Jose Altuve Pulled Off A Type Of Double Play Last Night That I'm Shocked Doesn't Happen More Often

On pop ups like this the batter is already not typically busting his ass down the line and every runner already on base has to hold. The defense has the offense by the balls as everyone waits with bated breath as that sphere tumbles back towards the Earth – a true “Well, well, well, look how the tables have turned” moment. But, for whatever reason, this play by Altuve is the exception and not the rule.

Well, I know the reason. Cause if you fuck this up you look like the biggest jackass on the planet. All of a sudden the guy is safe at first and, in a panic, the first baseman rifles the ball into the infield trying to get the runner at second. Now you’ve got second and third with no outs on a routine pop up instead of at least one out. You’re mocked ruthlessly on the world wide web for years to come. Your wife takes the kids and half your earnings and leaves you high and dry. Your kids start calling someone else dad now. It’s just a long, vicious, never-ending, self-fulfilling, unbreakable cycle that kicks in if you fuck this play up so I can somewhat understand why we don’t see it happen on a more semi-regular basis. But still, it’s cool as hell when it does work out and that’s reason enough in my eyes to see it attempted a little more often.