On Wednesday, the San Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-2 at home.
But far more important than the outcome of a single game, something quite odd happened on a wild pitch:
I love the immediate confusion of everyone else on the field, before the umps hands go up in the air. Presumably, he’s explaining that he just hoped to take an authentic baseball home with him and he didn’t think anyone would actually miss it.
The play actually reminded me a lot of two other videos. The first, I originally found on a Sub-Reddit known as /r/NeverTellMeTheOdds. Check it out:
Then there was the high school one from earlier this year, which was pretty ridiculously crazy, though it wasn’t technically in his pocket.
So, which of the three disappearing ball tricks do you like the best?