MLB Wants You to FORGET This Playoff Game

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In the rich history of the now-discarded Wild Card Game, it's easy to forget how disastrous the inaugural matchup was between the Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals in 2012. Ugly defense, umpire catastrophes, and a cascade of empty beer bottles all over the field.
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[@rockbeatspaper1]

I’ve tried to forget this game since it happened. I remembered exactly where I was. I still flinch when anyone says infield fly.

[@yourself867]

I still remember exactly where I was too- I was at Cypress and the entire bar lost their shit. It's not even a sports bar.

[@bodavis4545]

I’m not an angry person and RARELY does the game really get to me but man this one had me heated for sooooo long

[@TheBandYule]

Oh we’ve never forgotten Chipper’s last game…

[@alecgibbs7192]

nothing better than waking up late on a saturday for a new jolly upload

[@rcblue6265]

I saw the thumbnail as a Braves fan and knew I would have PTSD thanks Mr Happy Grape

[@Jacob_Ray]

Braves fan here… I have absolutely tried to forget about this game. Even if it was considered a “right call”, the ump called it way too late. His arm doesn’t go up until the ball is close to landing.

[@JD102790]

That's the rule though, you can't call infield fly until it's absolutely clear an infielder can catch it with ordinary effort. The interpretation of that has been, "the player is camped under the ball" so he can't call infield fly until the infielder stops back-peddling

[@Jacob_Ray]

@@JD102790 so, even with that in mind, If he is still back peddling while the ball is descending I would not consider that ordinary effort, especially that deep into the outfield.

[@JD102790]

​@@Jacob_RayI am an umpire, granted at the high school level, and I clearly think he could've caught the ball routinely had the left fielder not called him off. I 100% agree with it being called an infield fly. Umpiring isn't about making the easy call, it's about making the correct call. If you disagree, be mad at the rule, not the ump

[@Jacob_Ray]

I understand your thought process, and thanks for being willing to ump for the youth - it’s not for everyone! I guess my question then would be what is considered routine or ordinary effort? I agree the infielder could have caught it, but what I see in that video is a player still on the move to make the catch. The time between when he bails and the ball landing, to me, is not enough to be considered routine. Totally fine if that’s not how you see it, just my observation. *edit* I would also consider it a discrepancy to have to wait to make a call if it is indeed ordinary effort. Ordinary effort, again to me, is fairly straightforward and wouldn’t require waiting until the ball is close to landing.

[@JD102790]

@@Jacob_Ray I've always considered extraordinary effort as being in a sprint, leaving your feet, or making a play against the field boundaries. It is a subjective matter, which is of course is going to cause disputes when in a fringe situation. I do think level of play will make a difference too. We expect the pros to make more plays than kids do. In a high school game I've never seen a short stop be able to get that far into the outfield and camp under the ball like cardinals player did, so I might not have even had the chance to make that call.

[@soulknife20]

Braves fans will never forget.

[@rosstaylor-couchman7524]

Video idea. I just realized that Tyler O’Neill had 31 homers and only 61 RBI this season. That blows my mind and made me wonder if it was the record for most homers and least RBI, and then I thought, “a best power season with the least production by players sounds like a fun Jolly video” and here I am lol Love all the videos Jolly! Can’t wait for the next one!

[@antonioreconquistador]

I remember a Baseball Digest chart about it, least RBI for a player with 30 HRs. I think Curtis Granderson has the least, 30 HR and 59 RBI one year with the mets. I think he led off most of the year.

[@staticbolt418]

A MOUNTAIN DEW ad is wild

[@andrewtarrer6715]

Well this week my Braves got knocked of the WC series while the Mets and Phillies battle in the NLDS. At least Jolly dropped a new video to make me feel better

[@soulknife20]

Unfortunately, it's this topic

[@trinityholloway7978]

I hear that MLB power pros theme in background Jolly you sly dog. Great video!!

[@ericciaramella1984]

That was never before or after an infield fly. That's how you know the umps fucked up.

[@downrighttt]

I’m not even a Braves or Cardinals fan and I will never forget this game

[@cardinalsbaseballclassics]

You're wrong as hell on this one, Jolly. If you understand the infield fly rule, then you know it was absolutely the correct call. I get why the casual fan, or those not familiar with the letter of the law would think this was the wrong call, but it wasn't. Yes, it DOES apply to infielders that have moved back into the outfield; nowhere does the rule stipulate that they must be within a certain distance of the infield dirt. Normal effort by an infielder with the appropriate bases occupied by runners is the only stipulation. Had Kozma not thought Holliday called him off, he would have caught the ball with normal effort. Infield fly. Period. Had this happened against the Cardinals, it would have been the right call. Just like the Obstruction call in Game Three of the 2013 World Series, this one might not be popular, but it's the correct call.

