A straight steal of home.
Yesterday I'm sitting down the right field line at the Rogers Centre, still in the infield tho, watching the Jays lose to the Red Sox (crazy game, but that's another story). Anyway, 2 out, the Sox have Brock Holt at third, and Leon at first, Bradley at the plate. Jays are up by one run, 8-7 in a slugfest. Aaron Loup, lefthander is on the mound. Right after he reads the sign from Russell Martin he stands straight up, looking at first as lefthanded pitchers do, and instantly Holt breaks for the plate. It was a very cool moment, one of those - wow, he's actually trying this - moments. Loup is yelled at by his teammates, sees what's going on (he later said Holt was about halfway home when he first saw him), steps off the rubber and in one motion throws a bullet to Martin who has come out in front of the plate. It was a bang-bang play but Martin was able to lay the tag on just as Holt dove into the plate. Out.
A very cool four seconds (or so) to see in person.
Yesterday I'm sitting down the right field line at the Rogers Centre, still in the infield tho, watching the Jays lose to the Red Sox (crazy game, but that's another story). Anyway, 2 out, the Sox have Brock Holt at third, and Leon at first, Bradley at the plate. Jays are up by one run, 8-7 in a slugfest. Aaron Loup, lefthander is on the mound. Right after he reads the sign from Russell Martin he stands straight up, looking at first as lefthanded pitchers do, and instantly Holt breaks for the plate. It was a very cool moment, one of those - wow, he's actually trying this - moments. Loup is yelled at by his teammates, sees what's going on (he later said Holt was about halfway home when he first saw him), steps off the rubber and in one motion throws a bullet to Martin who has come out in front of the plate. It was a bang-bang play but Martin was able to lay the tag on just as Holt dove into the plate. Out.
A very cool four seconds (or so) to see in person.
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