"No force out. No caught liner. No round-the-horn grounder. A single that somehow turns into all three runners out. Just a couple questionable baserunning decisions, and then an inexplicable lack of attention from Matt Shaw at third base. He was not the guy tagged out when they were both standing there, but he nevertheless wandered off the base, either believing he was the one called out, or that the inning was over."
"Just a couple questionable baserunning decisions, and then an inexplicable lack of attention from Matt Shaw at third base. He was not the guy tagged out when they were both standing there, but he nevertheless wandered off the base, either believing he was the one called out, or that the inning was over. Either way, just stay on the base until/unless you're 100% certain (also, third base coach has to be screaming there)."
A Spring Training single became an unusual triple play when baserunners made poor decisions and the third baseman left the bag. No traditional force, liner, or round-the-horn grounder produced the outs. Two runners behaved questionably on the bases, and Matt Shaw at third base wandered off while another player remained nearby, producing an unnecessary out. The defender who should have been tagged was not the one standing on the base. The play illustrates the importance of staying on the bag until certain, and the value of Spring Training for correcting costly mental errors before the regular season.
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