Looked to me as if the 1B anticipated the SS to sweep across the bag to turn the DP so he threw the ball to the CF side of 2B where he would be. The SS, however, planted himself on the bag and was not where the 1B expected him to be.
I may be inferring too much. Maybe it simply was a bad throw.
I saw exactly the same thing. I thought the SSās movements around the bag on that play were very unnatural.
It is a perfect throw if he sweeps across the bag as one would expect a SS to do.
Last night Dusty pushed the right buttons with Diaz and Castro.
There were other buttons to push?
Or not push. I suppose he could have let Maldonado hit in the 8thā¦with the bases loadedā¦in a tie gameā¦but heās not that dumb.
Garcia was available, right?
Yes, but youād still have to bring Castro in to catch. So youād burn two guys. Plus Castro probably had a better chance at hitting at least a fly ball to plate the go-ahead run.
Great observation. I hadnāt even thought of that.