MLB Worst Effort Plays

[@mungweasel4963]

I don't understand how BJ Upton has a comeback for Longoria. What excuse could he possibly have???

[@lachutequimarche8074]

He probably said - How DARE you call me out for slacking when I was slacking!

[@bigtalk2598]

"You try to play the angles off of those outfield walls!" That would be my retort.

[@cornfilledscreamer614]

BJ was one of the worst cancers to ever play.

[@jmwall24]

@@bigtalk2598 that was my first thought, didn't want to get too close and commit not knowing where the ball was going to bounce, but then after it bounced he still didn't try lol

[@chadhero37]

"You only yelling cause im black!"

[@JoePal42]

Cliff’s play wasn’t bad effort he didn’t have to move 😂😂😂

[@DumbAssSpeakingWithMansVoice]

He caught it in the heal and it bounced a little bit stuck so he got away w the non-chalant.

[@barbaryn7899]

He said that was pretty cool. But he thought about letting it drop because they didn't call the infield fly and he thought he could get two

[@AMWOL]

You’re exactly right. That was one of my favorite plays of all time

[@JoePal42]

@@barbaryn7899definitely could’ve nobody moved easy turn

[@JoePal42]

@@AMWOLsame lol

[@JnnyUtah35]

In David Cone’s defense… that call would’ve made my brain do a full reset as well,

[@CaptainLumpyDog]

That was one hell of a blown call.

[@viktorstagnetti7491]

@@TheDogGoesWoof69 Bold of you to admit being a scumbag.

[@vincentchuang1260]

Did you just say "cover my basis" on a baseball video?

[@jhanks2012]

doesn't matter. the play was live, you don't just quit while runners are advancing and scoring lmao. he gets paid millions to do a job and he declined to do it. sure he probably got fined like $100K for this little stunt. Still an overpaid "athlete"

[@connorgillispie7128]

That’s fine for the first run but two is absurd

[@bernardhsu8331]

Respect to Longoria for calling out Upton.

[@Cinerary]

Didn’t ever get through though. Those people are taught nothing is their fault and they’re poor wittle oppressed babies from birth. So they don’t have to try hard or hustle.

[@tjmmcd1]

Major League baseball has NOTHING to do with fair play and competition. It's all about entertainment and profits.

[@zingamaxkettlesteinjudaism6069]

@@tjmmcd1 if you’ve ever watched NBA you’d realize how ridiculous that is. MLB is as pure and clean as fresh snow compared to other sports

[@__Punisher__]

@@zingamaxkettlesteinjudaism6069 By officiating, or in general? Salary caps would say otherwise

[@phillipbagley1226]

Sooo..the david cone play…what exactly was the umpire watching lol

[@daedricmage2118]

He had money on that game lol

[@-Nickname-]

Saturday morning cartoons? It sure as hell wasn't the game.

[@user-vh3ot5sm6y]

Why was BJ pissed at Longoria? He showed more passion screaming than in the field

[@shellac23]

BJ was a waste of talent

[@michaelpagano7819]

@@shellac23yeah.. basically. He had one good year.. If I’m correct?

[@DonTrump-sv1si]

Because its racist to confront black people about anything they dont like

[@braddorcas9363]

He was pissed because he got called out, and has a 0 accountability attitude. So he saw being called out as an insult, even though it was 100% on point by longoria that he was phoning it in. And in a tie game no less. As darryl strawberry said in the simpsons. "Some of these guys got a bad attitude skip"

[@user-vh3ot5sm6y]

@@braddorcas9363 Longoria could’ve told him to go shove a shovel up his arse and BJ shouldn’t be able to complain after that play. I think hustle shows a lot about the player imo

[@thisguy8106]

Upton's play and reaction to being called out is the worse, by far. So gross.

[@johnbinford6706]

If I were manager I would have insta-benched his ass

[@walkerscoral]

Notice how he became more aggressive after dude came to hold him back 😂 he really didn’t want any smoke, tough guy act

[@Dsorg28]

Bj uptons disgusts me the most

[@bigtalk2598]

Because you don't know anything about playing outfield. With those crazy corners, he has to anticipate which way the ball will carom. Overrun and overplay it, and it's an inside the park home run. Don't second guess elite athletes. He actually should be commended for his approach to this ball. Held him to a triple, not a HR on a bad carom.

