The Best of the 2020 Baseball Breakdowns
What Happened
In a thrilling moment during a 2020 baseball game, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw has to step off the mound to avoid a balk. Catcher Austin Barnes makes a nice tag to get the runner out at home plate. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts reacts with an "invisible man" look, staring intensely at the umpire. Later in the game, Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Kevin Kiermaier catches a fly ball and celebrates by tossing his glove into the air, saying "Get out of here!" The umpire prepares to throw the glove back, but Rays infielder Brett Phillips grabs it and throws it back at the umpire. Dodgers first baseman Max Muncy then crushes a home run, punctuating it with a celebratory bat flip and pointing to his teammates. In another moment, a home run ball lands right in the Los Angeles Angels bullpen as pitcher Mike Mayers is warming up, much to his surprise. Meanwhile, Blue Jays outfielder George Springer runs into the outfield wall, getting dirt all over his pants. Marlins catcher Jorge Alfaro juggles a throw to second base but still manages to get the runner out. Diamondbacks outfielder Kole Calhoun takes a 105 mph line drive straight to the groin, making a remarkable play but then writhing in pain. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts later gets ejected from the game, exchanging heated words with the umpire. Twins outfielder Max Kepler has a confusing interaction with the umpire, unsure of why he's being ejected. Phillies hitting coach Joe Dillon charges at Astros third base coach Gary Pettis, leading to a benches-clearing scuffle that is quickly broken up by players and coaches. Through it all, the commentators provide lively analysis and reactions to the wild and entertaining moments unfolding on the field.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentkershaw has to step off so he doesn't
balk he steps off
fires it home a nice tag by barnes did
he get him
yep right on the wrist there before he
touches home plate
good call blue i think it was good you
got manager shilt going with the
invisible man look and long stop
short little willy mays hay style just
looking at him like oh [ __ ]
clean it up very intense
very scary very angry oh a little gross
octopus on him
well dumb octopus
bouncing around he sees this he sees
them chasing him throws the helmet up in
the air
goes for a little bird flight around the
outfield just looks majestic and
beautiful kiermaier sees him says i want
to go for a little flight as well
he throws his hands up quickly crash
lands
kiramire is going to fall he doesn't
have it in him to fly around the
outfield phillips though
just beautiful then he waves the
envelope get out of here
as he walks away and the um says you get
out of here
i'm gonna throw it back i'm gonna throw
it back no i'm gonna throw my glove oh
[ __ ] i'm almost gonna hit the fielder
randy throws the glove right back to him
and then he celebrates that so now this
dude caught a ball
and a glove from the field to play bam
geo sitting fastball absolutely
rocks it was a good pitch too it was on
the corner but he's sitting it
rocks it the bad flip the pimp job
whoo points out his teammates gets fired
up
george shella karen check eats his glove
enjoys the taste
and he's got him one and one that's my
favorite pitch he threw
all outing that is a nasty slider from
romo there
yeah this is melanson he was just
chilling out there throwing his warm ups
and the home run ball comes right to him
he catches it but what the hell is on
their tv
what what is the bullpen watching leave
springer falling
in love with the wall just standing
there with goo on his pants
it's just professional catcher he pumps
fakes drops it himself
little bouncy ball gets it back up now
he's got to throw it to second they got
him dead to rights and bam
headshot right there did calhoun poke
his head out
you betcha he slows his feet he sizes it
up and kabam
right to the head gets his happy gill
[ __ ]
oh god that hurt a little bit i'm all
right bam
86 the same pitch that was on the first
pitch of the at-bat and he
just absolutely crushes it that's a game
ender
two run game becomes a bigger run game
not a math podcast and look at these
reactions look at that
look at the faces there i like it and
then he comes up
in the next inning and boom smashes
the walk off home run come on
big ol smile from ben gamel and that's
the kind of energy that you need
to take yourself into the next pitch and
you can just flip it over the wall
for a nice home run oh wait oh oh no
looking good doesn't know what's about
to happen on this 1-0 pitch bam hotshot
