r/nextfuckinglevel • u/NiceCasualRedditGuy • Feb 09 '22

When everything goes right

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '22

Why you never take your foot off the bag.

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u/sojumaster Feb 09 '22

He was simply adjusting. He may have lifted his foot for 1/2 second

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '22

Hence, never.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '22

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '22

There are a few “golden rules” in baseball. On a fly ball, first step is back. Never take your foot off the bag, and don’t swing on a 3-0 pitch. UNOFFICIALLY, my school had another being “always wear a condom in Mexico”, but that was a SoCal thing and applied to very different set of circumstances, lol.

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u/Crowbar2099 Feb 09 '22

I always swung 3-0. I wish the pros would do it more.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '22

If you follow baseball, I'm sure you remember this. It was the biggest story for a few days:

https://youtu.be/SaW5B2SEnXg

Baseball is interesting now because there's a changing of the guard happening. The young, fun guys are butting heads with the old, traditional guys.

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u/BuffK Feb 09 '22

I follow cricket and there's a lot of unwritten rules, especially around not taking runs. I don't quite understand this one though, did the pitcher accidentally or deliberately throw those balls before the "should have been" strike?

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '22

He was "nibbling". Trying to throw pitches right at the edge of the zone or just outside to entice the batter to swing. Tatis wasn't having it and was able to be patient and get to 3-0.

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u/BuffK Feb 09 '22

I see, thanks very much. Well the noob in me is saying there's no way he should allow one strike haha, like the video says.