I umpired for 30 years. One of the most memorable plays I saw was a game-winning steal of home on an intentional walk. With a runner on third base and nobody out in the last inning of a tie game, the defensive team was planning to intentionally walk two batters to load the bases. After each pitch, however, the catcher returned the ball to the pitcher with high, arcing lobs. The gutsy runner on third base timed one of the lobs perfectly and stole home without even drawing a throw!
@ethanconnor84408 жыл бұрын
What stadium was it at❓❔❓❔
@Lava19648 жыл бұрын
+Ethan Connor It occurred at a local ballpark in southern Ontario--near where I live.
@JamesSmith-ek1or8 жыл бұрын
+Lava1964 amazing haha
@prenticegihiiwilson10878 жыл бұрын
thanks
@Tagerh8 жыл бұрын
brampton?
@nitpicker94069 жыл бұрын
Steal Home = Legend Steal From a Home = Felon.
@tmangoodguy99219 жыл бұрын
Hahaha that was pretty funny :p
@dataintfalco64729 жыл бұрын
How drastically two words can change somehing
@warrenshaver47268 жыл бұрын
Thanks+Tman Goodguy de
@tmangoodguy99218 жыл бұрын
Warren Shaver for?
@CanadaMMA9 жыл бұрын
In fairness to the umpire on the first play, he did the right thing. As an official, you are trained to create an "L" between yourself and where the play will take place. You are also supposed to force your eyes ahead of the play. Had the catcher caught the ball, the call would have been correct. Once he saw the ball wasn't there, he quickly corrected himself. That is the way it's supposed to be done.
@jerryhamer9 жыл бұрын
My ex wife is the queen of stealing home. Does that count?..xD
@onomatopoeia1620039 жыл бұрын
ohh saucy
@coko91869 жыл бұрын
Kris hammer but you're not salty, or anything :p
@AnonYmous-ny2tr7 жыл бұрын
Damn #Gofundme Kris Hammer
@footloosebacon8 жыл бұрын
that little grin that Charlie Manuel has as he pops his bubblegum is the most beautiful moment in baseball that I have ever seen.
@JohnSmith-tx3rs9 жыл бұрын
Why does that announcer find it so mind blowing that the umpire made a mistake, then corrected himself? The throw was high and the umpire was paying attention to the plate to see the tag.
@RogueNation.9 жыл бұрын
John Smith He's a dumb hypocritical jackass who probably thinks he could have done better in the moment. F him.
@moegerms9 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I was thinking. Through the umps peripherals Ellis looked to have caught the ball (pitch was high, glove was high, tag was made at the plate). It happens so fast you have to time to look at the glove, the ball, the runner, and the tag. Incredible steal though.
@CanadaMMA9 жыл бұрын
John Smith Especially because as an umpire, you are supposed to be forcing your eyes ahead of the play like that. Had the catcher caught the ball, the call would have been correct. Once he realized the ball wasn't there, he corrected himself. It wasn't a terrible call at all. It was an umpire doing the right thing.
@thesocraticparadox67229 жыл бұрын
yeah exactly, you can always go back and correct the call once realizing the ball is not in the fielder's possession. you want to focus all your attention on the bang-bang play, meanwhile. this is why some umpires will delay an "out" call for about a second or two, while they wait for the fielder to show them they have the ball.
@724Broncofan9 жыл бұрын
CanadaMMA Technically an umpire is suppose to make sure the ball is in the back of the glove. But yeah everything else is understandable. And the umpire is only human as well. The main thing the announcer gets wrong is what everyone gets wrong. It has to deal with biases. There are several, hindsight bias, the bias you have when going for a team, etc. This has to deal with the perfect knowledge bias. The announcer has the better view of the ball and backend of the play (meaning if the ball is out of the glove, and past the catcher), and wrongly gives that knowledge to the umpire. To criticize the announcer for this seems shortsighted to me, as all humans possess this bias at differing points in our lives regardless of whether or not we admit it. This is where I think Joey G's comment is immature and extreme, and basically everything he accused the announcer of he is guilty of being himself.
@rutgers28259 жыл бұрын
Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez?
@MickDRangerX9 жыл бұрын
rutgers2825 Ha ha, The Sandlot. "You're killin' me Smalls!"
