MLB | Oddities | Part 3

[@EXE-Edits]

Thank you all for the support, it really does mean a lot.

[@TheStine24]

Great vids

[@NickAyers-dz6ru]

Aye

[@potatoeater561]

ALMOST 60K AMAZING

[@ryanlampman829]

Your welcome I like your videos

[@stevenarceneaux7228]

Thank you for the great videos

[@theguywhoisaustralian1465]

2:43 Da fuq? That sounds like the rules in a backyard game "No, if it hits the fence it's a double but if it hits the fire hydrant it's a home run"

[@ant10k来]

Exactly 🤣😂😂

[@mikeroscoe5663]

lmao

[@karenhebert2295]

Its why Tropicana field sucks

[@cosmicanthonyyt1603]

@@ant10k来 😂😂

[@blackwidow8412]

Hahaha 😂

[@dannycasserly697]

“Baseball should really never be played indoors” Tropicana field: Hold my beer

[@JacobSmith-zp1kq]

Hold my *orange juice*

[@jedidr4918]

Jacob Smith ha! This comment is better than the regular one.

[@kenbenjamin7953]

Tuck you to

[@leadieni]

Lol!!

[@c_ampoo4839]

You can’t go wrong with Rogers centre doe

[@xjdfghashzkj]

I think the main takeaway from this video is that Tropicana Field is an affront to everything good and decent, and should never have been built.

[@ShiningDarknes]

More like should never have been turned into a baseball field after doing so well as other sporting arenas including tennis, hockey, and arena football.

[@jaredtrupp8849]

Tropicana field’s architect never watched a game of baseball in their life.

[@flyingdutchman913]

Neither did the general manager apparently but how they play.

[@Exayevie]

Calling any indoor game baseball at all is a sin

[@FavidDoster]

It wasnt built for baseball so that would make sense

[@brandonadams9725]

Jared Trupp I in the Tampa area and have been there, I hate it

[@Yumi_Jay]

They should have a retractable roof like the Mariners one.

[@beardoggin8963]

14:17 the grin you make when you realize you are so good at you job that your mere presence terrifies other professional players

[@enditrianto]

I don't understand what happened there. Mind to explain?

[@madara792]

@@enditrianto Its called a "walk". You intentionally throw 4 balls (pitches outside the strikezone) to let them "walk" to first base to avoid having that hitter (usually really good ones) hit something like a homerun or a hit far enough to let another teammate on base to score (an RBI). Its not uncommon to "walk" a batter in a game but in this case, walking a batter for 3-4 games in a row is extremely rare and also means that they were definitely terrified of Bryce that series and didn't want to take any chances. Hope that helps

[@enditrianto]

@@madara792 wow thanks a lot!

[@roetemeteor]

@@madara792 He was just amused at that point. Getting paid to hold your bat and look pretty, smile and wave boys.

[@tylermitchell5134]

@@madara792 that’s really cool that you took the time to explain that and being a nice person. A lot of times people would be buttheads but thank you for doing that for him.

[@mikeszewczyk8277]

Ther could legit be an episode just on Tropicana field.

[@robert.1338]

BCFC

[@happyj773]

There

[@TetrisKing]

Only Florida would have a janky ass field.

[@Blind_Smithy]

Watching from the UK i honestly had no idea Baseball could be fun to watch. Binged the 3 oddities videos over the last hour

[@WhatsGahd]

Watch a full game and try to not change station. Its mostly a snoozefest

[@elisabeth5404]

Alfie Smith it’s a sport that’s fun to play but not really to watch

[@novaquartz5049]

I've been going to local double A games since I was a baby. It's interesting, but you need to have an understanding and love for the game, and physically be there. I can't watch a game on the TV at all.

[@chibiprussia5574]

They're even better in person, especially with friends and/or family ^~^

[@AdolfHitler-cm6nq]

Baseball is far better than your British cricket

[@gabehankins4059]

Little did the Orioles know that they’d play a whole season in an empty ballpark just a few years later

[@TecMatt]

Eh they were probably used to it with all their trips to the Trop over the years

[@clayel1]

why were they playing in an empty ballpark the first time?

