javier Baez smart play and stupid play describes his career perfectly
For anyone curious about Will Craig, we was designated for assignment by Pittsburg on June 4th, 2021.
A month or so later he was picked up by the Kiwoom Heroes, a South Korean baseball team. But that didn’t last either cuz he wasn’t resigned for the 2022 season and is currently a free agent. No one’s heard from him since lol
Edit: In June 2022, Craig went back to school at Wake Forest University to complete his degree and is currently on their coaching staff.
"Coaching staff".... hope he's not coaching first base, LMAO.
Sheesh, and he was a first round pick.
@@nahor88Well he’s the assistant coach lol
@@nahor88 You really think he wouldn't learn from his mistake? You try coaching
On that batter-runner running away from first and then back to home, they still had a chance to negate that runner scoring if someone had covered first base on the eventual errant throw.
At first I was like "okay, the 1B didn't want the runner to score while he went to tag the bag, I kinda see how this happened" but then I realized -- yeah, there were already two outs!!
@anewt72690 yes, Even if he had tagged the batter- runner after the run scored I think it still counts as a force-out and the run doesn't count.
Defense must've lost track of how many outs there were. Well, more broadly, the defense forgot how to play baseball, but you would only be concerned with the runner on third if you thought there were less than two outs.
until there's a play or runner reaches first, that run doesn't even count lmao. i don't think baez or the first baseman realized that.
@TrueSbStar the catcher might have known but he couldn't throw to first as no one was covering it until way too late. Then again, the catcher could have just tagged the batter-runner when they got real close. I guess instinct, at that point just caused the catcher to turn to the runner scoring. You kinda can't blame him.... I just watched again. The batter-runner never got close enough to the catcher to be tagged by him.
could have just been a javi baez highlight reel.
thanks chris
That last one was the best one you had. I was like “what’s the mistake here” and then the bombshell. Nice comp!
It's so nice when a vid of errors DOESN'T include the Orioles.
funny ! good luck to your O`s
My team was not featured for negativity either lol
Or the Rockies
Hitting a home run but missing the base
Will Craig is the literal JR Smith of Baseball 🤦♂
JR Smith used to be good at least
@@Marth66666
Yeahhh, no.
And I’m a Knicks fan.
Reminds me of my childhood baseball career.
The second clip is the winner. Two outs - all the fielder needs to do is take his time and walk back to first and step on the bag. Even if the bases emptied, it's a force play at first and any run scoring before the two out force play wouldn't count.
Or keep Baez backing up. He's also out if he touches home. The run still wouldn't count.
i was genuinely surprised by how good these clips were xD
4:43
I'll give Vargas a pass here.
It's an American League pitcher hitting.
Aint no way that's how Drew Smyly lost a perfect game :(
lol was it
They used to have the 1952 World Series 7th game on here and the quality of play was unbelievable between the Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers
Baez going back home calling the player safe and ending up at 2nd 🤣
Christian Arroyo’s losing the ball in the lights isn’t a low IQ moment. It happens.
By far the worst play ever was that Pirates play. Not debatable that was the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen.
Love how Baez even took the time to signal the runner safe at home before turning around and running back toward first.
So much of the Javy Baez magic was just his opponents being the dumbest people alive
C'mon, man, you can't call losing the ball in the lights "negative IQ."
Chill
(No offense) but no way u getting mad
Looking past the incredible decision not to step on first... Craig still could've just tagged out Baez near home plate for the third out
I wonder why I’m getting this recommended now 😂
This could've been all Javy Baez
I will never tire of seeing the Cubs batter almost get to first-base, run back to home, and pronounce the third-base runner safe, before running to second.
Update this video with that Yankees 5th inning in game 5 of that World Series
0:14 I remember that! Even though we were getting our asses kicked, I couldn't help but laugh.
Back when Baez was useful 😂
You really put the drew smiley and yan Gomes play in there 💀
Thank you for this anthology of boneheaded plays that would make a Little Leaguer blsuh.
Javier went from decent to worst player in the league real quick
Correction, MVP quality to worst player in the league
I knew that second clip would be there the second I saw the video in my feed
0:09 when you think you playing football
4:19 LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
The royals player thinking it was ball 4 when it was only ball 3 I’d argue was a good thing for the team. It was the World Series and that probably helped loosen everyone up a bit, which is massive in sports, and especially in baseball
“Oh c’mon, that can’t be how it ends”
Me after eating my 4th burger for breakfast and dying of a heart attack.
Shoulda stopped at three. Or switched to veggie burgers. You’ll be so sick and disgusted after one you won’t want another burger.