@MickDRangerX9 жыл бұрын
***** Awesome!
@ghsparkynovaehab25009 жыл бұрын
The nostalgia
@Tony_Miller9 жыл бұрын
Willie Mays Hayes
@jtleon70869 жыл бұрын
+Tony Miller you may run like hayes but you hit like shit
@tankmaster10188 жыл бұрын
At least the first umpire changed his call to safe after he realized the catcher had missed the ball. I have a huge amount of respect for Umps who change the call when they realize they were wrong since you hardly ever see that happen. I wasn't even entirely sure you were allowed to change a call after you made it but I was clearly wrong there... It pisses me off a bit that I know now that you can change the call but there have been plays that were much more off then this one where the ump didn't change the call.
@DEMOLITIONZ279 жыл бұрын
Calm down commentators. If the catcher did catch the ball he would have been out. Once he saw that he didn't catch it he rightfully called the runner safe.
@JiminysCricket9 жыл бұрын
No kidding. Padres long time announcer/full time douchebag Dick Enberg at his finest.
@CanucksWontWin7 жыл бұрын
DEMOLITIONZ27 fuck you, Enberg is a legend.
@AR-jt2ux6 жыл бұрын
Did you see how emphatically he called him out?
@DragonSlayer-pq4rs9 жыл бұрын
in mlb the show this is physically impossible
@rpsnider859 жыл бұрын
Nope, i do it every time I'm at third. I get a lead, the pitcher will either throw to third or start his wind up, but in either case i break for the plate and slide to the inside and I'm safe about 65-70% of the time
@rpsnider859 жыл бұрын
Robert Snider maybe i should make a tutorial
@mst259 жыл бұрын
Robert Snider Yes, please do!
@basegaming13899 жыл бұрын
Unless u get maxed out speed w/ licensed equipment
@DragonSlayer-pq4rs9 жыл бұрын
i couldn't even do it in mlb 12 the show and my guy was maxed out.
@NateM1549 жыл бұрын
stealing home = legend.
@youngatwista8 жыл бұрын
If it weren't for the crowd, more bases would be stolen. You gotta look around and somethings gotta be happening if you're just standing on the mound doing nothing and the crowd gets loud. tipping off the pitcher
@dennisvargas77199 жыл бұрын
stealing is bad.
@trevor90869 жыл бұрын
What do u mean
@peterblack17409 жыл бұрын
Lol
@discostarslayer9 жыл бұрын
+Dennis Vargas Baseball players are so naughty
@okrajoe9 жыл бұрын
Sometimes you got to steal ALL the homes.
@fanaticentertainment42709 жыл бұрын
Wut
@shipofthesun8 жыл бұрын
For your future reference: being caught in a rundown and avoiding the tag is not stealing a base.
@rtyable8 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@jjparks92638 жыл бұрын
If you think about it, it is stealing the base because it was not given to you nor was it on a hit. You attempted to steal home, caught in a rundown and avoided the tag. Therefore, you stole homebase
@rtyable8 жыл бұрын
I can see where you're coming from but I don'[t see it that way. The straight attempt to steal isn't there. That's how I see it.
@jjparks92638 жыл бұрын
Understandable, but in the books, it's counted as a steal
@shipofthesun8 жыл бұрын
+Howard Barnett Screw it, I looked it up. "If he is picked off a base, but makes it to the next base, whether directly, or by successfully surviving a run down play, he also gets credit for a stolen base Note: as unfair as this is, the steal is charged to the catcher. i.e., his percentage of runners thrown out goes down, even though he was not involved on that play If he is picked off a base, and is thrown out trying to advance then he is charged with caught stealing Note: Similarly to the above example, the catcher here gets credit for the CS." BUT "On a double steal if one runner gets credit for a steal, award the other runner a stolen base as well Reasoning: This is giving the baserunners the benefit of the doubt. If a throw to third base is not in time, the assumption is that the catcher threw to the base he had the best chance of getting, therefore the runner stealing second would have been safe if the throw went there as well If one runner is thrown out, then do not give the other runner anything. His advance is treated like a fielder’s choice." So, runner goes from 3rd, avoids the rundown, stolen base. Double steal, other runner gets thrown out and you score, fielder's choice.
@tabithatate62159 жыл бұрын
I was at that Royals game. It was one of the most awesome moments in a ballpark that I've ever seen :)
@Logistyx-9 жыл бұрын
Ellsbury's was an actual steal of home. All the other ones were the runner advancing on a throw. They all probably count as stealing home but Ellsbury's was the best
@SaveHipHop1009 жыл бұрын
what are u talking about??.. the very 1st one was a steal on the pitcher. Was just like ellburys, pitcher had the ball.
@Logistyx-9 жыл бұрын
Alpha-Q-Up Your right my bad. I still think Ellsbury's was the best.
