Funniest Play?

[Williamsburg2599]

What's the funniest play you've seen on the diamond, for example the canceso head homer.( note to Yankee fans, the 1986 W.S was NOT funny, unless you consider the 2004 playoffs funny too:laugh)

[Shoeless]

Lloyd Moseby on first attempts to steal second, the throw sails way high and is caught by the shortstop backing up the play. Moseby dives into the bag, picks himself up and burns rubber BACK TO FIRST! The ss throws to first where Lloyd is once again diving into the bag (we still don't know why at this point) but the throw gets away from 1B so Moseby picks himself up AGAIN, and burns rubber for second again, and dives into the bag just ahead of the tag.

OK, you kind of have to see it in real time; a verbal description doesn't do justice.

It turns out when the throw sailed high the infielders cleverly fooled Moseby into thinking it was a liner caught by the SS.

[Stumanji]

When I was a kid, I had a video of Baseball Bloopers, and this was one of them. I used to watch that video all the time. I wonder where it went.

I remember a play in MLB, where there is a runner on first base, and the hitter hits a line-drive that ricochets off third base and flys on a line directly to the 2nd baseman covering second, who tags the base and fires to first for a double play.

Did this happen? It sounds a bit far-fetched, but I seem to remember it.

[jays632]

Some clip from a game in Japan, Tony Batista gets plunked and instantly runs 3 steps towards the mound, the pitcher just bolts away and then Tony turns and jogs down to first with a smile on his face.

[Cubsfan97]

I saw a Corey Patterson play earlier this year where he was on first and the ball was hit to center, it hit something in the air and the CF caught it, but he didnt know if the CF caught it so he kept jogging between 1st and 2nd, but never tagged on 1st, eventually ran to 2nd and stopped, then the CF who was on the ground for a moment got up and threw him out at 2st.

[trosmok]

Willie Stargell had gained a bit of girth around the middle by 1979. Even though the Pirates were battling the Expos all the way down to the wire that season, Pops and the gang still having loads of fun playing the game. They had one game well in hand when Willie drew a walk, and was given the steal sign. The batter stepped out to double check down to the 3B coach's sign, and the 1B coach told Stargell to go on the first pitch. He took a lead, the pitcher wound, and off towards second Pops rumbled. The poor catcher fumbled the ball in disbelief, but still managed to get off a good throw right on the bag. Willie hit the deck but never slid, he just sort of augered in ten feet from second. :eek: The SS slowly walked to him, tagged him, and helped him up amidst convulsive laughter that delayed the game for minutes. After the game he claimed he had been given bad information: he said they told him there were only eighty feet between bases.:laugh

[soberdennis]

Even though it was before my time, it had to be funny to see someone trying to pitch to Eddie Gaedel. Nothing against him. But to begin with Veeck meant it as a joke anyway.

[brewcrew82]

Not from MLB, but Vancouver Canadian, Rodney McCray, crashing through the outfield fence in pursuit of a flyball is pretty classic.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/244354/home_run/

[vptpt]

Glenallen Hill used to be one of those players who would step out of the box time and time again and really slow the game down. The home plate umpire had apparently had enough of that in one game. Hill backed out of the box and the umpire signalled to the pitcher to go ahead and pitch. Hill, about 3 steps out of the box, got into his crouch and THEN moved back up into the box. He hit a double, but it was pretty funny to see him in his batting stance, moving really fast on his tiptoes the way he did. It's hard to explain it fully, but anyone who saw it knows what I mean.

[flea45]

I saw one where a bullet was ripped to 3rd and it bounced of the 3ber to the ss who threw the guy out at first. if memory serves i think it might have been the white sox.

[redlegsfan21]

I remember seeing a pitcher, i think it was for the nationals, slip just as he released the ball causing it to bounce off the ground into the catchers glove...in the strike zone. That looked quite funny when i saw it. Anyone else remember this?
That was Cordero, I think.

[tigers527]

Being both a fan and one who practises MA (martial arts)...That minor league game where the batter thought he was thrown at intentionally. Promptly, drops his bat and does a picture perfect sidekick into the catchers face (while the catcher was still in his squat, still wearing his mask), and then charges the mound. Maybe I am sick thinking this was funny?

