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Originally Posted by tballump
Keep working, its going to happen sooner or later especially with the way catchers move way over and pinch you off more than they use to or have to move over at the last moment like this one and you cannot compensate for that movement. If this never happens to you, you are living in the graces of the baseball Gods.
"I just wish I had a shot at being U1 in that play, cause I feel I would have gotten it".
I think U2 or U3 would have a better shot than U1.
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Was away for a few days, traveled down to Baltimore to see a game.
I meant as BU, not as PU. PU its obviously pretty easy to get blocked out on the curve ball... particularly when the batter is crowding. Not sure if U2 was on the inside on this play (not going to reload the video). Sorry about the confusion.
U3 has a great look at this play, U1 a pretty good look. Even U2 would have a decent look, not great but I'm sure he'd have an opinion on it. PU's only info is the sound, which isn't actually that loud in this play. Maybe a case of "did that just happen" at the MLB level, they don't see crazy stuff like this nearly as much as amateur guys do. I recall a play two years ago on a balk that should have been killed, but an overthrow was made and the runner got 2 bases. They just don't see the wacky stuff.
And btdt makes an excellent point, but one I previously combated - we all know that feeling where we feel like we might have missed one, or at least wish we had one more look at it. As BU, it has not happened to me yet on a ball at the batter's feet. In A to a righty, if it hit the front foot and trickled to 3B, that's a tough one from A. Pretty elementry from B or C. In a 3 man crew, the only thing that is an understandable miss is a slight slight skim, but a slight skim is going to end up foul anyways unless its a running swing becoming a bit more popular in baseball these days.
Never say never.