@Garfunkel-fp1ok9 жыл бұрын
The Villar one though was a perfect home plate steal, wasn't it?
@BigDr0p19 жыл бұрын
Jonathan villar was a steal
@BigDr0p19 жыл бұрын
No one will have a better steal at home than Jackie Robinson
@AlonsoRules8 жыл бұрын
I witnessed someone steal home at a White Sox game - seeing the other team absolutely clueless added to the experience!
@rtyable8 жыл бұрын
I can't find video of it but Jason Kendall's walk off steal of home when Fransisco Rodriguez dropped the throw back from the catcher in 05 was awesome
@pirat3d8 жыл бұрын
Jacoby Ellsbury just did it again today but playing for the Yankees
@patkelly78448 жыл бұрын
Reason i came to watch this video lol
@seanp91618 жыл бұрын
+P kells12 me too XD
@tward939 жыл бұрын
A video so nice, I watched it twice!
@taxitalknyc76009 жыл бұрын
0:15 GREAT producer right there !! Wow !! Cool - can I get a job at that station ???
@giovanejr83528 жыл бұрын
That is why baseball is so fucking awesome ^^
@mariahbeth19 жыл бұрын
Nice background music !
@jeremyrowe82248 жыл бұрын
Aaron Hill had a great straight steal of home Jays vs Yankees back when he played for toronto. Not sure you can find it on youtube though but it was at the end of a close game.
@shoukatsukai9 жыл бұрын
Greg Gibson, the home plate umpire...
@qazwsx24268 жыл бұрын
IS MOTIONING TO BOTH PLAYERS...
@shoukatsukai8 жыл бұрын
qazwsx And the Dodgers celebrating in their dugout...
@greyk6109 жыл бұрын
2:50 I feel like more players should try that.. I mean, it honestly didn't look that difficult. If. You have a lefty with his back turned not looking at you (because nobody would expect a steal attempt) and the bater pretty much blocking the catchers view.. If you execute it like he did then it's probably as simple as it looked.
@natep06117 жыл бұрын
Great video! ...WOW
@Pablo123456x6 жыл бұрын
All of them were homies stealing it. No surprise there.
@WTFweretheythinking19 жыл бұрын
Sweet Video dude!
@carlmoore32158 жыл бұрын
Sept. 21, 1964: Chico Ruiz steals home for game's only run as Cincinnati Reds beat Philadelphia Phillies to start Phillies' well-known 10 game losing streak to tumble out of 1st place. Phillies had won on Sept. 20 but lost 2 games just before that, and one of those 2 losses also had a steal of home against Phillies.
@HeadBanger3689 жыл бұрын
They make it look so easy!
@djkilabeat9 жыл бұрын
Cabby! My favorite player and favorite Padre. Such a shame we DFA'd him. Could've used him this year, too.
@theswagatron9 жыл бұрын
Ernesto Arce i was a fan of him too until he abused steroids twice and got arrested lol.
@XaviRonaldo09 жыл бұрын
that Ellsbury one was crazy. How the hell do you steal home on the pitch?
@BennyK149 жыл бұрын
...Greg Gibson... The home plate umpire...
@Coleburgess098 жыл бұрын
Something pretty cool about the harper steal is that the only reason he was on base is because Cole Hammels beaned him as a "welcome to the show" kind of thing and I think bryce got him back...
@jonahconner11119 жыл бұрын
Nice mullet Harper
@aldavolt9 жыл бұрын
The speed deprived Mike Sweeney stole home on Pettite. Pettite was notorious for not keeping an eye on the guy at third.
@GRONKOSAURUS9 жыл бұрын
Can't wait till Billy Hamilton does this
@trickshot-id1mw9 жыл бұрын
(͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) it will happen
@rileyscollection69829 жыл бұрын
He did
@trickshot-id1mw9 жыл бұрын
@Brandon Riley yeah i know i saw it on espn after posting this
@scottybbadd9 жыл бұрын
The best steal of home I ever saw wasn't listed. Elvis Andrus vs San Diego. He did it off a right handed pitcher
@345Taco8 жыл бұрын
Aaron Hill was the other guy who stole home off Pettite (in Toronto)
@ScottCheatham8 жыл бұрын
This could be 'modern day' steals of home. The best I've ever seen was Glenn Brummer of the St. Louis Cardinals stealing home on Gary Lavelle against the San Francisco Giants in '82.
@justinchristensen53519 жыл бұрын
What were the songs on this.I loved the video. I like the songs just dont know what they are
@taxitalknyc76009 жыл бұрын
02:03 Great call NOT !! OUT - Tagged the foot !!!