[@Mimikyuti3]

@@clayel1 This game was going on during the riots in Baltimore. They closed admission to fans and played at least one game, maybe two without fans.

[@freespiritedelf7121]

@@clayel1 it was during the time of the riots in Baltimore, I remember the game well, me and my mom watched it and it was so quiet

[@stealthlock6634]

Me: “Ok I’ve seen a lot of these and it’s been awhile and I’m not into baseball” Ball: *immediately gets stuck in the wall* Me: This channel never disappoints

[@EXE-Edits]

I do my best :)

[@chrisfinck1542]

Same

[@stealthlock6634]

EXE-Edits I know you do and your work is immensely appreciated

[@Crossbowplays-ho8qi]

BEEE GOONNNEEE TTTHHHHOOIOTTTT

[@gman2506]

Crossbow 1507 What?

[@hck71]

One thing I really appreciate about these videos you make is that 1) they're a good length, and 2) there's no click bait. You should feel really good about yourself for making such great content :)

[@cathyl2338]

And no dad gum bs music!

[@Cockalicious]

​@@cathyl2338 the crap music is the best part

[@milkstew0288]

thats two things

[@excellentbill69]

Another thing about the Cubs walking Bryce Harper: Ryan Zimmermann was the next hitter in the order after Harper, so he would come up with 2 or 3 guys on base. He set the Major League record for most runners left on base in a game.

[@Jivvi]

"I don't know if they make a ladder that big." _Dude climbs a normal sized ladder and reaches it easily_

[@bruhbruhbruh978]

Jivan Scarano 😂😂😂

[@FleezyLL]

Bbbrrrruuuhhh

[@facedownchuck]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Getawhale]

Thank you SO much for including the long versions of these clips, including explanations from the commentating booth. I find many MLB highlight channels on KZbin clip highlights so short that it's really annoying, sometimes even to the point of making it hard to tell what happened. Keep it up brother!

[@chrisfinck1542]

So right

[@cannibrel]

go back to the real sport tf2

[@-bLa]

Fancy seeing you here, Getawhale :P

[@Ghostrider6A]

Those talking heads? Some of them don't know the rules.

[@xa1551]

Lol the dude tried to call time when the pitcher had already started his windup

[@thesharpearthproject6098]

If I had a dollar for every time an announcer said "now I've seen everything"...

[@joshrymer9059]

Mr. Wigely yea i’d be a multihundredaire lol

[@mitchharpenau786]

You'd have a shit load of dollars.

[@jeffbunkle6762]

Somebody buys a hotdog in the stands..."now I've seen everything". 🤣

[@BahamutDragon9472-v3f]

Now iv- wait I'm not an announcer

[@NigelThornbery]

15:43 you know you fucked up when everyone on the field looks directly at you in silence.

[@pillettadoinswartsh4974]

11:00 - These two dopes keep going on and on about a stupid shoe, and miss the fact that the runner was SAFE at third.

[@alextrout1719]

Right I was gonna say looks like a tie

[@Red_Sea_]

Me: "Ok I'm not a big baseball guy, but I do like to watch funny stuff that happens in baseball" 8:32 - 8:47 Me: "I would've done the same thing"

[@dario110011]

@Jonathan Stiles You should see the state of the game now 😂

[@Loxu69]

Oh I thought the Orioles just always played in an empty ballpark

[@MrSafer]

nice dig, but there were riots going on that day in Baltimore. police brutality, murder of Freddie Gray.

[@ericsilver9401]

@@MrSafer oh wow, I didnt know that was why

[@Ghostrider6A]

@@MrSafer I umpired a little league game that night, I made a joke during ground rules that we have a higher attendance than the Orioles. It was just to break the tension.

[@andrewdowell2663]

Best part was when the announcers impersonated golf announcers when commentating

[@bennitori4]

@@andrewdowell2663 Even better, apparently without the crowd, the players could hear everything the announcers were saying. So when one of the commentators noted how a certain player was in a slump, that player looked up at them in confusion. They also discovered that without the crowd, the bullpen could hear everything being said on the mound. So they didn't even need to use the phones.

