MLB fans crushed the Pirates’ Will Craig for inexplicably getting fooled into a first-to-home rundown
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The Pittsburgh Pirates are among the worst teams in baseball, and after watching Thursday’s game against the Chicago Cubs, that should come as a surprise to no one.
Baseball fans were basically in a state of shock after Pirates first baseman Will Craig got baited by the Cubs’ Javy Baez into a virtually unheard of first-to-home rundown with two outs and a runner on second. Craig, for some unknown reason, decided to chase after Baez on the way to home after a routine grounder to third instead of simply stepping on first and ending the inning.
Again, the baserunner was irrelevant in a two-out, force play situation here. So had Craig just tagged Baez even after Willson Contreras slid into home, the run still would not have counted. All the Pirates had to do was keep Baez from reaching first safely. Instead, they put together perhaps the worst baseball sequence you’ll see in a LONG time.
Fans understandably roasted Craig for the blunder because, well, he — a Major League Baseball player — made a mistake that you wouldn’t even see in tee-ball.
That’s going to be a tough one to bounce back from. And to make matters worse: The runs scored as a result of that mishap were the difference in the Cubs’ 5-3 win.
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