Head first into first base
Jun 8, 2015 00:51:55 #
I caught this sequence today at Sacramento's Raley Field. Despite a great play by the shortstop, the runner was safe. fyi, the first baseman is last year's playoff hero Travis Ishikawa, whose walkoff three-run homer put the SF Giants into the World Series. He's back in the minors. That's baseball!
Jun 8, 2015 10:13:28 #
Jun 9, 2015 06:27:09 #
Stevewayne23 wrote:
I caught this sequence today at Sacramento's Raley Field. Despite a great play by the shortstop, the runner was safe. fyi, the first baseman is last year's playoff hero Travis Ishikawa, whose walkoff three-run homer put the SF Giants into the World Series. He's back in the minors. That's baseball!
My brother did that when he was 10. Bases were tied down. Snapped his arm.
Jun 9, 2015 10:53:59 #
I'm not a baseball fan and don't know a whole lot about the rules and all but if I recollect correctly you can overrun first base and be safe. You don't have to slide into it. Not like second, third and home.
Jun 9, 2015 11:37:28 #
EdJ0307 wrote:
I'm not a baseball fan and don't know a whole lot about the rules and all but if I recollect correctly you can overrun first base and be safe. You don't have to slide into it. Not like second, third and home.
Maybe he tripped.
Good catch, from a non-baseball fan.!!
Jun 9, 2015 15:06:45 #
Stevewayne23 wrote:
I caught this sequence today at Sacramento's Raley Field. Despite a great play by the shortstop, the runner was safe. fyi, the first baseman is last year's playoff hero Travis Ishikawa, whose walkoff three-run homer put the SF Giants into the World Series. He's back in the minors. That's baseball!
:thumbup:
Jun 9, 2015 19:12:53 #
Bobbee wrote:
Thanks, Bobbee. Like I said, I'm not a fan. By that I mean I'm not into watching somebody else play. I did play baseball as a kid, just like almost all kids, boys anyway. And I was on the baseball team of a company I worked for years ago.Maybe he tripped.
Good catch, from a non-baseball fan.!!
Good catch, from a non-baseball fan.!!
Jun 9, 2015 19:23:31 #
EdJ0307 wrote:
Thanks, Bobbee. Like I said, I'm not a fan. By that I mean I'm not into watching somebody else play. I did play baseball as a kid, just like almost all kids, boys anyway. And I was on the baseball team of a company I worked for years ago.
It was interesting you caught it. I look and said, WOW. I was a pitcher on the Brooklyn league teams in Greenpoint. My dad trained me. Has aspirations of me going to the pros. I had one of the fastest fast balls in Brooklyn. But then I found football and with my arm was quarterback on three street teams and held a bunch of positions on the league team, the Greenpoint Crusaders. When I switched to football my dad stopped talking to me for two years. He invested a lot of time in my pitching arm. He was a coach too and was very disappointed.
Jun 10, 2015 00:36:06 #
I played a lot of baseball, well into my 40s, but never could figure out how it was faster to slide into 1st base . . .
Jun 10, 2015 05:50:57 #
Stevewayne23 wrote:
I played a lot of baseball, well into my 40s, but never could figure out how it was faster to slide into 1st base . . .
Depending on the coefficient of friction, it maybe quicker to slide. If you were running in Shanghai, for example, the air pollution may slow you down more than sliding on dirt. LOL
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