[@colosseo7827]

8:32 Potential preview of 2020's baseball season if they even have it.

[@codyallen2838]

Why are they playing the empty field? Or has it been that long we've had covid?

[@jd42010]

@@codyallen2838 We are in March 2.0. It is crazy to think about, but yes, it has been roughly 13 months of Covid.

[@aytch5770]

i feel so bad for Tampa's garbage dump of a ballpark

[@base4037]

Thanks

[@popebender1351]

Base top 3 worst parks in the league. Sting rays try and make up for it but who the fuck likes and gets super excited over sting rays? You’re there to watch baseball, not cuddle with sting rays. Stuff like this makes me mad

[@MrShs812]

“Ball Stuck!” My mind: PLEASE! I BEG YOU

[@lionheartzcs2]

Door stuck DOOOR STUCK

[@Gyrfalcon]

Honestly that Muncy HR is one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a while

[@lukeomalley3677]

When no fans used to be an oddity😢

[@detroitdizthepoet313]

As much as I hate the Yankees dude with 1 shoe was safe on that play at 3rd

[@reedeayers]

Detroit Diz I’m a Yankees fan and thought the same thing but I thought maybe I was just being biased

[@etonbachs4226]

If you watch carefully the third baseman brushed his arm a split second before shoeless dude touched the base.

[@SqubaSquid]

Not a Yankess fan either but I agree, he was safe.

[@thedistantprinceinyouremai6345]

LastManSleeping what about an ex he now despises?

[@murphymoses3420]

Wasn’t 3rd baseman’s foot on the base ?

[@Sleep-is-overrated]

Can we expect to see the time an earthquake interrupted the Giants vs Oakland A’s World Series some time in the future? Or maybe the time Angel Pegan tackled a man running on the field?

[@radeckiless]

4:30 that camera mans awsome

[@Rainbowdragon2]

"It's going....going" *THUNK* "It's stuck in the wall!"

[@barbaro267]

Love these! I was hoping for the addition of moments when the ball gets stuck in a glove and the glove has to be thrown to one of the basemen in order to tag the runner out. I've seen clips of this once or twice, and it's always really funny to me.

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

"Talk about an ODDITY." Roll credits.

[@robmorrill5104]

Phil's game the other day has to make it on IV. Herrera loses the ball after running into the wall and can't find it (it's right next to his foot) and then the Marlins base runners pass each other in the confusion. Little league fun.

[@Powerball247]

Best golf swing I’ve ever seen took place during a baseball game…….best channel ever!

[@lordcorgi6481]

Barry Bonds: I got walked with bases loaded because they're scared of me. Bryce Harper: HOLD MY BEER!

[@TR13400]

Can you tell me why they walked Harper?

[@AK-ACEx]

Seeing no fans during one of the games I thought this video was new but its 2 years old. You were ahead of your time

[@maryswartzberg7315]

Tropicana field is a joke of a ballpark smh😂

[@diegobadilla5951]

Yeah it fucking sucks ass

[@JRSanchez93]

Well it looks nice so...there's that at least.

[@caramba2345]

I would say it's almost as bad as Montreal's Olympic stadium with it's "retractable" ceiling that keeps breaking and tearing, but at least that thing had the excuse of not being initially built for baseball. Montreal's ceiling is still an abomination though.

[@base4037]

Thanks

[@robloxgrinder7537]

thank you

[@mono2822]

When it comes to Beltrae getting that strike 3 call when he called that late time out. I totally agree with Ump that call needs to be done more often. When the pitcher stops his process late it's called a bock but when a batter does it late nothing happens. That takes the pitcher out of his mindset and it could even injure him.

[@189x]

harper walking was the best part.. his OBP must've went off the charts for that series

[@SweetChuckPi]

"Do we care how Harper gets on base?" "No we do not."

[@natemillertime26]

This Orioles and White Sox game foreshadowed what none of us could’ve predicted.

[@TexasGuitarist]

I'm not gonna lie, I'm not really a baseball fan. I've watched now like 5 of your videos, and I'm really think you've piqued my interest in this sport! You're the first baseball channel I've ever subscribed to.

