re: Dropped 3rd strike at catcher's feet w/ 2 outs, bases loaded

Which was the right instinctual play on a ball kicking out beyond the first base batters box damn near the line. He can’t see behind him. The pitcher wasn’t there yet. I have no idea where the runner at third was because they didn’t show it but that runner was to his back.
Of all the things to bitch about with our catchers, that play isn’t one of them.
He blocked the ball not letting it get past him and made the right decision and play. Go rewatch the play and get back to me.

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think everyone was thinking this. But I'd have to imagine that exact scenario isn't practiced much of at all. In that moment, training kicks in. They dropped strike 3 and training/instinct says "dropped strike 3, throw runner out at first." Not an excuse, but I can see that being a reason over what we at home see as simple baseball IQ.

When it happened I asked my brother the same thing lol

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I mean if it runs from him I get a throw having to be made but it didn't, it was near him, pick it up and touch home. No throw is best throw. Maybe nerves got him and wasnt sure where the runner was and made what he thought was best play. At least he is a freshman. Mental mistakes do upset coaches way more than a physical mistake. Glad it worked out.

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sorry but in that situation your wrong. Everybody got their opinion tho. Go tigers

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I just rewatched the play about 10 minutes ago. I suggest you do the same thing before you make a dumbass of yourself. He was 10-12’ from the plate when he picked up the ball and facing the Tenn dugout. All his momentum took him that way. Don’t be a contrarian

10 to 12" away this is how I know you never played or coached baseball the runner at 3rd was in his secondary just starting to advance to home. He was well over 65 ft from home. Yall wild. But okay bro.

Na it was 2 outs already.

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You have no idea what your talking about. He had plenty of time to touch home plate and not make a un needed throw to first. Plenty of time. This is how I know you never played baseball. The correct move was touch home plate at the time he picked up the ball.

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I not only played at a high level, I also umped for about 20 years.

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10 to 12" away this is how I know you never played or coached baseball the runner at 3rd was in his secondary just starting to advance to home.

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That was an inadvertent double type of the apostrophe. Go rewatch the play. I corrected it to read correctly. Stop proving yourself stupid

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2 outs makes it legal but it becomes a force out. So no tag needed. In this instance we can’t know what the catcher knew at the time. Most likely he went with what a good coach would have taught him and threw it to 1st base for the easy/known out.

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A catcher coming out of his squat just blocked a ball in the dirt and it kicks away from him about 10’ or so taking him towards the opposing team’s dugout at their park with the fans yelling with his back to the plate is going to do that exact same thing every single time. Major leagues or minor. Ignore that dumbass with the ThugU icon.

Nah, I’m 100% confident that I am right & your spewing casual takes here

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I get your conviction but this is a no brainer play. You throw it to 1st.

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Except we have seen out catchers throw these balls to Jake Brown in the past! The correct play was to catch the pitch cleanly which was not difficult, however once dropped the correct play in this case was 100% to touch the plate on the way back to the 3B dugout!

Just cause it worked out doesn’t make it the right call!

It’s akin to starting Skenes vs Tulane in 2023, worked out but it still doesn’t make it right! Kinda like running across the interstate blindfolded, if you survive it doesn’t mean it was the right move!