@@jluchette
Thanks for the advice on a joke. I’ll write a healthy diet next time I write a joke.
@@3rdeye931I think the person you replied to was also joking. "stop at three burgers for breakfast" is not what someone would say giving serious advice
@@psymar Yeah, I mean we haven't even started discussing the fries.
Ryan Raburn's lawn dart reminds me that Raul Ibanez not once, but TWICE spiked lawn dart throws off the grass in LF during his time with the Mariners. It's a shame because Ibanez was a good hitter on that team and a good dude, but he's forever remembered for being a liability in LF, especially because of those plays.
Missing a base at that level is Inexcusable
Hey, quick question, I was thinking about making these type of baseball videos but wasn't quite sure were to get the clips from, if you don't mind where do you get them from?
How is losing the ball in the lights considered negative iq ?
Hilarious. Ima show my kid this
Surprised Angel isn’t the thumbnail
A pageant of brain farts!!! I love it!!
0:24 "Let's Play Leap Frog"
Forgive me if you don't get this but
LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLET'S PLAY-
The entire video could’ve just been the pirates
0:41 I like how the cub called it safe
In Hicks’ defense, it looks like he initially thought the ball was foul but then realized it was fair.
Should have added the one when Milton Bradley smugly catches a fly ball and throws it into the stands after only two outs.
4:05 my coach always says that if you make an error then you need to calm down, set your feet, and throw the ball well. you don't want to make the situation any worse by messing up the throw too
The second video was awesome
Rizzo laughing his ass off is the funniest thing ever
At first I thought Vargas trying to jog to first base on ball three like it was a walk was him trying to be clever. Apparently not. 🤣
The pirates can’t catch a break.
If you advance due to an error is it still a home run or is it a double and advanced on an error?
The first one is Bad News Bears!
0:31
Let alone the first baseman forgetting about the FORCE OUT All they had to do was cover first base and the run wouldn't have counted
Why was no one covering first
3:34
I remember this game
Kluber had perfect game going on into the 7th
Can't remember the Royals pitcher, I want to say Duffy. had a no hitter through 7 too
From what I hear in these comments, that first basemen play was so bad, he ruined his career over it.
The Pirtes/Cubs one looked like something out of a Wile-E-Coyote and the Roadrunner cartoon.
Several of these are not low IQ plays in the slightest. The second one definitely was though.
First one def isn’t negative Iq but it’s a funny way to lose a perfect game
2:41 I did a double take thinking this guy was packing heat
Honestly some serious mind control by baez to avoid the out. Most people just run through that and accept it. But even baez isnt immune to mental slips
Imagine allowing Moustakis to score an inside the park home run lmao
As a Red Sox fan I am embarrassed that we lost the ball in the lights.
I was a catcher when I played baseball and I accidentally tackled the pitcher once too. At least he didn’t have a perfect game going in the 8th inning at the time.
Came here to watch the Yankees kick a few more around. Was not disappointed.
That Javi Baez is a Legend, not only him running back towards Home Plate and making his team score a run, He stays there to see the runner scores and he calls it Safe. It can't get any better than that
I think my fav was the last one.🤪
that rundown back to home plate has to be the dumbest thing ever to happen in baseball
Nice thumbnail 😆
I think I'm brain damaged or have a negative IQ from being an Orioles fan since 91.
They're doing great this year though, they'd be winning the division in any other division
Hicks went bye bye 😮
Javy Baez is a pimp 😂😂
Thats such an electric player that the opposing team just totally forgot how to play baseball. 😂😂
I don't see how Baez can get credit for another guy making one of the stupidest plays of all time
Looks like this video requires a major update 😂
If gallo ran from the start he would have had an inside the park HR
On first play, it's the catcher's play. He doesn't have to pivot to make the throw. Pitcher at fault. Also, Raburn thought someone would run toward him to take a throw. He anticipated it by starting a throwing motion, and couldn't stop. Not brain dead. Tough luck.
Vargas walking to 1st after ball 3 isn’t really negative IQ
He’s rarely had at bats in general
The first play is two guys trying really hard to protect a no hitter. That’s not a low IQ play. Even perfectly fielded by the catcher that batter would have been safe.
MLB baseball players all have outstanding tools and skills, some far more than others. But mental instincts do not always go hand in hand.
A baseball rule I’ll never understand is the Baez situation, where you’re allowed to run back to home to avoid a tag, but god forbid you take a diff path to 1st or home to avoid a tag, you’re immediately called out
you can run back and forth all you want as long as you stay in the runner lane, baseball isn't tag, the runner can't just run anywhere on the field.