r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/HomeNowWTF • Aug 19 '26

He counted three. It was only two.

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u/aberration_creator Aug 20 '26

can someone please explain what is going on for my european pea brain? :(

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u/evacc44 Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26

The inning ends with 3 outs. Players sometimes throw the ball into the crowd for fans at the end of the inning. The outfielder thought this was the third out, which it wasn't so he threw the ball into the stands while the inning was still going on.

When this happens the original catch is still an out, but all runners on base get two bases automatically and the play ends. Normally with a catch like this with 2 outs the runners most likely wouldn't have advanced at all. In this scenario two bases meant a run scored.

In this scenario it didn't affect the game because the guy that screwed up was getting destroyed by double digits anyway. Just a dumb embarrassing thing to do in the moment.

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u/ErgoDestati Aug 22 '26

Why would they get two bases automatically?

The catch means the batter is out, why would the play be continued for any reason past that?

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u/tay_kenz Aug 23 '26

The batter is out but the runners already on base get to advance two bases