Runner slides into the batter, a breakdown

Dec 13, 2021 263.4K views 1:23

What Happened

In a tightly contested baseball game, the score stands at 5-2 in favor of the visiting team. With one out in the inning, the home team is attempting a suicide squeeze play, a high-risk, high-reward strategy where the batter bunts the ball while a runner sprints home from third base. As the pitcher delivers the pitch, the runner from third takes off for home and the batter lays down a perfect bunt. The catcher fields the ball and tries to make the play at the plate, but the runner slides in safely, scoring the run and cutting the deficit to 5-3. However, the play does not end there. In a bizarre sequence of events, the batter, rushing to beat the throw to first base, collides with the runner who had just scored. The impact sends the runner tumbling and he appears to take an elbow or other blow to the face. The umpire, laser-focused on the play at the plate, witnesses the unusual collision. "The batter ran into his face and he just, I don't know if I've seen this before," the observer notes, as the runner lies on the ground, checking his potentially bloody nose. Despite the collision, the runner who scored the run is able to get up and make his way back to the dugout, while the batter, who was attempting to advance to first base, is left shaken by the unexpected contact. The suicide squeeze play, a daring and often high-stakes maneuver, has unfolded in an unconventional manner, leading to an unusual outcome that the observer admits they have never seen before in a baseball game. The home team has managed to cut the deficit, but the collision between the batter and the just-scored runner has left both players in an unexpected and somewhat concerning situation on the field. As the game continues, the umpire and the players will have to sort out the aftermath of this bizarre play, which has provided a memorable and, by the observer's own admission, never-before-seen moment in the sport of baseball.

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this was in the suggestion box and i

don't think i've ever seen this happen

in baseball before so i figured i'd

share it it's not a long one or that

crazy of one but it's a weird situation