[@realnathanaelgreene]

That game in Baltimore between the Orioles and the White Sox was an eery foreshadowing of post-Covid baseball.

[@noahrothschild7043]

8:38 They were just getting ready for how the 2020 season is gonna be like.

[@whoopsiedoodles9078]

Amazing video like always love your channel

[@macman975]

5:19 M&M's PR having a cigar with their feet up.

[@alexanderroberts5223]

I love that the Gleyber Torres play at 3rd (the runner who lost his shoe) had both broadcast crews using "blown tire/flat tire" metaphors.

[@crosswithyou]

Just started watching a few of your videos today and loved them, so I'm happy to see another of these go up so soon after discovering your channel. =) Great compilation!

[@g00gle-]

Finally a baseball-channel with a feeling of replays and cuts. Thanks a lot - good work.

[@Axiss-jf4ti]

Nice as always:) Continue you’re great work!

[@michaelmclennan03]

You know what’s even better about this, it’s not reposted for the 53rd time like Made The Cut. Thank you EXE for not being an attention (Insert Fowl Language word)

[@eggperson5410]

Guy at 12:59 filming with iPad

[@singerofsongss]

Honestly, I never used to be into baseball until I watched a bunch of videos like this. I’m excited for more shenanigans in the next season lol

[@micycles1200]

The Orioles: back when playing in an empty ballpark was actually weird.

[@PJspitzer]

Do you know why it was empty during that specific game?

[@roebaservant]

Intramural softball, that IVE GOT IT trick worked at least once every season. Usually by the runner near 1st base because they are looking up at the ball.

[@JustJoey98]

7:45 is the first time I’ve ever seen a station actually disagree with a call with benefits the team they are calling for

[@tonydavis4508]

11:14 to 11:19…he was actually safe after sliding in to 3rd and losing his shoe along the way.

[@jstanz22]

You always have the best compilations, thanks dude

[@MannuhFestIt]

Not going to lie, I was dying at 14:38 😂😂😂

[@kevicoz]

Another great video! This are my favourite series. Thanks for putting this together!

[@Lilbittyninja]

10:59 I’m pretty sure he was safe looking at the replays

[@pamelaknapp5439]

i know right

[@olliver4655]

I saw that too lol

[@pogonoah99]

I'm looking at it frame by frame and it's pretty much impossible to tell. One frame neither the runner nor the fielder is making contact, the next frame the runner is touching the base and the fielder is tagging the runner.

[@richardmathes4383]

His hand touches before the tag hits his chest. Definitely safe.

[@casualgamefreak]

There's one angle (at 11:12 or so) that I slowed down and looked at frame-by-frame (using , and . on my keyboard). I saw the glove hit the runner's forearm just a single frame before the runner's hand touches the base. Just going by the frame-by-frame, the runner is out. But the play is so close that pretty much whatever the umpire says is going to stand, and the ump called out.

[@thehoodedteddy1335]

First time I saw a double from the ball getting stuck in the wall outside of wrigley.

[@droblet]

Man Tropicana Field is poorly designed but boy is that A/C nice

[@SHADOWBUBBLE5336]

I don't even watch baseball and yet here I am in part 3 lol

[@bjhorton45]

What was Beltre thinking? Keuchel was already into his windup when he tried to call time

[@torreonethel]

0:02 love this guy's reaction "Atta boy! GET OUTTA HERE GET OUTTA HERE"

[@hunterj5697]

0:23 “Holy Jack Del Rio!”

[@Kalentros]

I love that netting. Both at baseball stadiums and hockey arenas.

[@aaronduran466]

11:00 he is safe that’s a bad call

[@Realtree-ug2nt]

Aaron Duran so your some kind of arm chair umpire? Watch the replay

[@jullezzt9343]

Watch carefully in slow mo he’s safe

[@TeemoQuinton]

Nice try - but you're wrong

[@brianking3567]

@Web Content i believe in an exact tie situation, the favor goes to the runner

[@casualgamefreak]

I looked at the angle of 11:15 frame-by-frame (you can do this with the , and . keys, for the curious). I saw the fielder's glove hit the runner's forearm a single frame before the runner touches the base. Just from that, I think "out" is the correct call. But like I said, it was just a single frame of difference. Whatever the umpire says isn't going to be overturned in such a close play, and in this case he called the runner out.

