I was in the car driving in Marin between Sausalito and Larkspur this afternoon, and when looking at the map to see where my next turn was, I saw a notification from my friend pop up that said "righty splash hit!!!" and I couldn't think about much else until I parked. I knew it wasn't a big famous guy, because he would've mentioned the name, but I was curious who it was. to be honest, I was a bit crestfallen when I saw the name - I figured he was just some random guy, didn't even know if he was on the Giants or not, figured he was maybe some sort of journeyman and didn't look into it further. Very glad I read the beginning of this post - hearing that Krukow talked about this in advance makes it a much cooler story!
I think you’d have to score it, SB 1-2, CS 3XH 2-1-5. Because he did break (a teeny bit) for home on a play that’s a double steal. This also seems slightly wrong, but it captures the spirit of the play better than a pickoff.
I watch a lot of baseball and I swear over the last month or so there have been much fewer steals of second with a runner on third. This could just be more Pirates futility running the bases, too. If only we had the data available somewhere to back this up…
This was a big moment of the 2024 baseball season! I can say w full confidence that many of us got overly excited when we saw that dinger. Great lil nugget that you were there just hours before too. ‘‘Twas meant to be
I was in the car driving in Marin between Sausalito and Larkspur this afternoon, and when looking at the map to see where my next turn was, I saw a notification from my friend pop up that said "righty splash hit!!!" and I couldn't think about much else until I parked. I knew it wasn't a big famous guy, because he would've mentioned the name, but I was curious who it was. to be honest, I was a bit crestfallen when I saw the name - I figured he was just some random guy, didn't even know if he was on the Giants or not, figured he was maybe some sort of journeyman and didn't look into it further. Very glad I read the beginning of this post - hearing that Krukow talked about this in advance makes it a much cooler story!
I think you’d have to score it, SB 1-2, CS 3XH 2-1-5. Because he did break (a teeny bit) for home on a play that’s a double steal. This also seems slightly wrong, but it captures the spirit of the play better than a pickoff.
My grandpa called it! https://open.substack.com/pub/pebblehunting/p/first-and-third-at-the-highest-level?r=1as4x0&utm_campaign=comment-list-share-cta&utm_medium=web&comments=true&commentId=50695217
I watch a lot of baseball and I swear over the last month or so there have been much fewer steals of second with a runner on third. This could just be more Pirates futility running the bases, too. If only we had the data available somewhere to back this up…
This was a big moment of the 2024 baseball season! I can say w full confidence that many of us got overly excited when we saw that dinger. Great lil nugget that you were there just hours before too. ‘‘Twas meant to be
That’s an amazing Ramos story. I miss San Francisco and will never forget seeing Bonds homer against Gagné in person.