Smartest Plays in Baseball History

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  @PickleDillGaming · 2 years ago

  Plays like these make me wish that baseball existed

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• AD

  @adamplace1414 · 2 years ago

  The 50-ft lead in the outfield was WILD. Somebody was thinking late into the night and cackling madly over that plan.

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  @Viral.microdoses · 2 years ago

  “If he tries to pick off the runner in right field” is such a wild statement had me laughing out loud

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• AN

  @AnvilPro100 · 1 year ago

  Idk man, the guy purposefully tripping to distract the pitcher from the guy stealing home is the smartest thing here imo lmao

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• MI

  @mitchelvalentino1569 · 2 years ago

  Regarding the Johnny Bench play, when Ty Cobb was player-manager of the Tigers, he ordered a similar play on Babe Ruth. <br><br>Cobb was managing from centerfield and yelled to the pitcher to intentionally walk Ruth. The pitcher gave Cobb a slight look of disagreement. The catcher yelled to the pitcher to just follow orders and walk Ruth. The catcher stood for the intentional walk, but at the last second the pitcher threw a strike one fastball. Expecting a ball, the Babe didn’t swing. <br><br>Cobb yelled again from the outfield, pretending to be angry, ordering an intentional walk. The catcher appeared irritated and berated the pitcher for trying to lose the game by letting Ruth hit. But the next pitch was another strike. Ruth expected a ball. <br><br>Then Cobb ran to the mound and pretended to chew out the pitcher, threatening to not only take him out of the game, but bench him and fine him for disobeying. Some of the infielders came in to calm things down. The frustrated pitcher finally agreed to walk Ruth. Knowing Cobb’s style as a manager, Ruth and the Yankees bought it. The theatrics paid off and the next pitch was strike three.

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• MR

  @mrcooliojones165 · 2 years ago

  the kentucky play was actually genius

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• AL

  @Alex_W_2003 · 2 years ago

  I heard a story in Ken Burns&apos; Baseball about the 19th century player King Kelly. In those days, to enter a game off the bench, you would announce yourself. In one game, a popup came towards Kelly&apos;s dugout, and he stepped onto the field, said, &quot;Kelly now catching for Boston,&quot; and caught the ball, and the batter was called out.

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• MO

  @momentous7417 · 2 years ago

  That last pitch was a damn ball 😆 the ump didn’t want to ruin the “smartest” play of all time and just went with the catcher’s reaction

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• BI

  @BigDaddyPrettyBoy · 2 years ago

  Me whenever baseball doesn’t exist posts 🎉

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• TE

  @Teremei · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3yNSErprac&amp;t=18">0:18</a> fartin on the baseball to give the pitch some extra stank.

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• ME

  @meetra5073 · 2 years ago (edited)

  nah somebody give the batter at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3yNSErprac&amp;t=196">3:16</a> a medal. He made contact AND got it safely onto the ground

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• PI

  @PickyMcCritical · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3yNSErprac&amp;t=335">5:35</a> i am obsessively in love with rule exploitation, probably to a fault. there&apos;s something addicting about demonstrating flaws in systems, whether it&apos;s a bad rule or a missing rule. i&apos;m so glad this play exists.

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