105 miles per hour right to the dick
slash
nuts he made the play and that's awesome
but now he's on the ground
writhing in pain bam forearm shiver and
then a big forearm shiver
let's see that one again because he
popped his shoulder out there in his way
little clap a little clap little clap
little clap little ah wow
i don't know what that is and kelly's
gonna walk over here what
what bro oh first he's gonna make some
faces oh oh
oh into the jump shot and he mean he did
it all
i mean he did it all as he rounded the
bases so hate him love him
whatever he knows it he doesn't care and
he's going to do him
what the hell was this guy doing you
know what i mean
and now muncie's been thrown out of the
game and he too will get his money's
worth
i feel like we should we should talk you
and i should both talk so we can cover
this
up boo don't talk don't cover it up let
us hear what's happening it's one of the
greatest parts of the season come on now
and we got some hot mike's galore here
we all know you don't want to be here
anyway and boone just shooting daggers
ninja style
oh eyes on you angel oh eyes on you
[ __ ]
you guys
[Music]
and as you mentioned you hear some
things this year that enough
wow come here
you [ __ ] missed it
then he then he gets ejected and he says
no you get out of here [ __ ] you
ah [ __ ] happens every [ __ ] time
she'll swing the bat damn damn
yes yes
that's all i said he said i'm not gonna
talk to you
that's that's no that's really bad
i did not i didn't say anything i didn't
cuss at him
i didn't say a bad word to him just
talk to me that's all i wanted him to
talk to me
like let's [ __ ] go
kepler's all confused he's like
let's go let's go
gotta be [ __ ] me he says no i was
trying the whole time i was trying the
whole time i promise he says
[ __ ]
try your hardest is a great life lesson
for anyone listening
[ __ ] you [ __ ] you i'll [ __ ] you
i'll be waiting for you yeah whoo
let's go
[ __ ] yeah no what are you doing
no no come on
that's [ __ ] down that's down and the
um says hey
you say another word and i will eject
you from this game
and i mean it and roman quinn says come
on
and then he turns around against his
[ __ ] down and then the um says i
meant it
i'm number i'm ump 115 and i mean what i
say
[ __ ] out of here [ __ ] go back to your
[ __ ] dugout
get the [ __ ] out of here go
go go
soft but i don't think it's soft
maybe it's like i got you [ __ ]
gotcha safe
[ __ ] safe [ __ ]
i mean i shouldn't be laughing but i
mean i've never seen that before
and then josh getting his money's worth
as he crossed home plate
boom boom boom boom boom boom boom
boom boom up there he looks at them he
says
that's how bad you are i warned you
three times
you we asked you to stop and you didn't
what else do you want me to do
come on why don't you come fight me he
says get the hell out of here i don't
even know who you are he says yeah come
fight me and then he kind of takes this
first step right here
takes the first step hikes up his pants
a little bit oh yeah
hike them pants up and then he gets in a
you know a nice wide base
fighting position bring it on ramon i'm
right here i'm the hitting coach
ramon charges in let's [ __ ] go
let's [ __ ] go and then look at this
wall they built
great wall by the houston players to
protect their hitting coach just
a great wall loriano tries to go around
him garneau
wraps him up one of the better wrap-ups
you'll see just
immediate now he's just going to start
poking a lot of poking steps closer
there
points behind him says you missed that
then he's going to get real aggressive
with the hands right here he's going to
go
push double point and you slam that
point home
and then he's out he celebrates he
throws the finger up
starting to throw the number one up
before his feet even touch the ground
because i think he had it the whole way
then you got
jacoby jones off of van meter to farmer
and glacier
covers what the hell just happened
right off the knee little leg shake and
then the second baseman covers pitcher
sprints over makes a really athletic
play
to grab that ball and it looks like his
foot fell off you all think it no
foot stayed on out event security comes
out and says yeah there's a drone in the
sky says yeah i see it in the sky up
there says yeah
so here's the deal i'm event security
i've never once been prepped
on what to do if a drone yeah up there
if the drone is in the sky
so if you're looking to get answers out
of me
just know i'm about to make some stuff
up look at this pitch
if that is high to you you're high
and bellinger's just sitting on the
dugout like reflecting on it like yeah
that's pretty cool
it does [ __ ] i mean oh my god i can't
believe i [ __ ] did that