[@chasebingaman]

Yeah I'm cool with being questionable on it but jolly cake no where close to explaining the rule. Instead of just explaining the motive behind having it, Explain the actual rule from the rule book. And you are bang on with your explanation. You'll get called for being a cards fan but it's simply stated from the rule book

[@jr637-1]

Funny that you made a video about this because Facebook just gave me a memory about my angry rant regarding that call.

[@travisfletcher6342]

Mountain Dew tastes like frog piss but I love Jolly Olive so much that I'm gonna get one with my Taco Bell today just for him

[@michaelknowlton1231]

Have you drank frog piss??

[@mxchump]

That was one of the first post seasons games I watched as a invested MLB fan, they should be glad I stuck around lol

[@basebatter94]

Amazing how this video comes out the first Saturday after a game that MLB (And especially Jolly) will never want to forget.

[@mattchampionwithboxes]

As young MLB fan in 2012 this is the first postseason game I watched that I actively remember. It’s nice to see it’s not just my nostalgia that made this game interesting.

[@ahoneybee823]

We haven't forgotten Chipper's last game.

[@DocEsquire]

I was there. We (Braves fans) were so unbelievably pissed off. Still am pissed about it - thank you for the reminder😂

[@chasebingaman]

Clearly yall acted like animals

[@coolestjabroni7329]

A Philly fan talking about fan behavior is comedic af ​@@chasebingaman

[@mubs42]

jolly just wanted to add one more shot to the pain the braves fans feel after this season by bringing this up again

[@maattgo21]

Although the Brewers broke my heart, at least a Jolly Olive video can help make it better.

[@ianking1889]

It still doesn't feel real man😞

[@LouT1501]

I like this format with a three-game wild card instead of the single game. The only thing, I wished it started sooner (tie it to a slightly shorter MLB season). Thanks Jolly and go Tigers!

[@The_White_OG]

11 year old me never wants to forget this game lol thank you for the W vid Jolly

[@Terminus-y9v]

It's been over a decade, and this call and play still infuriates me. The Braves were awful, and the one bit of hope gets tarnished by a questionable call.

[@SamtheBravesFan]

I've never forgotten it. It's one of the games that has caused me to avoid Braves playoff baseball outside of the 2021 World Series.

[@bodavis4545]

As bad as this season ended this is one of my favorite seasons as a Braves fan.

[@TheAlmightyChief]

I won't forget this game

[@alexmarshall2015]

It’s always a good day whenever Happy Grape uploads

[@Thegoat566]

Banger certified

[@rngfootball759]

Just another tough Braves playoff loss in a long stretch of brutal ones dating back to 91. This one stings worse than they gave up 10 runs in the first inning against the same Cardinals game in 2019. And to add salt to the wound, it's the last playoff game at Turner Field.

[@rngfootball759]

@matthewdaley746 yeah Pujols to the Angels never make any sense

[@SithScribe21]

5:05 *NOT* Brandon Beachy lol… that would be Derek Lowe (not on the 2012 Braves)

[@taylorwinslette8061]

Thanks Jolly. I still hate the Cardinals for this and 2019

[@1992sterlingsharpe]

Ecstatic olea europaea with another banger of a video

[@cardinalsfan9610]

Even as a Cards fan, watching that game in real time, I thought that there was no way that was an infield fly. That call changed the entire momentum of the game. My guess is that Pete Kozma heard Matt Holliday behind him or realized that Holliday was close by. If not for Kozma's calling for the ball, I doubt Holbrook makes the infield fly call. Funny enough, the Cards later got lucky taking on the Nats in the NLDS. If not for Daniel Descalso and Kozma, they should have lost that series.

[@kjorlaug1]

It wasnt ordinary effort, and as an ESPN peice showed, was thr deepest an infield fly had been called all year. It was the wrong call

[@EHeroClayman]

MLB, I haven't forgotten the awful infield fly rule. I'm biased because I'm a Braves fan. Something I read years ago on The Ringer I think would be a good idea for a video would be you could change anything about the season but you couldn't change who won the championship. Keeping it relevant to this video, the infield fly doesn't happen but the Braves lose the next round. San Francisco still wins the piece of metal.