[@Dsorg28]

@@bigtalk2598he was jogging while the ball was rolling, it wasn’t anywhere near the wall yet

[@bigtalk2598]

@@Dsorg28 Not denying he could have pursued it a little better, but it’s nothing like not running out a batted ball or arguing with the umps while runners round the bases and score. Worst case scenario, he played a double into a triple. Best case scenario, he prevented a triple from being an HR. Certainly not the worst offense in baseball history.

[@billyv321]

@@bigtalk2598what a load of crap that is

[@tpstrat14]

​@@bigtalk2598 hahahahaha if he sprints to the ball, he gets it before the carom even happens. Also, the carom was tiny and he had every reason to know that it would be tiny. Your brain is off if you think that wasn't sheer laziness.

[@JayMac2319]

Cliff Lee is a classic one lol. B.j Uptons' play and Yankees not getting the ball were the worst ones.

[@scottmcshannon6821]

the yankess dropped the ball, ok, then they just stood there until the left fielder ran in and picked up the ball that was 3 ft behind them. superstars being assholes.

[@seen48]

BJ Upton screaming at Longoria….child please.

[@Zappy1210]

BJ Upton, so much talent so little effort. That is his career in a nutshell.

[@KBP120]

The guy is one of the most overrated jokers to ever play.

[@calebshell6520]

Could have easily been a great but just wanted a paycheck instead

[@rjc_2001]

Just think of all the guys who played with heart whom he beat out with his waste of natural talent.

[@timb4248]

@@KBP120 Lifetime .240 hitter who was making 14 mill a year. Holy cow.

[@Cinerary]

@@timb4248reminds me of Byron Buxton. Not in the attitude, Byron is a lot nicer… but being overrated and overpaid because of reasons… which let’s just call it like it is, MLB loves to promote certain demographics that aren’t represented enough in baseball. Almost all of them are overpaid and overrated recently. Jazz Chisholm is another that comes to mind.

[@tommyfu9271]

that safe call with cone is incredible.

[@NathanMoist]

Cliff's play wasn't worst effort. It was I'm in the zone get this garbage outta here let's keep going boys.

[@AEMoreira81]

There is a play that would qualify, but it isn't here.

[@Troop3r666]

I think what frustrates me the most about 0:58 is that when I played baseball as a kid, if we did anything like this we'd have been benched for a game. My coach used to say "I don't care if your thrown out by a mile, but you will run your ass off".

[@DdDd-ck1gq]

Ikr I got yelled at for not running full speed when I hit a little pop out to the first baseman

[@andrewh7085]

@2:00 I sympathize. Joe Crede was an absolute beast on the 3rd base line. If you hit it near him he would always somehow come up with the ball. He probably was making great plays all series.

[@jcole139]

I hope the WHOLE team lit Upton up later after watching the video. Smdh

[@bigtalk2598]

Says another person who never played outfield on a field with oblique angles on the outfield fence.

[@Fools_Requiem]

​@@bigtalk2598wut? That has absolutely nothing to do with Upton's lack of effort retrieving the ball.

[@h445]

@@Fools_Requiem it literally did lol he didn't want to over-run the ball. ya damn scrub

[@ralphus44]

3:45 That was a HORRIBLE call by the umpire at first base. Okay, Cone should have kept his eye on the runners but come on! He was clearly out.

[@gohan1985]

BJ Upton did that lack of effort quite a bit, the year he was with the blue jays I felt he should have been on the bench all season he obviously didn't want to be there and didn't even try to play.

[@kendallevans4079]

Garrett Anderson made a career out that type of effort claiming he didn't want to "get out of control" by "leaving his feet" so we got over a decade of "Jogging G" out there.

[@alphacapo]

Sometimes guys make their money and just want to retire. It is what it is. And it's pretty easy to do when teams just throw millions at you

[@0tt0z]

He was probably mad all the time because everyone didn't acknowledge his greatness.

