Not too long ago, Coach Sean devoted a few minutes at practice to explaining the finer points of baserunning on the left side of the infield. "Always see daylight between his hand and the ball," he advised the players, meaning before you take off for the next base, you should make sure the defender has actually thrown the ball.
As we saw this summer, even major league players sometimes make a mistake on that play. And based on last night, it looks like they can do it even in the heat of a playoff chase. This time, it was Baltimore's 20-year-old third baseman, Manny Machado, who made the tricky play, catching Rich Thompson off third base and even fooling the TV cameraman:
"That is a veteran play by a raw rookie...an unbelievable play."
You're probably wondering why we are writing blog entries and not emailing you with a schedule update for this weekend. It's because we don't really have an answer yet, but you'll be getting an email later today with a final verdict. In the meantime, we do have practice tomorrow (Friday) from 4:30-6 at Ephesus.
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