Pitcher thinks runner has his signs so tells him to shut the f up, a breakdown
What Happened
In a tense moment during a close game, San Francisco Giants outfielder Mike Yastrzemski stands on second base after hitting a double. The pitcher, sensing that Yastrzemski may be attempting to decode the catcher's sign sequence, decides to shake things up. The catcher goes through a series of complex sign sequences, including "two-one-three" which signifies throwing a slider, and "four for changeup, one for fastball." The pitcher becomes frustrated as Yastrzemski appears to be picking up on the signs. To counter this, the pitcher instructs the catcher to change the sign sequence, leading to some confusion as they try to get on the same page. At one point, the catcher simply holds up his knuckles, and the pitcher nods in agreement, indicating this is their new sign sequence. Yastrzemski continues to play mind games, shuffling and moving around on the base, which further frustrates the pitcher. "Shut the f*** up," the pitcher yells at Yastrzemski, telling him to stop trying to decipher the signs. Yastrzemski later admits that he was indeed trying to pick up on the signs, even though he didn't actually know the sequence. The at-bat continues, with the pitcher and catcher going through more sign sequences, including "two-two-three-one" and "three-one-two." It's clear they are trying to stay one step ahead of Yastrzemski, who is clearly getting into their heads. In the end, the pitcher manages to retire Yastrzemski, but the battle of wits between the two players has been captivating to watch. This inside baseball moment showcases the intricate game within the game that fans can witness when attending a live baseball game. By using the code "johnboy" at SeatGeek, fans can secure tickets and experience the action up close for themselves.
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so yaz gets on base rocks a double
he's on second which means the pitcher
and the catcher now have to go to a
sequence of signs
if you're wondering what does that mean
well instead of just putting
one for fastball two for curveball three
for slider the catcher's gonna do it
in a code and they know the code and no
one else is supposed to know the code
so this one as we watch he's going to go
two
one three now three is what he ends up
throwing three is a slider so what could
the code
possibly be to get there could be a lot
of things the most common one would be
two
one three so it's the third finger he
puts down
most common one you can get is you could
say that they are doing
it's the outs plus one so there's two
outs
plus one means the third sign you go
okay one out two outs that's the pitch
we're gonna throw
or it could be chase the one which means
whatever number i put after one that's
the one you're going to throw who knows
what code they're using
but that's what's going on and the
runner on seconds trying to decipher
this
so he's going to throw the slider there
it was the third in the sequence
it's in the dirt flow doesn't swing in
it at
all now they're gonna we didn't get to
see the fingers here but he's gonna go
slider again in the zone for a strike
and floor is like okay
all right wish i would have swung now we
see another sequence and see that's a
that's four for change up one for
fastball
four for change up again three for
slider
and the pitcher doesn't react he shakes
his head he doesn't like it so
you know what let's step off let's redo
this a little bit of confusion because
they might be forgetting what is the
code right now so first now the
catcher's gonna go
two two one one and he's gonna shake his
head and say no i don't wanna throw that
and he said okay one
one three says shake his head again i
don't want to throw that i'm like all
right
let's step off again let's figure this
out we're taking too long
let's go again and now he's gonna put
nothing down
right this is the weirdest one he kind
of puts nothing down just some knuckles
right there and the pitcher shakes
yes and uh he's ready to throw but the
catcher
starts putting another sequence down
thinking he shook no or something so the
catcher's like hold up hold up blue
we are way off let's take out our little
cheat sheets and figure it out
and the catcher you can see takes out
his cheat sheet and he looks at him
and the catcher here is gonna flash
four like let's use code four who knows
what that is
they do so he looks at his sheet he says
okay what's four chase the two
outs plus one what is four he says okay
we're doing
four says yes let's do code number four
now they're really worried about yaz
picking up this stuff at second base
because he can do that
or he can just fake it so let's see what
they do now
they're on code four and they're gonna
go
one two three
one and he says hmm
yeah let's do that i believe this is
a curveball so i don't know where 2 was
in that sequence yeah it's a curveball
so
let's see what could that have sequence
have been let's try and figure it out
where's
the it was one
two so we could be chasing the one again
um he doubles up
then three then one yeah so either you
know the second sign or chasing the one
because right after the one
came the two or it can be way more
complicated than that but he gets the
curveball
and flores doesn't even like really
think about it and now he looks back at
the runner and he kind of shakes his
head at him
and now he gets the card out again says
let's change this up again i think he
knows what we're doing
and he admitted in his post game that he
thought they had the sign so now they
change it to five
what could the five code be who knows
they do
it's on their cheat sheet he's gonna
check it real quick he's like what's
five i just chose it i gotta make sure i
know it
okay we're doing five so you can barely
see the fingers you see the one there
you see the three but we might have
missed some at the beginning
and you can see him shake his head there
and now yaz is kind of messing with him
he's starting to start
dancing off second you see all those
wiggles he's doing a bottom of the
screen
he could be like you know he could be
giving the signals to the batter now by
taking
shuffling to his right shuffling to his
left moving his hand this way
his head that way who knows so he starts
just doing a bunch of stuff
and the pitcher thinks he has to shut
the up he's like what
me what shut the up
just throw a pitch jeez
worry about him gee
i don't got nothing i'm not doing
anything tells a second baseman
in his post game yes he admits that he
was acting like he knew the sign he's
like i didn't know it they were changing
it every three pitches i didn't know
what he was throwing
fastball right down the middle pitch
catcher loves it yeah
yeah yeah yeah now they go two two three
one
cambio cambio i have no idea what
they're throwing here i still think
they're on
the fifth sequence so let's see if we
can figure that out so wait that's a
slider
let's see
let's do we see the signs after they
talk
we just see the tail end of them okay
yeah we don't see it at all so we don't
see what this one was when he called the
fastball that was right down the middle
now you see the swing and foul back here
and the catcher says oh yeah i like that
one
but now we see two two
three and he ends up throwing three so
it could be
alex plus one again chase the two and he
does three
again a bunch so who knows what the what
it is there but i believe this ends up
being
a slider and you can see me even tap the
dirt and say get it low
he gets it low it's a nice block by the
catcher jazz is now clapping
getting more in his head we got a full
count
what's the sequence here we go three
one two
and that's all and this is a fastball so
it's a second sign this time so
who knows what it was but this is the
game within the game and yaz was playing
it
and he didn't know the signs but he was
acting like he knew the signs at second
and you could see how much it was
messing up the pitcher
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