[@kendallevans4079]

@@0tt0z He was out there for 14 season and not one glove glove vote. He was a loaf

[@Cardinals97]

Give Casey a break he clearly thought the third baseman caught it and when he realized he didn’t he busted his ass down the line he just wasn’t fast enough

[@blazingbattlehawk9626]

Yeah. Definitly worthy of the blooper reel but it wasn't lazy

[@TimCarter]

Wrong! You run out every hit no matter what. You learn that in little league.

[@blazingbattlehawk9626]

@TimCarter even when you're out which he thought he already was

[@TimCarter]

@@blazingbattlehawk9626 he thought wrong, so unless you know for sure, yes.

[@JaneDoey]

​@@TimCarterDid you even play little league? It's a natural reaction to stop running if you think your line drive is caught by an infielder. You're taught to run out ground balls, not line drives. Lol

[@924Greg]

There was another Cliff Lee play where he grounded out and barely made it out of the batter's box before he stopped running to first base

[@generatorx]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2a9dGZ5hNSDgrM That kind of stuff pisses me off.

[@MrJimi16]

Funny how that play exists and the two that make it in aren't him putting a bad effort.

[@IreneZGoodman]

@@generatorx That's fucking hilarious!!!

[@worker-wf2em]

Upton gets into the dugout and shows the sort of ticker against a teammate he should’ve had on the field 😂

[@user-gy1pu3gq3d]

3:50 never seen a worse safe call in my life.

[@aaronaguilar9172]

2:04 wasn’t lazy, he just thought the 3rd baseman caught it

[@TimCarter]

Yes it was lazy. You learn in little league to run out every hit.

[@anewt72690]

And Casey was slow as molasses. Perfect storm of "oops".

[@jacklaker1939]

@@TimCarteryeah but he thought it was already caught so there was no point

[@jeremywatts1812]

Tim only played little league@@jacklaker1939

[@jhanks2012]

no, YOU are missing the point. you run until you know the play is over. the play wasn't over, but yet he did in fact cease to run. this is pretty straightforward. if he had been running, he would presumably made it to the base before the outfielder could return the ball all the way to first base. hence why you typically run after hitting the ball into fair territory. at least most major league players do. @@jacklaker1939

[@jessejames258]

I'm a huge sports fan and no professional player should show minimal effort at any point, especially baseball players considering what their workload consists of. They have to bat a minimum of 3 times a game, for 4-6 games a week, during a 6-7 month period and could go multiple days without even touching the ball when on defense. The fact some of them show such a lack of effort whenever the spotlight is on them is disrespectful to the sport, their fellow athletes and the professional sports world in general.

[@thomasharris9059]

Jesus that was such a horrendous wrong call at first. Maybe the worst call I’ve ever seen in my life.

[@jhanks2012]

the Cone play or the missed runner interference call?

[@michaelangelos5117]

I like Cliff Lee's attitude. That's the way to bring the enthusiasm.

[@CaptainLumpyDog]

And the crowd goes wild: yaaaaaay.

[@johnrotten3268]

That psychopathic apathy.

[@michaelangelos5117]

@@johnrotten3268 he gets paid millions to catch that little ball

[@bdito2161]

A 7-3 putout. You'll never live that one down. Probably only a handful in the history of baseball. EDIT: after looking it up I only found 5 cases since scoresheets were permanently recorded in 1938. Wow.

[@nutefunray6470]

5-7-3, the third baseman touched it

[@wilburwood8261]

I once did a 7-5-4-1-3-6-7

[@searchingfornessie8410]

​@@wilburwood8261I once counted down from 10. Then I came.

[@Tyler-yy5ds]

A-Rod and Jeter both definitely thought the other guy caught it. Glad you didn't include the Nyjer Morgan glove slam since that usually makes these compilations but he definitely thought the ball left the yard.

[@user-of9qq6op5u]

That was ARod's ball. Right at him. Jeter kept the shortstop role even though ARod was the better shortstop, then botched this play and stared him down behind his back. Nobody notices because Jeter's the handsome one and ARod is a hated grotesque.

[@JakeStine]

Right on, was gonna say first Jeter takes A-Rod's position at SS, and then Jeter tries to cover 3rd base too anyway. Poor A-Rod probably just wanted some space to himself. The chemistry of those two was something.

[@norwegianblue2764]

@@user-of9qq6op5u Um, Jeter (the SS) obviously called for it, at which point A-Rod (the 3B) was obligated to get out of the way. Baseball 101.

