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

[@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.

[@BuckarooBanzai333]

I bet he was aguing while players were scoring because the inning should have been over.

[@goodbadbill]

@@BuckarooBanzai333 His argument was worth the two runs. Dumbass umps.

[@ny8956]

Lol the runner was out by a mile.

[@ロッテファン-j2g]

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

[@KolossusB]

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"

[@ロッテファン-j2g]

@@KolossusB 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

[@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

[@thenicholas7780]

Upton's play was disgusting but his actions in the dugout afterwards was completely repulsive. What could he actually be saying to Longoria to defend himself. Upton was lucky Papelbon wasn't on the team.

[@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.

[@troylee4196]

​@@scottmcshannon6821 yet Arod always gets the blame for the play and Jeter gets the the glory

[@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.

[@redblue40rc33]

typical of those people to make bad calls.....they should've fired him and walked him off the field for that bad call....dude was clearly out

[@WheresMyInhaler]

That Cliff Lee play is probably one of my most memorable Phillies moments ever. Those 2010-2011 years were when I just started getting into sports and I remember being glued to the TV seeing a pitcher just dominate so non chalantly like Cliff Lee did

[@tommyfu9271]

that safe call with cone is incredible.

[@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.

[@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

[@ssurfcity]

Galarraga was far worse. Jim Joyce fcked him out of a no-hitter.

[@JackSchitt-p9t]

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

[@fghjxcvb]

I want to know something. How was he not safe? The guy on first base left to catch the ball but don't basemen have to on base and have the ball before the runner touches the base for it to count as an out?

[@roboticbrothers6351]

@@fghjxcvb If the pitcher touched the base the runner would have been out. It doesn't have to be the first baseman, it can be any defensive player on the field covering the base (in this case the pitcher). The umpire said the pitcher missed the base so the runner is safe, and the pitcher was arguing that he did touch the base and the umpire had a bad angle.

[@fghjxcvb]

@@roboticbrothers6351 I see now

[@heypistolero]

DEI

[@Copperdopolis]

*Jim Joyce has entered the chat*

[@worker-wf2em]

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

[@MichaelBelafonti]

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.

[@MichaelBelafonti]

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

[@bigtalk2598]

@@MichaelBelafonti 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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@Homedepotorange]

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.

[@Homedepotorange]

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

[@TimCarter]

@@Homedepotorange 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

[@seen48]

BJ Upton screaming at Longoria….child please.

[@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?

[@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!!!

[@subg8858]

Yeah but with a pitcher I might be willing to overlook that sort of thing

[@BRexxors]

That sounds low effort. This catch was not.

[@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.

[@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

[@jimdreger4626]

One of the first lessons taught in baseball...when you hit the ball, you RUN full speed to first base!

[@Bnio]

How many times did Ichiro get a base hit on a supposedly "easy out" because he's already beginning his sprint to 1st as he's swinging his bat? I bet it's a lot.

[@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.

[@TheGammingPie]

Yeah If i was the hitter i would Probs just peel off into the dug out! But at the same time Its one of the first golden ruels in baseball! ALWAYS run though first!

[@RinslerRR]

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

[@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".

[@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

[@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

[@Bowens443]

@@h445 you have never seen a baseball in real life

[@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!

[@bhk5150]

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

[@321snoot]

Touche! Say what you will about Pete Rose, but they didn't call him Charlie Hustle for nothing. That guy went all out 100% of the time.

[@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.

[@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.

[@donwhiteley3293]

@user-of9qq6op5u They've done it since the beginning of the MLB idiot. I don't care how loud a stadium is, if a guy less than 10 feet away is yelling you will hear him. Outfielders do this too and they hear each other just fine. How about actually watch a couple of games before making a dumb comment.

[@robmclean4352]

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

[@mahasw777]

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

[@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.

[@ThePsho]

Whether or not it's interference is an umpire's judgement call. The ball hits the runner right as, or right as he's about to, touch the bag. At that point, by rule, the runner is entitled to be there. Just like the catcher is allowed to block the plate once he has the ball. Incidentally, it was a poor throw, and a really, really poor play afterwards. The ball was thrown basically right over the bag.

[@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.

[@johnbontea1353]

Bj upton just made me laugh for 5 minutes. Thanks for that one.

[@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

[@normie2716]

@@bigtalk2598 Bull shit. Lazy. As. Fuck. And the result of the game is irrelevant. Upton didn't know the future when he briskly jogged after that ball. He was just being a pile of shit, and then when he got called out for it, he acted like an even bigger pile of shit.

[@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.

[@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.

