Double suicide squeeze by M baseball

Also, Brewer getting picked off 2nd base and beating the throw to third base.

I could not believe how far the player that was on second got when the pitcher picked up the ball - he was already around third with a few steps when the pitcher turned and threw the ball to first.  No errors on pitcher or first baseman - and not even a throw to the plate on the 2nd runner! 

What a play - how much fun was that to watch!

Go Blue!

not on youtube yet but you can see it on mgoblue.com at 1:38 of the highlights of the game

my initial reaction was the same.....sad, its that common it the world we live.

My brain went more in the direction of Backpages and Urban Dictionary. 

No way he could have gotten the first guy.  Here is the shot as the pitched is picking up the ball.

The second guy scores because nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.  That suicide bunt is a common enough baseball play so he was just taking the out at first base.  Didn't think anybody would be crazy enough to score from second.

Absolutely no way that there would have been enough time for the first runner. They wanted to try for the "guaranteed" out at first, which they did, giving the time for our second guy to score.  The suicide squeeze is awesome every time it works, and I hate that the mlb is now a strikeout or homerun league.

The single suicide squeeze works because it's virtually impossible to get the runner out at home given the head start he has from third -- if the batter makes contact.  That's the "suicide" part of it; if the batter misses, it's almost impossible to avoid an out at home. :)

The play that you've likely seen, where the pitcher frantically shovels the ball home to try to get a tag, is a safety squeeze.  The difference between the two is that the runner from third doesn't commit until he sees the batter make good contact.

The double suicide squeeze does rely upon the catcher not paying attention.  On a bunt play, the infielders rely upon the catcher to direct their throw, because he can see the whole field.  In this case, if he had checked the runner who had been on second and seen he was barreling home, he should have signaled for the ball.  Then, the runner has to stop and head back to third; at that point, he's hoping to get trapped in a rundown, giving the batter a chance to reach second.

It really has little to do with the defense messing anything up. Once they concede the run at home, they’re thinking “get the out at first”, which makes the trail runner an after thought.

The trail runner is simply turning the corner reading the play. The 3B is in, SS is covering 2B, the 2Bman is at 1b. Runner is all by himself and he can go until ball stops him. In this case, he had the green light because the the throw went to 1b and he was already moving 

Fantastic play and I’d imaging many coaches are adding if they had not already. 

Saw this early today.  Bakich likes this play.  +1 to you.

"You may run like Mays, but you hit like sh*t." -- Lou Brown, Manager Cleveland Indians

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DpOmgpIDXQ

That was way more risky iirc.

1. Hayes was on 2nd with nobody on 3rd.

2. There were 2 outs and Jake Taylor (old, slow catcher) had to beat the throw at 1st to allow the play to continue to develop.

3. Hayes had to go nonstop as soon as the pitcher committed and hope that 1B wasn't paying attention.

Still an awesome play and perfect ending to a great movie.

"It's fucking demoralizing to the other team"

This would explain the full-scale meltdown by Creighton in the 7th (the following inning).  I'm not sure that I've ever seen a baseball team quit so badly.

Ty, I'm glad (surprised, but glad) to see some positivity from you over the last 24 hours.  In fact, I can't help but notice that your newfound ebullience is so powerful that it has traveled through time, changing several of your more toxic and vitriolic posts into positive and supportive ones.  Some examples of your physics-defying happiness:

12:18am on June 3, as the bullpen was struggling against Creighton.  You initially posted "Time to choke," but now it reads "Not going great but tomorrow is a new day."

12:40am on June 3, after the lead was gone, you said that you knew the real team would show up.  It now reads "Not great but Michigan will have another chance tomorrow. Burn the tape and move on." 

1:15am on June 3, after the game was over, "Just like softball" became "Tough break but this team will bounce back."

9:56pm on June 3, a few minutes before the double suicide squeeze, your original comment that it was only the 6th inning and that the bullpen would blow the game has now become "Lookin good so far. Long way to go. Stay focused guys!"

Thankfully MGoBlog preserved the beginnings of your original posts in the "Title" section on your page.  Also it's not like I would have responded to a supportive post of yours by calling you "the turd in the MGoBoard punch bowl," which is how it reads, after you literally revised history.

In all seriousness, you and goblue85 took a lot of heat on the board for your rampant pessimism that bordered (to be charitable) on outright disdain for Bakich, Michigan baseball, and, at times, Michigan athletics.  I don't understand why anyone would look at the Randy Quaid character from Major League 2 and think that's an appropriate way to behave, but that's your business.  At least goblue85 hasn't made it worse by dishonestly editing his posts to completely change their meaning.  That's just embarrassing.