I also remember seeing the clip of a Japanese game where the batter chased the pitcher and the pitcher ran off. But the one I remember, the chase went on for a while. I wonder if it is my memory, or perhaps this was the same pitcher?

[Jose Reyes]

New nominee

Two Dodgers tagged out at home one after the other in the 2nd inning of the Mets-Dodgers game today.

[trosmok]

Being both a fan and one who practises MA (martial arts)...That minor league game where the batter thought he was thrown at intentionally. Promptly, drops his bat and does a picture perfect sidekick into the catchers face (while the catcher was still in his squat, still wearing his mask), and then charges the mound. Maybe I am sick thinking this was funny?....

Not at all. There had been bad blood between the Pawsox and Red Barons since early May, some said dating back to the previous season. After he did his Bruce Lee on the catcher, he charged the mound, missed with a wild swing, and then had both the 3B man and another player draped over him while he pummeled anything in his path. Both benches emptied in what was a rather uncharacteristic baseball brawl, in that players actually squared off and duked it out instead of the normal grabbing, slapping, and shoving. I had the opportunity to get to know Izzy (Israel Alcantara) when he played here while in the Brewers organization, and he wasn't exactly a team type player. Last I heard he was playing in the Mexican League for Vaqueros Laguna, but that was two season ago. Not sure if he is still in baseball. Hope this link still works:

http://espn.go.com/minorlbb/news/2001/0704/1222517.html

[west coast orange and black]

ruben rivera's baserunning a few years back while with the giants.
“the worst baserunning in the history of baseball!” was jon miller's pointed call.

[ChrisLDuncan]

Ball bouncing off of Canseco's head

[Padday]

I don't remember much about this play but I think it was in Fenway. Basically the guy went to catch the ball on the warning track, it bounced out of his glove and he tried to catch it with his other hand but just ended up knocking into the stand for a homerun.

[trosmok]

If memory serves me correctly, it was 1981, and Ron LeFlore was in center for the White Sox. On a shallow fly he broke back initially, and then came racing in, put his glove up, and the ball bonked him in the head just above the bill of his cap. The ball bounced on the fly into shortstop Bill Almon's glove who was a good ten yards away, and the entire ballpark erupted in laughter. The poor 2B ump was giggling so hard he was barely to raise his arm to signal the out. Stoic manager Tony LaRussa even cracked a smile that afternoon, and Fisk gave "Jailbird" LeFlore a big hug after the half inning ending header.:laugh

[Williamsburg2599]

I don't remember much about this play but I think it was in Fenway. Basically the guy went to catch the ball on the warning track, it bounced out of his glove and he tried to catch it with his other hand but just ended up knocking into the stand for a homerun.
Alex Cora hit it (it was his only of the year, and was a good 15 feet short of the wall before Rios, I beleve, slapped it into the seats for a roundtripper):D

[Cubsfan97]

I heard a story, not sure if its true, but Walter Johnson had tremendous velocity (I think it was Johnson) and anyways to pull a funny, the catcher went and talked to Johnson and Johnson gave the ball to the catcher without anyone noticing and Walter went on pretending to have the ball and wound up and threw aan when he threw the catcher smacked the ball into his glove.

If that really happened that had to be pretty hil;arious, I wonder what the umpire would've called it. ANyone heard this one before?

[Red Sox Rule]

I don't remember much about this play but I think it was in Fenway. Basically the guy went to catch the ball on the warning track, it bounced out of his glove and he tried to catch it with his other hand but just ended up knocking into the stand for a homerun.

That was Alex Rios, i believe.

[Dalkowski110]

2001 Mets spring training game (that or 2000...I think it was '01). Curtis Pride is on the team as a non-roster invitee, playing right field. Well, somebody on the opposing team hit an absolute bomb, but there's a gate in right field...which is open. Pride just walks through the gate and catches the ball maybe six or seven feet BEHIND the wall. I was shocked when they said it wasn't a homerun, and that Pride really did catch it.