[@spiralbones]

even when the ball was hit right to 3B? A Rod didnt chase the ball down, it was hit right to him. Im not getting out of my area just so another guy can run into my area to catch it. @@norwegianblue2764

[@donwhiteley3293]

​@@user-of9qq6op5u If the SS calls for a ball it's his ball, period. The SS is the captain of the infield and gets to make that call. A-Rod's job on that play was to get out of the way.

[@JohnSmith-4U]

1:58 prob. the first player in history to ground out to left field.

[@supersasukemaniac]

Alot of the issue was he thought the Shortstop caught it, and didn't run, until he realized the ball was still live.

[@JosephTSena]

Larry Walker used to throw runners out from right field at first base.

[@user-sw5yc4iw9k]

and dude's a left handed batter. lol

[@JohnM3665570]

The batter was clearly out at 1st in the David Cone play. The Knobloch play should have been batter out for interference. Today, replay would have overturned those plays.

[@JohnM3665570]

@@Vicman006 , the runner was left of the base path. I've seen many other runners called out for interference.

[@markread7333]

Yeah, if the throw hits a part of the B/R that is left off the line, which in this case was his entire body, it’s interference. B/R is out, dead ball, runners return to bases.

[@duggiek1352]

😂😂😂​@@JohnM3665570

[@donwhiteley3293]

The runner was running out of the base path, however the ball doesn't hit the runner until Fryman's foot is touching first base. At that point it doesn't matter where he was running; he's safe.

[@bhk5150]

Forgive them, Pete Rose, for they know not what they do.

[@michaelsapoznik5984]

Where was heck is the Andruw Jones play in centerfield, when he let the ball bounce right in front of him, and manager Bobby Cox pulled him out of the game, during the inning?? That was was one, if not, the most notable play for this heading.

[@schrapnellcotton3413]

The Uptons yep that's the kind of disposition they seem to have.

[@tomatoisnotafruit5670]

That last play the runner was out and it wasn't even close, how the hell the ump calls that safe?

[@Rockhound6165]

You still don't start arguing while runners are circling the bases. I mean 2 runs scored on that play.

[@tomatoisnotafruit5670]

@@Rockhound6165 Those 2 runs shouldn't have counted, that ump was obviously corrupt or something cause the 1st baseman tapped the bag and took his leg of it before the runner even reached the bag, there is no way you call that safe unless you are just cheating.

[@tomatoisnotafruit5670]

@@Rockhound6165 if that play wasn't reversed, the team should have just walked off the field and called out MLB to fire those Umps.

[@Rockhound6165]

@@tomatoisnotafruit5670 shouldn't have but they did. You simply can't allow 2 runs to score because you're whining to the umpire.

[@Rockhound6165]

@@tomatoisnotafruit5670 so in other words act like a bunch of babies because of a bang bang play. Yeah, real professional. I bet you're the type who flips the table when you're losing a board game.

[@sethadamson2395]

Crazy thing about the Upton play is that Ryal ended up scoring on a Gerardo Parra homer during the next ab and the Diamondbacks ended up winning 2-1.

[@bigtalk2598]

And so his "hustle", or lack of it, meant what? Absolutely nothing. In my opinion, he was checking up to read the carom off of the oblique walls in the outfield, hopefully preventing an inside the park home run by overplaying the ball. Too fast of a pursuit, too close to the carom, missing it means an automatic HR. Played it conservatively, held him to a triple. Blame the pitcher for the gap shot and the two run homer and the loss.

[@sethadamson2395]

@@bigtalk2598 It was somewhat of an interesting game in general (at least according to the box score). Wade Davis went 7.1 for the Rays but still wound up with the L thanks to the two run shot. Up to the 5th he had been somewhat dealing with only 3 baserunners allowed. He led off the inning with a swinging K by Adam Laroche, but then gave up the hit to Ryal and the rest is history. In the grand scheme of things this game didn’t matter much as the Rays won the division that year and the Dbacks were last.

