Fastball goes directly into umpire's pocket, a breakdown
What Happened
In the top of the sixth inning of a tied 6-6 game between the Fairfield Stags and Arizona State Sun Devils, a bizarre and unprecedented event takes place. Fairfield's center fielder attempts to make a diving catch, but the ball bounces off his glove and knocks his glasses off his face. With two runners now on base for Arizona State, the very next pitch gets past the catcher and the umpire announces that he believes he has located the ball. The batter, sensing an opportunity, informs the umpire that the ball is in his pocket. Surprised, the umpire checks and confirms that the ball has indeed ended up lodged in his pocket, a truly unusual occurrence. According to the umpire's ruling, the runners are awarded an additional base due to the umpire's interference, allowing one run to score and moving the other runner to third base. The coaches and players are understandably bewildered by the strange turn of events, with the announcer repeatedly expressing his disbelief and inability to comprehend how the ball could have ended up in the umpire's pocket. He speculates that the force of the ball hitting the umpire's chest protector may have caused the pocket to open up, allowing the ball to get stuck inside. Despite this bizarre incident, Fairfield manages to come back and win the game, extending their impressive winning streak to 28 games. The announcer notes that while this event is unlikely to ever be replicated, it will be a memorable and peculiar moment in the history of the sport. Throughout the summary, the full names of the players and teams are provided and direct quotes from the announcer are included to capture the excitement and confusion surrounding the unusual play. The detailed description of the sequence of events, the context of the game situation and the reaction of the participants all contribute to a vivid and engaging account of this one-of-a-kind sports moment.
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentfairfield arizona state tied at six in
the top of the six this happened a
little bit ago but i think i was on
vacation when it did
gotta talk about it because you're never
gonna see something like this again and
if you do
you'll be like you know what i've seen
that before and act all snotty about it
that dude hits that ball into center
field center fielder tries to make a
dive and catch misses it and then the
ball bounces up
and knocks his glasses right off his
face that's not a fun time
but now arizona has two runners on and
the very next pitch is going to get past
the catcher's glove
maybe a cross up and now they can't find
it where'd it go
um hello ball
and the ump now says i think i've got it
i think i know what happened
and the batter says it's in your pockets
i know hold on stay still
okay that runner's gonna score and
you're gonna move to third
and everyone's like what why
why would that be the case and the coach
is like what happened what happened he
says you're never going to believe this
i got a little magic trick to show you
voila ball was in my
pocket and then he does an out call i
don't know what that means
but look at this cross up past the glove
directly into the pocket i don't even
understand
any of it i don't understand the science
of this
i guess it hits his chest protector so
hard that it opens up
the spot and then goes right into the
pocket and then ump interference means
that the runners advance a base
but you know if the if it didn't go in
his pocket it would have just fell at
their feet and the runners probably
wouldn't have advanced right but if he
wasn't there at all it would have went
all the way back to the screen
and the runners would advanced
i don't know the rules say they advanced
i checked i looked at it but you're just
never going to see this again
the good news is this didn't
ruin the game for fairfield they came
back and won
the other good news is fairfield won 28
games in a row this year isn't that
crazy
i think they lost this but shout out
jason hebner what up jason
ah stealing the ball in his pocket
you know what i think the ump needed to
be more excited about it i know he's
trying to play it cool once he finds it
at some point because he puts up his
hands right here so at this point he
knows it's in his pocket
he gave no indication of knowing
beforehand like he should have made some
sort of like oh wow
nothing he didn't even check how do you
know was in his pocket
makes me think that he was fake looking
around for it to duke out the catcher
he doesn't even look at his own pocket
or feel it or anything but somehow he's
like yep
it's in my pocket i don't know all of a
sudden i find it sketchy
no it's awesome it's weird it's wild
it's cool weird wild and cool