College Player Steals 2nd, 3rd, and Home on Same Play 😳

Alright guys, so let's break this play down. This is, first off, in no way intended to make fun of anyone. This is something that I haven't, I don't think I've ever seen this happen in a game before, but let's use it as a coaching point so that hopefully it doesn't end up happening to you or happening again, so none of us need to see it. So we have Ole Miss against Alcorn State, we have a runner on first base, and here we have a pick-off attempt. So first, we have a steal on first move, runner slides in the second safe. Gets up, realizes no one's covering third base, he's going to take off for third. Third baseman isn't there. He slides in the third, catcher comes down. Now he realizes, oh, no one's covering home. Slides in to home. He's safe. Okay, so let's break this down real quick. Okay, it starts off with the pick attempt here. So we're going first move, or Ole Miss is going first move here. So the second the pitcher lifts his leg, the runner is off. Okay, so we have the pick attempt. Now, once we pick off here, pitcher is going to end up coming this way. In case there's some type of rundown, pitcher's going to start to come to first base. Ball is delivered to the shortstop, which is on the inside of the bag where he should be, so that's fine. Now, the tag is applied. Now, we're never able to really see where the third baseman is on this. I don't know if they were playing in some type of, they weren't really playing in a shift because the shortstop is over here, right? So the first thing I thought when I saw this play happen, I said, well, maybe somehow this guy, you know, was playing in the shift and came from over here and the third baseman was way over here and he just didn't realize to get over. But regardless, when this play happens here, third baseman starts off with the third baseman, right? Because like I said, when the pitcher picks the first, he's going to start to move towards first base to cover first in case there is a rundown. So the third baseman immediately has to say, OK, what's my next responsibility? I'm the third baseman. I need to get to third base. And what happens is, well, I'm not exactly sure what happens because he's not at third base. He's standing right there, right? So he's almost on second base. So we've got this sprint here between now the third baseman trying to run back and the runner and he's not going to be able to make it. But the catcher, now the catcher actually sees this all happening and says, what is my third baseman doing? So he says, well, I'll go to third base. Now, some people have been complaining, I saw this online, have been complaining like, what is the catcher doing, stay at home? That's not exactly true because there's times where the catcher is going to go to third base. It happens on bunt plays when he realizes, man on first bunt, he realizes third base is unoccupied because the third baseman and the pitcher don't communicate so he starts to move to third. It happens, right? So I'm not going to blame the catcher for trying to do this. He's trying to cover up for the third baseman who's not there. Now here's where we get in trouble again. So now we have a safe play here. Now during this entire time, the first baseman and the pitcher, they had quite some time to be able to start to move towards home plate. Especially, you have to have some awareness and see that the catcher is starting to run towards third and something has to go on in your head that says, there's another base ahead of third base that is now unoccupied by a defender. And so you've got to start to move that way. So no one is thinking about the base ahead, which is clearly a problem. And so I always tell our players, if you're not going somewhere, if you're not doing something, you're doing something wrong. Once a play is made, even if you are not directly involved in that play, if you're not doing something, if you're not going somewhere, then you're wrong. So always think, what is the next possible play? What happened here is too many guys, really everyone, got caught spectating. Everyone literally was just spectating. They were just watching. I like her reaction right there. She was excited. I don't think she really knew what was going on, I'm sorry, but she was very excited right there. That was awesome. That girl was confused. I think we also have to give a high five here to the base runner who's paying attention, who's always looking to take the next base. And so, again, this is both offensively and defensively. Never give up on the play. The play is never over. So we talked about it from a defensive perspective, you have to be thinking ahead. But from an offensive perspective, the play is never done. There's so many times in games where I see players miss a ball, the ball comes up, hits them, and they just give up. They just give up on the play. And they don't continue it. I'm always looking to continue the play, no matter what. And it comes, whether you're a base runner or a defender, it doesn't matter. The play is never done. As a base runner, I'm always trying to get the next 90 feet. How can I get it? This is one of my other favorite parts right here. So nonchalantly, the third base coach here, he just kind of takes a peek. He takes a peek to the right and says, oh, there's nobody home. And typically, I think he probably felt bad, a little bit bad at this point. I mean, at this point, I'm screaming, go, go, like I'm screaming. He just points and goes, hey, there's no one at home. Go ahead. Why don't you head down that way? Okay, I'll head down that way. And he goes, right, and now we see from this angle, we see the pitcher who somehow picked. Now he's coming from this side of the field. So he picked to first, looks like he started to, again, started to spectate a little bit too much. He ends up in this weird position where he's coming from this direction over here and he's not able to get there. And then you have the first baseman who wasn't moving either. So a lot of things here that are going wrong. One of my other favorite things here, again, I do not want to make fun of these players. They're young players. They're college kids. They're still learning the game. But the third baseman here, after not covering third and then realizing that the catcher was coming and then not running home, points at him and says, hey, you, this guy running there, go get him. I'm not getting up off the ground and chasing him home. You go there. You should have been there. So anyways, kind of a wacky, crazy play, highlights a bunch of things that we can think about on offense and defense. I don't think I've ever seen this. I've seen Dustin Pedroia and I've seen some guys steal second on the shift. They steal second, slide in, and then go to third because the third baseman is the guy that's covering the bag because of the shift and the pitcher doesn't get over there and he falls asleep. But I don't think I've ever seen stealing of second and then going to third and then going to home and literally no one covering any bases. Everyone just kind of saying, go ahead, we're not going to cover bases. So you've got to be thinking ahead all the time. You've got to be protecting that next base. So let me know if you've seen this before. And if there's anything I missed in this play, I think I got everything, but hopefully this helps you out. So thanks for watching. Subscribe to the channel. Hit the notification bell. All that good stuff. We'll talk to you later. 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