I can see the justification for a hit based on the distance the shortstop had to run. That was more than a routine play. Plays like they happen in foul territory and players are rarely given errors for missing a pop after a long run.
He ran a long way but was essentially settled under it.
Dropped pop ups in foul territory generally don’t give a runner 3 bases, either.
It was a hard run but not a particularly long one, I think, and he was under the ball. E6 to me if the scorer is objective.
Plus he chose to make a basket catch.
All he had to do was reach up and catch it.
E6.
I’ll notify MLB.
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I wish I could amend the title to read
"You don’t have to be a baseball fan to smile, marvel - or scratch your head - at THIS!
Wow.
Smooth as silk too.
and total dumb luck
BudGirl, this is a miracle - not only for Drew but for his family, and others.
More than a smile, it fits the “marvel” category.
Thank you!
I wasn’t sure about the smile because I was in tears.
Oh, I get the tears, but one could marvel about his impact on
- his caregivers - “He’s the only one in my career that I’ve had of dealing with enucleations (eye removal) – I’ve done an awful lot of them – who has come out in this state of mind and who has some sort of conviction, some sort of purpose,” Myint says. “I admire him for doing that.”`
- on other players - That is the toughest guy I’ve ever met," Giants outfielder Alex Dickerson says. “Not just physically but mentally and how brave he is to be doing what he’s doing.”
- his own outlook - “Even though I have one less eye, I haven’t seen things this clear my entire life.”
Thank you, BudGirl, for introducing Dean!
No, please. No more threads. Write a book instead.
I would assume depth perception would be pretty important in hitting a baseball. Maybe not as much as I thought.
While the challenges are not minimized in the article, but neither are some possibilities…
…He (Dean) no longer needs baseball in an elemental way. This is a test. Of his strength and resolve and willingness to flirt with failure.
Only one man has lost an eye and played in the major leagues: Whammy Douglas, who threw 47 innings for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1957.
Myint, the eye surgeon, says that the binocular vision two eyes provide matters for up-close depth perception.
But hitters typically decide to swing when the ball is about 45 feet from home plate, where depth-perception issues, Myint says, would not necessarily manifest themselves.
And because, as a baseball player, Robinson’s brain has already exhibited a unique ability to track high-speed movement, the aptitude he had been showing in all these batting-practice sessions, Myint says, could be very real.
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(2012) Greinke pitching for the Brewers in Houston loses composure and gets kicked out - after 4 pitches…
Ends up tying a ML record…
PS: Listen to his coach try to explain to the ump:
“You gotta understand what he’s throwing the ball like that for!!!”
Why T F did you post this?
“You don’t have to smile at this if you’re a baseball fan”
Or something or another