@robertyancey57126 жыл бұрын
Stealing home plate, the drag bunt, stealing bases, playing small ball.. ALL LOST ARTS IN BASEBALL...
@thesocraticparadox67229 жыл бұрын
Funny how the announcer in the first one is so quick to give the umpire crap (when the umpire actually didn't do anything wrong), but he doesn't point out how the catcher moped and sat on the ground for a couple seconds, which allowed the next, winning, run to cross the plate.
@randycable38069 жыл бұрын
Ellsbury stealing home was even bigger because it was a playoff game.That's a lot of balls for a rookie to try that one.The kid could fly tho.
@josephallan87916 жыл бұрын
That indians and royals double pickle i would vote in the top 10 of infield oddities and aswome demonstration of skill in baseball history. Even though one side has to lose you could see what professionals are made up. I made it to catcher in my jr. College team and it takes some bad skill to operate a high speed infield like that. That was spectacular!!!
@nakedfaves9 жыл бұрын
So the umpire in the first clip didn't see the catcher miss the ball. He was just presuming that the catcher had the ball because the tag did beat the runner.
@ColeLeaman8 жыл бұрын
This was posted on my birthday
@stevesmith63898 жыл бұрын
Fascinating.
@swordfish000078 жыл бұрын
great vid
@JoshDone9 жыл бұрын
A stealing home compilation without Jackie Robinson? Wait, what?!
@alanpeel19817 жыл бұрын
2:59 - This is why you never throw behind runners, kids.
@itsallagame20136 жыл бұрын
Home Plate Stolen = When your pitcher is eating shit.
@nuraman009 жыл бұрын
Good clip. What dates were each of these games?
@ndrewdomingo9 жыл бұрын
1st steal was sometime during the 2013 season
@qbaker208 жыл бұрын
Greg Gibson, the home plate umpire, doesn't have his best moment on that first one.
@jdspreest6 жыл бұрын
Greg Gibson motioned both the players safe on that play..except he fucked up the first call initially LOL
@Austin1011238 жыл бұрын
Gotta add a second jacoby ellsbury steal now :) But this time *for* the yankees :(
@jesselacefield89458 жыл бұрын
It was awesome
@Shindler397 жыл бұрын
Villar at 2:15 is totally outstanding!
@NYOBXVOCAj8 жыл бұрын
Escobar got wheels 😂😂
@monday52648979 жыл бұрын
Guard the plate, dammit.
@JessCharlesSmith9 жыл бұрын
thats awsome
@JacobCruzMedranda9 жыл бұрын
Ellsbury just ellsBURIED him
@1234Peacekeeper9 жыл бұрын
Anyone else notice that they're all kids? One was 19 y.o. anorher a rookie Elsbury did it his 2nd full season. All youngsters whit the guts to go for it!
@SparkytehUnicorn8 жыл бұрын
I would like baseball if I didn't have to sit there twiddling my thumbs for three hours to see stuff like this.
@Beltran15x9 жыл бұрын
Leave it to the Padres broadcast to get mad about an easy mistake that was immediately corrected.
@JiminysCricket9 жыл бұрын
Yup. Dick Enberg at his douchiest.
@JiminysCricket9 жыл бұрын
I've always thought Dick Enberg was a tool. The way he went on about the umpire calling the Padres' runner out by mistake only adds to my feelings. Umpires make mistakes, that's the whole human element of baseball Dick. Then, when he realizes his mistake and calls him safe, Enberg ridicules him even more. Yes, I hate Dick Enberg!
@AbsoluteWrestlingFed9 жыл бұрын
Ellsbury's was the only good one. Is not too difficult to steal home when the pitcher is sleeping or when the play is somewhere else, but doing a straight steal is impressive.
@jaydenstrudel9 жыл бұрын
if theres a part 2, donaldsons home steal should be in there
@depaola638 жыл бұрын
I think the great Rod Carew has the MLB record ..for season..(7x) and career (23x!) Also he was one of the greatest hitters ever!
@zkiiffs98 жыл бұрын
Cobb has both. 8 in 1912, and 54 for his career.
@vinrabideaux36028 жыл бұрын
+Nicky Depaola Carew had 17 steals of home in his career. Nobody in his era or since has come very close (I think Molitor had 10), but it was much more common earlier in the century.
@depaola638 жыл бұрын
+Vin Rabideaux ...Thanks for that stat!
@CoolAsFreya7 жыл бұрын
this is even more impossible in softball because you can't steal until the ball leaves the pitchers hand
@skullmanwizard9 жыл бұрын
sick move by escobar.
