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When Ceddanne (Rafaela) dove and touched second base, I mean that was probably the craziest I’ve seen this crowd this year so ...
Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto made a spectacular leaping grab and tag of Cody Bellinger at the plate for an inning-ending ...
Mark Vientos catches a Matt Chapman liner and fires to Brett Baty to turn a double play in the bottom of the 1st ...
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Jorge Alcala freezes Michael Conforto and Andy Pages is caught stealing as the Red Sox perfectly execute a strike-‘em-out, ...
A close play at second base to start a double play no longer involves the take-out slide. It is a free pass to convert, and yet conversions are not increasing in percentage.
Turning a double play arguably is more difficult than ever. Although the sliding rules instituted in 2016 made it safer for an infielder to hold his ground at the bag, other changes can make ...
FanGraphs also has a double play rating and its numbers range from plus-7.4 (Tigers) to minus-7.8 (Royals). Four of their five bottom teams made the playoffs: Cubs, Brewers, Mets, Dodgers and Royals.
The 1980's were a decade of double plays. It started in 1980, when "The Bad News Bears: Double Play" was released, to little fanfare (it was much worse than the original).