{"id":543517,"date":"2021-05-27T18:35:47","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T22:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=543517"},"modified":"2021-05-27T18:35:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T22:35:49","slug":"watch-javier-baez-tricks-pittsburgh-pirates-into-incredibly-dumb-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-javier-baez-tricks-pittsburgh-pirates-into-incredibly-dumb-play\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Javier B\u00e1ez Tricks Pittsburgh Pirates Into Incredibly Dumb Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-javier-baez-tricks-pittsburgh-pirates-into-incredibly-dumb-play%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=543517&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1233108207.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Some baseball plays are so absurd you just have to see it to believe it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Thursday afternoon, the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates played a matinee game at PNC Park. With two outs in the third inning, Cubs shortstop Javier B\u00e1ez hit a ground ball to Pirates third baseman Erik Gonzalez. What followed has to be seen to be understood \u2026 then we\u2019ll explain.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.8979591836735\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Javier B\u00e1ez.<br \/>El Mago.<br \/>The Magician. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yZX7HgUFCU\">pic.twitter.com\/yZX7HgUFCU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cubs\/status\/1397965478027530246?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gonzalez\u2019s throw takes Pirates first-baseman Will Craig off of the first-base bag, causing B\u00e1ez to stop and try to give the baserunner&nbsp; \u2014 Willson Contreras \u2014 time to score from second. The only issue? There were two outs in the inning.<\/p>\n<p><span>All Craig had to do was backpedal to the bag at first and the inning would have been over. Craig took his sweet time in following B\u00e1ez as he retreated toward home plate, and Contreras was able to slide under the tag of Pirates catcher Michael Perez. B\u00e1ez then took off for first base \u2014 which was uncovered \u2014 the throw from Perez sailed into right field, and B\u00e1ez slid safety into second.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The stat keeper scored the play: fielder\u2019s choice, RBI, E2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy first thought was to go headfirst, pretty much out of the baseline, but the throw got there so early,\u201d B\u00e1ez&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JesseRogersESPN\/status\/1398014269912911874?s=20\">told<\/a> reporters after the game. \u201cI was just trying to make Willy score even though there were two outs. When I called safe, I remember that I had to go to first. I was pretty tired.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pirates manager Derek Shelton shouldered the blame for the play, saying that it\u2019s on him for his players to know the rules.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s on me,\u201d Shelton <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JMackeyPG\/status\/1398003726594494467?s=20\">said<\/a>. \u201cBag hasn\u2019t moved in 140 years. Our guy has to know the rule. That\u2019s on me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Pirates broadcast \u2014 laughing at the play initially \u2014 was floored by what they witnessed.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOh my goodness! No way,\u201d play-by-play announcer Greg Brown said on the Pirates broadcast. \u201cThat is unbelievable! Never seen that before. Never. Javier B\u00e1ez just stole a run for his Cubs. That\u2019s amazing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.7906976744186\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Pirates call of that play by Baez, Tristan Jarry has to be grateful for the distraction <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o77V0oWBCT\">pic.twitter.com\/o77V0oWBCT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CJ Fogler #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cjzero\/status\/1397971891370053635?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never seen anything like it,\u201d Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks said after the game. \u201cI don\u2019t think you\u2019ll ever see it again. \u2026The dugout was just losing it. They couldn\u2019t believe what they just saw with their eyes. Guys were going crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.4453781512605\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He would be safe at second base 30 seconds later <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SiYwICpKch\">pic.twitter.com\/SiYwICpKch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillBrinson\/status\/1397969576479035394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>First baseman Anthony Rizzo \u2014 sitting out the game due to lower back tightness \u2014 was seen doubled over with laughter in the Cubs dugout.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.8333333333333\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Cubs dugout <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/34y7FcNpKC\">pic.twitter.com\/34y7FcNpKC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CJ Fogler #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cjzero\/status\/1397973698733232128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Craig was clearly confused and concerned about allowing Contreras to score before applying the tag on B\u00e1ez, but the tag wasn\u2019t necessary in the first place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Cubs went on to sweep the three-game series with a 5-3 victory. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to <\/i><i>sports@dailywire.com<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some baseball plays are so absurd you just have to see it to believe it.On Thursday afternoon, the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates played a matinee game at PNC Park. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313331,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1233108207.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: Javier B\u00e1ez Tricks Pittsburgh Pirates Into Incredibly Dumb Play","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-543517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1233108207.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: Javier B\u00e1ez Tricks Pittsburgh Pirates Into Incredibly Dumb Play","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}