@ZomBHLow8 жыл бұрын
The second steal is a prime example of a diversion you'd learn in little league. If you're on Offense (On base) you'd steal 2nd because you know if they try to throw to tag you out the better on 3rd is taking home. And if you're on defense you just let the guy steal second so that doesn't happen. Simple mistake that could easily be avoided.
@maxime23209 жыл бұрын
Escobar's is awesome!!!
@mtyson89 жыл бұрын
And that's why the royals made it to the world series
@allyvosky14159 жыл бұрын
Harper is a great baseball player for someone straight out of Highschool! Not even college...
@CrociatoAzzurro9 жыл бұрын
I've wondered why in a rundown when a Catcher is involved they don't flip off their mask.
@ivanskib9 жыл бұрын
at the end SELF DESTRUCT
@danmcgruer18709 жыл бұрын
Escobar should have been called out. He was clearly tagged on the foot trying to avoid the tag
@MrDabba1009 жыл бұрын
Ok in all honesty the pickle with Alicdes Escobar, he got tagged by the catcher.
@nicklilley66189 жыл бұрын
No he didn't in all honesty
@Kira-zi1qp9 жыл бұрын
Clearly missed the tag
@jacksonkeller34949 жыл бұрын
At least spell his name right :P
@murphyp29 жыл бұрын
David Abbatangelo Royals fan here, and throughout the broadcast they showed multiple replays indicating Gomes missed him. That said, Esky wasn't credited with a stolen base, on the play. They scored it as Gordon getting a steal and Esky advancing on the throw.
@faustoandressanches7718 жыл бұрын
Que Estilo de juegos tan bueno...
@joepaulo56538 жыл бұрын
Jacoby Ellsbury steals home. Can you believe it?
@taxitalknyc76009 жыл бұрын
02:05 OUT !! TWICE !! HORRIBLE CALL !!
@TheoneandonlyEETFUK9 жыл бұрын
NOOOO.
@henryk86753099 жыл бұрын
Taxi Talk NYC He missed him both times. Even the catcher knew he missed him, which is why his hand went to his glove to throw him out. Also notice the catcher doesn't even contest it.
@jasonbrown88389 жыл бұрын
That first one took major balls to do that
@run951119 жыл бұрын
Taxi Talk NYC great call as many would call him out. He missed him both times the catcher didn't even protest. Watch it again at 1:55
@jdspreest8 жыл бұрын
what's funny is that the ump called Cabrera out without realizing the catcher didn't even have the fucken ball LOL suddenly he sees it and calls him safe, trying not to look like a damn fool..
@jdspreest8 жыл бұрын
but the biggest fool had to be the pitcher (Jansen?)..what the fuck was he doing?
@elismerpichardo39947 жыл бұрын
great
@jonbower1944 жыл бұрын
Escobar was tagged out, you can see the glove deflect on the second view.
@BeachRocksResort9 жыл бұрын
Thug Life .......Someone had to say it :)
@OffOliverClose9 жыл бұрын
at 1:55 you see some dirt come up. was he tagged or does it have to be more contact than that? good call or bad call?
@apparatus97099 жыл бұрын
Sorry this is late but the dirt came up because escobar planted his cleet into the ground when he took off and he must be tagged by the catcher who barely whiffed him
@coltsman63738 жыл бұрын
The announcer at the start needs to chill. Gibson might've thought that he had the ball jeez
@killedradiostar9 жыл бұрын
Of course Greg Gibson miscalled the play at the plate, he was motioning to both players.
@theivory19 жыл бұрын
I don't know how Vince Coleman was left off of here?
@dylangage57619 жыл бұрын
How bout that guy who hurdles the catcher to steal home?
@activatebpm Жыл бұрын
On the first one, did that call stand? The guy that stole home stood as safe after the initial call of out? If that's how it went, what about Armando Galarraga's perfect game? Couldn't they have switched that call?
@rmccn47369 жыл бұрын
billy hatcher stole home for the red sox back in the early 90's.
@ThatBoyGui9 жыл бұрын
I was at that Dodger game...
@DisappearingBoy20109 жыл бұрын
How can the top 5 all be in the last 3 years?
@bt10ant8 жыл бұрын
Can you repost a version without the music? Thanks.
@luxon49 жыл бұрын
gibson shouldve spent less time motioning to both players
@boofieaudet23438 жыл бұрын
Don't steal home kids!
@frankiesheehy2249 жыл бұрын
I hate the announcers in the first clip yelling at the ump instead of celebrating the steal