[@jhanks2012]

@@bigtalk2598 there are times when an outfielder may want to play a ball conservatively so as to not have it carom back past him. this was most certainly not one of those times. that ball was clearly past him and rolling into the corner. he just didn't want to strain himself. he was being lazy. we are essentially giving him the benefit of the doubt and calling it laziness. because if he had in fact misread that ball so badly as to think the proper play was to slow down, then that is actually way worse than one fluke instance of laziness as it would show him to be a far inferior outfielder. so any Upton fans, if such a thing exists, should all be agreeing that it was laziness and not a total lack of awareness of how to play his position

[@gordonklassen3182]

It was tough to watch Knoblauch in that series. A fine ball player that couldn’t get out of his own head.

[@spirou2012]

Knoblauch means garlic in german!

[@user-of9qq6op5u]

@@spirou2012 Knoblauch means 4 rings, 4 all star games, a gold glove, and a Rookie of the Year in Baseball. Great player in his day - mental lapses notwithstanding.

[@joireland]

The umps completely missed that call at 3:32. The announcer says Fryman is OK to run there but he's dead wrong. You have to be inside the runners box (between those two white lines) especially when you interfere with the play (and he did ... hit him square in the back). With all that said, the Yanks should have ran after the ball and played it as if it were still live after that (the coach could argue that call after the play).

[@DjRosetti]

Whether he's lazy or has bad luck getting thrown out at first from left field is wild😄

[@johns.8220]

I didn't feel like that was laziness, just a brain fart

[@KevinCantWait08]

Upton should actually be happy that his teammate holds him accountable and cares about how hard he plays.

[@rh906]

Not because he likes him.

[@marbanak]

n my experience and observation, the short-range throw is the one leading to the most errors, like that play at 3:30

[@stephenpenrice1230]

Arguing with the umpire is the manager’s job, but if you must argue do it after the play is over.

[@GeorgeOrwell-tp8dw]

This exact same logic for everyone of those video's and people yelling at/fighting with cops. If you want to fight the charge, take it to court, right now isn't the time.

[@ColoradoStreaming]

@@GeorgeOrwell-tp8dw 100% this. You can either keep cool and make the cop look like an asshole in court or be an idiot and look like an asshole in court.

[@UltimaKeyMaster]

In my opinion, that last call was so bad it deserved to be called out instantly. There's no way in hell you should have to put up with a bullshit play.

[@jhanks2012]

3:34 "there's nothing wrong with where Fryman is" ... except that this is quite literally a textbook example of runner interference ... Man, people love hating on the Yankees and calling them cheaters, but have some damn respect for the game. we all know the rules. this is runner interference and nobody seriously disputes that. granted, we have the slow motion replay and the umpires did not, which is why the umpires got the call wrong. but to sit there and watch the slow motion replay of him running inside fair territory when the ball hits him and then claim the Yankees are trying to pull some sort of trick here ... that's just wrong

[@jhanks2012]

BTW notice how every single veteran infielder, at the same time and with zero hesitation or coordination between them, instantly signaled that that should have been called interference.

[@eatpie342]

@@jhanks2012 I think the rule wasn't enforced for a long time. Recently it's being enforced, but not as much in the early 2000s. Glad it is enforced now though so there are fewer cheap errors.

[@THATREISGUY14]

This little effort for THAT much salary... truly ridiculous. Perhaps childish is a better word.

[@damienchance3153]

The first clip got me laughing so hard 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@nyy190343]

Cliff’s face at the ASG “I’d rather spend the break at home with my family” 😅

[@mahasw777]

I don't think the A-Rod/Jeter play was a lack of effort. It was a lack of communication.

[@CaesarDarias]

I would love to see an AI simulation with Billy Martin as the manager during one of these no-hustle plays. Just for kicks, there could also be an over-under regarding the number of expletives by Martin.

[@nickhemphill]

One was clearly an infield fly rule, but also if it wasn't called and he dropped or misses it, he could have doubled them up. He played that perfectly. And it looked hilarious too. Kinda like Jokic playing basketball. "I got this, it's nothing." lol

[@notsure9137]

"It was out of my reach. What do you want me to do, dive for it?"

[@samxyx]

“Coach always said to run it out, but I play in the big leagues…they gonna make the play!”

[@benthelearner6104]

Friman (sorry for possible spelling mistake clearly run in the grass... Is that allowed??? I thought he is suppose to run in the runner corridore or at least at the right of the line...