[@LB-od8ey]

0:46 Can we talk about how bad that guy tracked it, he was no where near the ball when it landed 😂

[@dominickmarshall8559]

Torres looked safe

[@fuzesoulz559]

At 2:32 that ball was long gone. That was beamed

[@solizemusic]

14:48 chicken nyeeee lmaoooo

[@aloe-aurora]

Outstanding camerawork to track that ball at 4:28

[@smittykins]

Gleyber Torres losing his shoe 😂😂😂

[@Stevo935]

Full credit for not even letting it affect his stride.....looks like he just barely beat the throw, too. Wonder if they challenged it.

[@smittykins]

It needs a sound effect: “BOING!”

[@BesterNicknameEver]

Thanks a lot for these great videos, I love them especially the Oddities videos.

[@herobrinepoop6150]

2:47 CAMWA IT HIT THE CAMWA

[@dratah4615]

The cubs walking Harper that many times is about as sad as baseball gets. I get a pitcher who historically does bad against Harper doing it when the game is on the line...but an entire organization doing it is insane.

[@gjb3367]

8:33 lol they played a demo of the future

[@julianb4245]

10:05 So important for those fences to be there.

[@joshrymer9059]

6:21 my daughter did that in fastpitch softball and got a double and 2 RBI’s lol

[@thehoodedteddy1335]

I would be so proud.

[@ironman0917]

Shoeless Joe Jackson belongs in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

[@david_sea_]

life is hard when you're a padre fan

[@ryandriscoll4836]

Next one you gotta include Bregman’s walkoff against the A’s

[@andrewfrench8820]

At the 15:17 clip is the announcer Dr. Phil?!

[@jacksonpowers3947]

Tropicana field rules reminds me of wiffle ball in gym class and it’s hilarious

[@craigperry3779]

11:35 he was safe???

[@presidentelive9678]

That’s what I saw. The tag came after his hand hit the bag.

[@Lozzie74]

I agree

[@maxgraf8924]

Watching that Orioles game @9:00 that was empty because of the Baltimore riots/protests has a whole new meaning in 2020

[@majergamer]

lol. the orioles and the white sox were playing in an empty ballpark

[@MrSafer]

orioles was because of riots. police brutality, the murder of freddie gray.

[@GhostsGraveYT]

ok we get it

[@brxghtbxrnyt]

DPetrify - ikr this is the third time I’ve seen this

[@billyjenkins1342]

The Orioles fan who called it leading to the missed out was hilarious.

[@ALSmith-zz4yy]

Tropicana Field was designed for table tennis.

[@thatgirlsam5258]

It was originally used for arena football and then hockey before finally becoming the home of the Rays

[@colbytomlinson6285]

Yes I've been waiting for part 3 for awhile

[@Boostedbakon]

14:55 I've never understood why pitchers are too good to field their own position

[@xackwerley9184]

Yeah either the pitcher or the catcher should’ve called for it and gotten that ball, but they just sat there waiting for someone else to get it like come on man. Sure the first baseman overran it, but it was because he was coming in at a full head of steam and took his eye off the ball making sure he wouldn’t collide with the catcher who could’ve been coming out to catch it too. In that situation as the manager I don’t think I’d fault the first baseman there. Like yeah he could’ve made the play, but it would’ve been a much easier play for the pitcher or catcher to make. Like hell the pitcher or catcher could’ve walked five steps to catch it but instead the first baseman had to run to it because of the lazy ass pitcher and catcher. Smh

[@CiinsereLy]

That last one was epic bad news 🐻 🐻

[@arinerm1331]