[@ChaseX-u4o]

and dude's a left handed batter. lol

[@ConnorTheBall]

that was hilarious like when cliff lee just stares at the camera

[@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

[@WoahLookAtThatFreak]

Billy Butler got thrown out at first from right field by Jose Bautista. It wasn't because of a lack of effort or bad luck, Billy Butler was just that slow lol

[@brizzybones7377]

He wasn’t stumbling he was emoting on the yanks before scoring 😂 I can’t breath I’m laughing so hard idk why him flailing like that is the funniest thing iv ever seen 😂😂😂😂😂

[@BARDOCK550]

1:52 "my mom made me play"

[@SultanKhan66]

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

[@lordmalal]

But Ozzie Smith never played for the Yankees and he was long retired by then ..

[@jdolaktv]

Casey's wasn't an "I don't care moment". He thought the third baseman caught it on a line.

[@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.

[@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.

[@truthlemonade9793]

A) Cliff Lee's catch was pretty cool looking. He looks like a mannequin at the All Star Game. B) Toward the end, these were more mental lapses and less low effort. C) I wonder what BJ Upton said in his defense. What could he have said?

[@Cinerary]

C) BJ said uggabuuga muh racisms, gibs me reparations yt boi Lol. Lmao even.

[@duggiek1352]

​@Cinerary What?lol

[@gregengel1616]

Upton's jog out in the Outfield, let alone his response to Longoria, pisses me off to this day...and I'm a Diamondbacks fan.

[@mitchmurray2260]

youre lucky, you had his brother on your team who was the much better talent

[@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

[@13jorino]

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

[@thisguy8106]

The Jeter play is all on him. That ball was right to 3rd base area. It's absurd that he acted as if ARod was in the "wrong" there.

[@bigtalk2598]

You obviously never played SS. That's Jeter's ball all day. SS is king of the IF, just like CF is king of the outfield.

[@taskdon769]

@@bigtalk2598 A-Rod was playing mostly SS for his career prior to join the Yankees, so he may have the tendency to play within a certain range.

[@glenroyce779]

Nope; SS has call over the whole IF on pop-ups...including the P.....I reckon on this play it might've been A-Rod's first year at 3B, but this cardinal rule is taught in LL...!

[@thisguy8106]

Well its just. The ball went right to where ARod was standing. Like. He didn't even have to move

[@thisguy8106]

@@bigtalk2598 so thats why i say that. ARod was just... standing there. It popped right to him lol

[@ppumpkin3282]

I seem to recall many NFL plays where a lateral is misinterpreted as an incomplete forward pass. So a live ball is lying down, where no one picks it up, or someone picks it up and runs with it, but the rest of the players are caught flat footed.

[@greenmanofkent]

@3:30 - "There's nothing wrong with where Fryman is:. What?? There's plenty wrong with where Fryman is! He wasn't in the running lane at all - he was at least a foot inside the baseline. The Yankee's had a valid complaint. On the last play - it wasn't even close. What in the world did that umpire see? Certainly not the same thing we did.

[@macipod00]

Not really it was a clean play

[@Rockhound6165]

But you still don't start arguing while runners are circling the bases.

[@bigtalk2598]

Wrong. He was on the base when the ball hit him. I agree he was not in the running lane prior to that, and if the ball hit him then he would be out, but he has every right to the base while stepping on it.

[@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

[@TimCarter]

I hate any player who doesn't always run hard to first after hitting the ball. When I was young, I got many infield hits, and I was never fast, but I ran hard, and it forced the infielders to hurry, sometimes causing an error or imperfect throw.

[@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

[@grrrrrrrrrr6398]

Jeter shouldn't have played like that, no matter how much he hated A-Rod.

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

Do these guys not realize what a PRIVLEGE it is to get paid 6-7 figures (I think even the ones riding the bench still get what, mid-six figures at minimum?) a year and to get to be on baseball cards?

[@JohnM-sw4sc]

It’s not a privilege. They worked for it and earned it.

[@DeepfriedBeans4492]

@@JohnM-sw4sclots of people work hard but don’t have the resources to reach this level. And some people are just naturally more talented. Yes they all worked hard but there’s a lot of people that also worked just as hard if not more who never made the majors.

[@JohnM-sw4sc]

@@DeepfriedBeans4492 the word ‘privilege’ has taken on a negative connotation in recent years How many people worked hard for it is meaningless- life is a results based business- it still isn’t a privilege it is earned

[@Kandiell]

thats the most delusional fucking thing ive read all day. @@JohnM-sw4sc

[@Cinerary]

@@JohnM-sw4sca lot of times it’s earned by something you have zero control over. Genetics. You see it all the time. Athletically gifted kids who coast on their natural talent through high school/college and hit a road block in the pros. But they get paid big either way. So no. Not all of them earned it because they had no say in it. It was given to them via DNA. They just had to show up to games and stay out of trouble. The very basic minimum

[@nyy190343]

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

[@kevingohdcantgo10_0]

Cliff Lee was 0 effort

[@Rockhound6165]

What was he supposed to do?

