It was the most comical thing I've ever seen on a major league field. It was like a cartoon. Nobody would consider this believable if it were in Major League before the Indians became good. It was that bad.

While we are talking about weird plays, I noticed in a boxscore last week that Mike Trout had 2 RBI on a Sac fly. How did that happen?

I was expecting one of those incredibly slow balls that the fielder thinks will go foul but never does, like the time I saw Jamie Moyer get an infield hit a couple years ago.

But ... yes, this just sort of happened as a normal play.

But ... the only reason that's not an error is that the catcher, pitcher, and first baseman all have plausible deniability in terms of which one of them should have run to home plate. Who gets the error? Are there errors of omission? Would Manny Ramirez be charged with an error if he was taking a whiz behind the Green Monster and a fly ball landed where he should have been standing?

The 3B and SS both went for the grounder, and almost bumped into each other before the SS made the play to first. The catcher runs up to third, attempting to cover the bag since the 3B was not there. Not sure what the pitcher was doing. Carter has a bit of a lapse there, had he been paying full attention he could have gotten to home plate before AJ.

Pierzynski is the guy who once reached first on a strikeout that was caught by the catcher. He's quite obviously well trained in the arts of the Sith, able to mind trick both opposing players and umpires.

Trout: Bases were loaded, ball was hit right into the RF corner, Thames made a running catch and ran into the wall. He then threw to second, attempting to prevent the 1B runner from advancing. Aybar never stopped rounding third. Might have been a close play considering the direction of the throw, but the ball got away from the infielder allowing Aybar to score easily.

What happened was that A.J. got his valet/manager to distract the A's players with her feminine wiles. Then, when the catcher saw what was happening and rushed to cover home plate, A.J. reached into his waistband and produced a foreign object which he used to knock the catcher unconscious.

EDIT: I've quintuple checked it and apparently I spelled 'feminine' correctly. For some reason it doesn't look right to me.

Thanks AROM

Is it me, or at :22 does it look like the 3B coach sneakily gives him the news - while facing away from the infield, to make sure no one sees him - that there was no one at home? Or am I just making that up?

And of course A.J. totally jakes it the last 20 feet or so. Hilarious.

Lassus, I can see it and I can't. But to AJ's credit, even if he was tipped off he seized on the opening without a lot of deliberation and made the most of it. Most guys would take a moment to assess things and would probably miss the chance to go home.

According to BB-ref, AJ has negative baserunning value on the year.

According to BB-ref, AJ has negative baserunning value on the year.

Well, the data might be accurate, but...

Lassus, I can see it and I can't. But to AJ's credit, even if he was tipped off he seized on the opening without a lot of deliberation and made the most of it. Most guys would take a moment to assess things and would probably miss the chance to go home.

Looked more to me like he just didn't feel like high-fiving the guy.

I expected to see AJ hit a bunch of infielders in the balls and then jog home while they are in pain on the ground.

As fun to watch as last week's Astrokerfuffle. Chris Carter proves he does not have 80 speed.

Looked more to me like he just didn't feel like high-fiving the guy.

I think it was more that he noticed the catcher passing him going the wrong way to third base. AJ turned, noticed nobody was covering the plate for him, and went for it.

Seeing Norris and Rosales covering third base way past the point of it being useful is the best part.

It pales in comparison, but did anyone see that disaster of a first inning for Erik Bedard yesterday? Keeping with the theme of this thread, it included a runner scoring from second on a ball that didn't get more than 10 or 15 feet from the plate. Bedard and the catcher both went after the ball, which left home plate wide open. The third baseman sorta just stood and watched the play unfold instead of running to cover home, so the runner on second took the liberty of rounding third and crossing the plate before any of the infielders realized what was going on.

He should have showboated the last 20 feet to home, like he was scoring a touchdown.

Yeah, we've seen something like it before. Ryan took third on an infield single last year.

Yeah, we've seen something like it before. Ryan took third on an infield single last year.

Also against the A's. They might want to work on that.

My hatred of Pierzynski burns with the fire of a thousand suns...but that was a really awesome play.

I would have loved to see him cartwheel across home plate...

He should have done the Ickey shuffle as he crossed home.

apparently youse guys haven't been watching the lousy AAA players that are masquerading as astros major leaguers

well,

ain't nobody watching, really. it's gotten to the point where it really isn't funny no mo