I wish I'd had a mic along with the announcer in the bottom of the 10th SD @ KC 2-out pop-up (last clip). "He's looking for help, but the catcher, A.J. Ellis, was nowhere to be found! He never left his spot behind home plate! He stood there in anticipation of Eric Hosmer [sic] making that play." He continues to ramble, but the point is, he stayed in his position for several reasons. First, a pop-up like that in fair territory is never the catcher's play. It's going away from him, and much more difficult to judge the angle than for a fielder toward whom the ball is traveling. Even better would be a fielder to the side of the ball's trajectory. Even if Ellis had tried to run it down, Hosmer would have wiped him out. Second, and the real reason Ellis stayed put not behind the plate but just in front of it is that Ellis could see the runner from second base round third base, and needed to be at the plate to field a throw in case the ball comes down in time to get the runner out with a tag. TL;DR version: The announcer is an idiot, and Ellis played this perfectly.

[@danlorett2184]

Shouldn't the pitcher have tried to field it? Dunno why he wouldn't.

[@arinerm1331]

It's extremely rare that a pitcher plays an infield pop-up. The other four infielders have approximately five times the experience, as the pitcher only appears once every five games; and ironically starting out farther away from the ball gives those fielders the better angle and visual perspective to make the catch. Basically, Hosmer blew this one down the leg, and my original point was that the commentator is an idiot.

[@boxedkimchi]

When did the Royals become the Astros?

[@Jordan_DWB]

That first clip doesn't get enough credit for calling the play an "oddity." Well done.

[@BrookAhlberg]

NOOOOOO IM SO MAD THAT NATS ONE I WAS SITTING AT THOSE SEATS WHERE THE PLAY WAS BUT ME AND MY DAD WERE GETTING FRIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@BrookAhlberg]

Glue ummmm no. I meant one

[@ShiningDarknes]

0:24 hey that would make a great name for a youtube series about strange things happening in baseball games.

[@Mike1614YT]

11:12 safe

[@chrisd4272]

Bruh

[@brandonjones9998]

The Orioles-White Sox empty stadium game predicted the future... now it's normal seeing games being played without a live crowd

[@jacobmontelbano]

11:18 Safe or out? I think he’s safe

[@MaverickJ3W]

Definitely safe, tie goes to the runner, and 3rd baseman applied the tag to his chest not his arm.

[@alanhess9306]

@@MaverickJ3W No such thing as "tie goes to the runner".

[@MaverickJ3W]

@@alanhess9306 While there is no explicit rule that claims "the tie goes to the runner", rule 7.01 says that he is safe if reaching base “before he is out.” Under rule 7.08, we know that he is only “out” if “he or the next base is tagged before he touches the next base” (rule 6.05 is similar). So, if he reaches the base before [he is out because he was tagged or the base was tagged before he reached the base] then he is safe. In other words, if it’s a tie, he is safe. I think it’s a little confusing, but I think it’s the best reading, and it allows the rules to be consistent. Those two rules (6.05 (j) and Rule 7.08 (e)) are not at all vague - “before” isn’t a word with multiple interpretations. By saying that the runner is out when the bag is tagged “before” he touches it, he is not out if there is a tie - thus, ties go to the runner. If the rule instead defined him as safe when he touches the bag “before” the ball got there, then the tie would go to the defense. The burden of proof here is explicitly on the defensive side. So yes, actually there is most definitely such a thing as "the tie goes to the runner", even if there's no explicit rule with these words.

[@alanhess9306]

@@MaverickJ3W You are absolutely correct.... technically. But a human is incapable of determining a "tie" within .4 of a second. When a play is that close, umpires will normally get an out. One team is going to complain either way, so you might as well call the out. That's the way it works in the real world.

[@MaverickJ3W]

@@alanhess9306 You're right, it's far too hard for our eyes to see the difference in real time, it's even hard in slow motion. And you're right that there's arguments that can be made for both sides, basically depending on your interpretation of the rule books language. I wouldn't necessarily say "that's how the real world works" per se, but there's only two options (out or safe) obviously, and you're right the side that the call goes against will argue. This is just my interpretation of the rule, and I'm not a professional umpire.

[@LegendofLuigi703]

12:20 Aw man this takes me back to when Sogard was a Wizard.... not... the best clip to show that but HE WAS