The second half of that fundamental rule: do not, under any circumstances, try to scoop it up from the side unless you’re stretched out and it’s the only play you have. Even if it takes a crazy bounce and you don’t catch the grounder cleanly, you will still have a chance to throw the runner out if you pick the ball up quickly enough. Get down and use your body as a human wall. From Little League tryouts all the way up to big league spring training, infielders are taught one basic rule on ground balls: keep it in front of you. Unfortunately for Seager and the Dodgers, he failed to follow the most basic of fielding fundamentals.
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But Jansen is out there to pitch and didn’t have much time to react after finishing his follow-through, so his whiff on the catch is understandable.īut Seager – one of the best young shortstops in the game, a guy who is rumored to be leaving town as a free agent this winter, a guy who smacked a home run for a 2-0 lead before the first hot dog was sold – was perfectly positioned to pounce on the hard-hit ground ball that came right at him after nearly decapitating Jansen. And before that, pitcher Kenley Jansen could have and should have caught the same ball as it whizzed by him right up the middle. The mainstream media won’t say it, so we’ll say it for them: Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager should have snagged the game winning hit by Eddie Rosario Sunday night for an easy out at first or second base. They are now 41-1 thanks to some awful fielding and even worse managing in Sunday night’s stunning 5-4 loss to the Atlanta Braves in game 2 of the National League Division Series. The Dodgers were 41-0 this season when leading by two runs or more in the eighth inning.
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