[@Duck_Dodgers]

How much effort is needed? He caught it right

[@Lessenjr]

Effort given = effort required

[@BRexxors]

Cliff Lee was 0 ERA

[@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.

[@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.

[@TxChristopher]

Exactly! Interference all day, he should have been called out and the other runner returned to the bases.

[@thedrunkensquirell]

How is it runner interference? The ball would've landed directly over the bag, do you want the runner to duck or something? Where is the runner supposed to go and let alone notice the ball being thrown at his back?

[@devilquill]

Upton was lucky Billy Martin was not his manager. Upton would need a new bat because his old bat would be up his ass.

[@321snoot]

I disagree. Billy Martin would have used Upton's bat to rip him a brand new one!

[@schrapnellcotton3413]

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

[@billf7062]

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

[@earformusic]

Wrong observation by the announcer on the 0:57 minute mark play. The pitcher actually did cleanly remove the caught grounder from his glove. What happened, was when he saw the uncaring slow poke making his way to the bag, he repositioned himself and threw it slower to be sure he was more careful to still get the bum out. The pitcher was initially quite ready to throw a rather hard throw to first base to get the runner. Either way, the runner in reality had no reasonable chance to make it to first safely. The announcer spoke to soon before the replay or he would have possibly or likely realized the same of which I just pointed out. Lets hope so or he needs to take some time off or a vacation.

[@marksstudio]

That was a good video, man. Well done and edited just right.

[@iknowthisone6844]

with the last play the guy suffered an existential panic cuz nothing made sense anymore if that boneheaded ump made that call

[@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

[@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.

[@arsenal-slr9552]

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

[@notsure9137]

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

[@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).

[@pringals420]

Manny ramirez not being on this clip is insane. He had atleast 5 full seasons of 0 effort in the field. His bat was nice but with more effort he could have been a monster. On the base paths was pathetic aswel. He would almost be walking.

[@javi994]

Still led DHs in WAR until Ohtani this year 😂

[@Schoobs31]

That Jeter play gets worse the more you watch it.

[@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

[@DavidRay_40]

That last one was clearly an incorrect call. The fielder was at the bag first, and clearly had the ball in his glove. I take it that particular game was before the challenge feature was added.

[@isdere]

This needs an update after 2024 Worls Series 😂😂

[@VooSetIck]

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

[@erickuhart1351]

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

[@adamrobinette6832]

Some of these were less a lack of effort than a brain fart. When you play 162 games in a season over multiple seasons, you will absolutely have a brain fart at one time or another, and forget your situations. But with Upton, that dude had his coaches on him all the time for lack of hustle. That triple was not the first instance by far. Which is probably what REALLY made Longoria pissed.

[@dougkeklak2009]

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

[@chazdeutsch2072]

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

[@Boppinabe]

Except for Freiman having been out of the basepath, there's nothing wrong with where he was.

[@larrybaldwin8325]

Upton was a Problem Child from Day 1, Loved Paycheck of Professional Baseball, just didnt Know what being a Professional meant!! Useless and Crybaby

[@mitchmurray2260]

exactly..

[@robmetaldeth1889]

Aaron Judge: ''Hold my beer''.

[@ChrisJones-pi5mh]

1:27 funniest part about this is he almost dropped it. It barely stayed in his glove as he palmed it ffs 😂

[@lizjones3043]

The craziest thing about this video is Dominic Brown being an All star

[@MikeTython34]

BJ Upton flipping out on Longoria because he called him out is exactly what a 6 year old would do at school if his friend did that at recess. Just look at their respective careers, you’ll see which one played the right way. And you’ll see it again tomorrow when he continues to play in the MLB

[@patrickharrison4763]

That's wild, Fryman was literally running on the grass for like 10 feet, lol. They call that play so much stricker against the runner now because of plays like that.

[@shaunjenkinson5089]

Upton put more into the discussion than he did going for the ball. Ridiculous

[@marbanak]

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

[@ryleighrage]

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

[@shaymerten173]

Ain’t now way Casey was a professional athlete and ran like that lord almighty

[@danielwilcox419]

That Cliff Lee catch isn't low effort, that's just low body temperature. That man could keep his cool in an earthquake.

[@Mike-bk5yc]

Upton seems self-entitled

[@MrJimi16]

It's a four minute video and three of the plays aren't bad effort plays. one is a guy catching a short pop up, the next is the same guy not smiling at the camera while getting booed, and the next is a guy who stopped running because he thought he was out, then put in a lot of effort to try and not be out.

[@voncornhole]

Another is two fielders who bumped into each other and then the runners didn't advance further than the one base they were getting anyway