[@dougkeklak2009]

Upton should have shown as much effort in the field as he did in the dugout during that spat lol

[@rockbeatspaper1]

Hey thanks for ending on that Braves/Mets clip. Always love watching the Mets go full Mets. FTM

[@AndyVanAntwerp]

That call WAS pretty astounding

[@daevydjae]

Should have included the one when Anthony Rizzo non-chalantly stuck out a glove to snag a sharply-hit ground ball by John Lester, then casually tossed it to the pitcher covering first

[@sk2790]

3:32 im pretty sure hes running on the grass rather than the base line. deliberately trying to block the line of sight which to my knowledge is illegal.

[@cxd1]

Forever love Cliff Lee for that catch 😂😂

[@bry954rr]

I thought they would show manny ramirez in the outfiled rolling over the ball in this video. I cant seem to find that video anymore

[@brockman562]

I totally remember the David Cone argument haha

[@reck1224]

When you give your two weeks notice at the worst job you’ve ever had. lol

[@SultanKhan66]

Jeter got in the way 0:31. Derek, just leave it to the greatest infielder ever.

[@arsenal-slr9552]

Jeter should've let ARod have that one, it was right in his glove

[@chazdeutsch2072]

David cone play still gets me. Clear out to two runs just wild

[@VooSetIck]

2:20 you 100 percent know he said, “Dag nab it!”

[@celticcurse4875]

The Cliff Lee one was amazing lol

[@Heathcoatman]

The Gordon strike three take (the first one), the only reason I can think of is Gordon thought the pitcher was going to throw a ball, and he wanted to seem cool and get inside the pitchers head by letting him know 'I know you're throwing garbage this pitch" Backfire

[@Schoobs31]

That Jeter play gets worse the more you watch it.

[@billf7062]

The lesson: while you’re arguing about what has already happened the world moves on.

[@davidmcconnell9666]

The David Cone one was fantastic!

[@j.christopherarrison9721]

Cliff did that in the *World Series* like a boss, you fool.

[@silverroddo1468]

A-Rod shoulda called off Jeter with a loud: “Mine!”

[@rocconorth]

The play at 1:59 doesn't really apply. The batter literally thought 3B caught the ball. I wasn't low effort. Would I be mad if I were the manager? Yes. But it doesn't fit in what you're trying to convey here.

[@porterwake3898]

BJ Upton shows no desire on the field, but will go all out when yelling and screaming and throwing a temper tantrum at his teammate for calling him out. Classic.

[@SamuelGeist]

1. Always hustle. 2. Always keep your eye on the play. 3. ALWAYS hustle!

[@erickuhart1351]

We used to call those the "I won't spill my beer play of the game!"

[@Rockhound6165]

1:46 If someone can explain how Dom Brown actually made an all star team, I'd really like to know. Also, weird seeing Cliff Lee wearing #34 as that number now has been retired but for Roy Halladay.

[@sethadamson2395]

For some reason the baseball gods blessed him with a first half where he hit .273/.320/.535 with 23 dingers and 8 stolen bases.

[@Rockhound6165]

@@sethadamson2395 talk about a bust. I wonder who we missed out on because they didn't want to part with Brown.

[@13jorino]

Upton was putting much more energy acting like a baby than acting like a professional.

[@user-eo3gz7ve3y]

HOLD ME BACK HOLD ME BACK

[@HyzerFlexOnYou]

Knoblauch wasn't being lazy, he just REALLY didn't want to throw the ball. He actually saved a run by not running after the ball and trying to make a play.

[@ryleighrage]

Sean Casey showed excellent restraint to not throw his batting helmet at the end of that blunder.

[@robmclean4352]

0:03 That's strange, Gordon...

[@vincentkingsdale8334]

This could be a Jimmy Rollins highlight

[@WhydTheyChangeOurNames]

That last play, dude was out at 1st by 2 miles.

[@waffledog7292]

honestly the first one is resonable in some snerios,it depends on how confident he felt at the plate, intentional strike outs and takes can boast a guys confidence if they know they will be ok even after stirking out in teh majors

[@duggiek1352]

😂

[@tapstring2]

Cone definitely tagged. But like the NBA, you can't stand on the empty half of the court and cry to to ref's when the game is going on at the other end. Keep playing.