[@VegeMaticPragtarian]

Really was St Louis devil magic, a primary reason I still dislike St. Louis as a fan of an NL central team. It’s baffling to me that the umpire calls the infield fly rule as soon as Kozma retreats from catching the ball and sees it won’t be caught. Infield fly should be able to be called while the ball is still high up in the air and immediately be a dead ball, not be called only once the ball is missed. I think about this game often

[@yukikimura8204]

Ah yes 2012, the last year the Dodgers missed the playoffs.

[@Cardinals97]

The good old days

[@TheTEN24]

Good title choice as I have 0 recollection of this game

[@SithScribe21]

This still hurts me to my soul….

[@DaveMustang74]

I've had more than one debate with people who see that call as completely legitimate. I try not to ever talk to those fools again. Lol

[@jayryan1018]

So glad you finally told Atlanta they screwed up so many times other than this. it wasn't THE cause but A cause. But it's a bad call and I didn't get it watching in St. Louis

[@francoiscorpel8304]

To be fair the rule specifically doesn't say anything about the infield, and rather an infieldER. So theoretically, if a shortstop goes 40 feet into the outfield grass and sets up underneath the ball, then it can be called. I do NOT think that the umpire made the correct call. Kozma wasn't set up in time, and the umpire made a super late call. But the infield fly rule doesn't have to stay in the infield

[@asdfaeou]

Amazing Can Stack, tho

[@victorcoster1011]

Why is a left-field umpire calling the infield fly rule?! Braves got shafted hard and that's coming from a Mets fan. Feel bad for Chipper Jones with that being his last game.

[@matthewdaley746]

Fans acted disgracefully, unquestionably.

[@lincolnmckay555]

Still think it was technically the right call, even if it wasn't really in the spirit of the rule. Because he obviously wasn't turning a double play in that situation. But the rule is that it should be called if an infielder can catch it with ordinary effort. Pete Kozma was camped under that ball, definitely ordinary effort.

[@zachcoggins9018]

Gotta give you joy as a Mets fan lol. The Cards seem to have our number in October.

[@Blacksheep-uy3qv]

I agree it wasn't in an infield fly, but you know the rule isn't limited by the infield boundaries. It can be called an infield fly if an infielder can reach the ball with normal effort. The SS was jogging to the ball so I think the ump saw that as normal effort and called it out. Do I agree with it? No, but I also think the braves fans are to blame for the delay bad call or not.

[@grantbennett132]

Ball knowers acknowledge Kris Medlen

[@rp9040]

I'm picking the tigers to win it all momentum is a hard thing to stop in baseball

[@DrewB2400]

Will always be the correct call

[@dopecharles2104]

Braves fans won’t

[@DavidConte-s9i]

Do 2017 game 5

[@cactopodes6315]

i don’t think that’s true, mirthful caper

[@braves4life25]

😭😭

[@JD102790]

It doesn't matter if the ball goes into the outfield... if an infielder can catch the ball with ordinary effort, it has to be called an infield fly. He couldve clearly caught that ball had he not backed off from the left fielder coming in. It infuriates me when umps get blasted for making a correct call, learn the rules people...

[@Fryed_Bryce]

I'll never forget all that trash atl rained down. Boo you, atl. Not the only time, either

[@big-fish1199]

Us Cardinals fans remember this game verrry fondly

[@big-fish1199]

@@matthewdaley746 No one asked you

[@big-fish1199]

@@matthewdaley746 Your commas gave me a coma. Go make your own post and whine about the called strike against LA

[@big-fish1199]

@@matthewdaley746 Shinebox? Low tier reference

[@big-fish1199]

@@matthewdaley746 This is indeed, you are a man of the people and should be celebrated as such

[@chrislewis5069]

You young "baseball guys" have no idea how much of a baseball genius and great manager of game situations Tony la Russa was. If you did you wouldn't disrespect him. Fact is you younger stat studs know just that, stats. Not gsme situations

[@gdoug5997]

Typical cardinals hating

[@arthurcooperman3106]

1 minute ago

[@ericciaramella1984]

12 hits. Braves were robbed no doubt about it.

[@IrishPlante]

its 2024 and i actually miss Mike Matheny managing our team...

[@TheOGSticks11]

Worst fans in baseball, baby.