[@peterberkrot3220]

These are amazing

[@zitofan4life]

I saw Odubel fairly close at a Nats game a couple years ago. Dude is jacked and much bigger than he looks on TV

[@GeorgeTropicana]

And paints his nails. Who gives a shit about that freak weirdo

[@timw.5030]

That was aggravating, and fu Billy Upton lmao

[@pizzle7]

Pops always said. "Never look at the ump/Ref to bail you out." He's 100% correct. While you're going that route you're letting down your team. Keep playing. Argue later.

[@johnm78]

No K-Rod "sulk off" when Jason Kendall scored the winning run from third on a ball that rolled like 3 feet away from the mound?

[@ronlevovitz7088]

By the way, the play-by-play announcer on the David Cone play was Rusty Staub.

[@XxxTheFireEmblemxxX]

I will die on the hill that the A-Rod / Jeter drop was the fault of the legendarily overrated fielder and not the top 10 player all time.

[@Cinerary]

Jeter wouldn’t have ever been considered top 10 if he hadn’t worn pinstripes. He was on stacked teams and benefited from that. If he played for the Padres his whole career he’d still prob make the hall of fame (not first ballot because no playoff success) but nobody would be calling him an all timer

[@voncornhole]

No one considers Jeter top 10, Yankee fans know he's not even a top 5 Yankee. Alse Jeter without pinstripes is Robin Yount, a first ballot Hall of famer

[@Brocktoon68]

@ 0:43 Jeter was whispering sweet nothings into his lover's ear and it caused ARod to drop it. It's not anymore complicated than that.

[@hunterlitterio1083]

To be fair to Casey it wasn’t necessarily bad effort cause he thought it was caught. More just bad luck or bad eyes.

[@saulschlapik6818]

How about the time last year when Giancarlo Stanton got thrown out at the plate trying to score from second on a base hit to center? It looked like he was jogging around the bases.

[@GavinOCo]

he just literally can't give more effort without getting hurt. He doesn't run 100%, not due to lack of effort, but due to a business decision to not risk injury. It's pathetic to watch, in all honesty. Drives me nuts Lost a ton of weight this off-season though, in order to combat his injury-prone nature, so hopefully that'll improve his running a bit

[@voncornhole]

He's just that slow now

[@GavinOCo]

@@voncornhole He can't be THAT slow. He's always been a ridiculous athlete - never a bolter on the basepaths, but Stanton had passable speed when he was younger. With such a massive build and inclination towards injury, he clearly tried to take it easier on his body, especially with running, for the sake of availability (last season). I agree with that decision, although his speed is 100% embarrassing and an issue (and his range defensively) Given how he slimmed down and performed towards the end of spring training, hopefully both his speed, defense, and injuries are less of an issue this year. Truly one of the only players in baseball where I think losing weight is a (potentially very) good thing, because it's not like it'll be a big sacrifice in terms of power ---- whether you're 6'6 230lbs or 6'6 245 lbs - you're a strong MF! What I love most - even towards the end of his career, with tens of millions of dollars guaranteed and 5 All-Stars under his belt, he still really cares about performing, being available, and winning. Would love to see him bounce back this year

[@Jarhead0331]

Imagine being a non-essential member of society, making millions to play a kids game and still can’t seem to do your job

[@Cinerary]

Not to nit pick but Entertainment & Leisure Activities have always been essential in any first world civilization. Otherwise the population goes insane like in commie countries. That being said, they should absolutely give 100%

[@gwot]

I will never understand the ego of some players. When I was taught, the shortstop and center outfield has priority on catching the ball. If 2 players call for the ball, it automatically goes to the shortstop or center. This way there will never be confusion or errors

[@rolfbernserke4735]

Cone and Knobloch Twin sons from different mothers

[@kimscott8176]

The song is - “ I don’t care-I love it”

[@BaseballYakker]

One of the many reasons why Cliff Lee is my all time fav player.

[@donnymcjonny6531]

Tyler O'Neill is one of the fastest players in the league, has a GG in LF, and yet in 2022 and 2023, so many of his plays looked just like that one at 2:26 or worse