[PJ-34]

funniest play ive ever seen?, i laughed, but not because it was funny it was because i was so frustrated and ready to go on a killing spree, it was the Blue Jays Vs the redsox and ortiz had the bases loaded with 2 outs and he popped the ball up in foul ground i was so happy....and Hillenbrand like the ass face always does he messed up and droppped it on his face, an on the VERY!! next pitch ortiz hit a grand slam and the Jays lost.. jsut one of the 1232353636 losses the Jays picked up last season

[CanadianKid]

I don't remember much about this play but I think it was in Fenway. Basically the guy went to catch the ball on the warning track, it bounced out of his glove and he tried to catch it with his other hand but just ended up knocking into the stand for a homerun.

I'm pretty sure it was Jason Michaels when he was on the phillies against the Braves at Turner Field.

[CanadianKid]

funniest play ive ever seen?, i laughed, but not because it was funny it was because i was so frustrated and ready to go on a killing spree, it was the Blue Jays Vs the redsox and ortiz had the bases loaded with 2 outs and he popped the ball up in foul ground i was so happy....and Hillenbrand like the ass face always does he messed up and droppped it on his face, an on the VERY!! next pitch ortiz hit a grand slam and the Jays lost.. jsut one of the 1232353636 losses the Jays picked up last season

I remember Hinske dropped a foul pop by Vlad and next pitch Vlad put it over the right field wall.

[Williamsburg2599]

I'm pretty sure it was Jason Michaels when he was on the phillies against the Braves at Turner Field.
Could of been a diffrent one, but I saw Rios do it live at Fenway in RF.

[PJ-34]

I remember Hinske dropped a foul pop by Vlad and next pitch Vlad put it over the right field wall.

yes isnt it funny how Jays first basmens drop foul balls and then always the next pitch goes yard, didnt something happen to Overbay like that?

[Dodgerfan1]

This is a bit lengthy, but it warrants full description! I swear on everything that's holy that I saw this play on television around 20 years ago and I have NEVER seen it since, although I've actively searched TV shows, the internet, you name it. I wanted to watch it a second time, not only because it was the most hysterical play I have ever seen in my life, but to verify who the teams were and when it happened, but to no avail.

This was a game between two lower minor league teams, I recall that much. The team at bat had a runner at second base. The batter stroked a line drive single to center field and that's where the fun began.....

The center fielder picked it up cleanly and rifled a perfect strike to the plate, where the runner from second, having rounded third, was bearing down on the catcher. It was going to be a bang-bang play. The runner slid into home just as the catcher was applying the tag and it was nearly impossible to tell whether he was out or safe.

The catcher was on his knees holding the ball up in his glove, while the runner was still on his back, both looking at the home plate ump for the call. No call was forthcoming so the runner, assuming he was safe, jumped up and celebrated, then ran into the dugout.

The catcher, not seeing an out call, also assumed the runner to be safe and dejectedly tossed the ball back to the pitcher, however the pitcher began frantically gesturing to the dugout. He had rightly surmised that since the ump had made no call, the play was never completed. Apparently, the runner missed home plate while sliding, but the catcher also missed the tag when he swiped at the runner.

The catcher, understanding what the pitcher was saying, took the ball from the pitcher and trotted toward the dugout, his aim to tag the runner. Unfortunately, player personnel is changed so often in the low minors that the catcher had no idea who it was that he needed to tag so, starting from the first man seated on the left of the bench, began tagging players down the line!! After he had tagged about 5 or 6 players, he turned to the umpire who still had his arms folded, not moving. After tagging another few players, the actual runner, who was near the end of the bench on the far right, suddenly realized what was going on and lit out for home plate in order to touch it and complete the score.

Once he did so, the catcher began chasing him and realized the pitcher was now covering home. He threw the ball to the pitcher, and the runner headed back toward the dugout!! I swear, there was a RUNDOWN between home plate and the dugout and after about 3 or 4 tosses, the runner was tagged out SLIDING INTO THE DUGOUT!!

Now, there are several things I think is wrong with this, the first being that I believe once the runner reached the dugout and the catcher flipped the ball back to the pitcher, wouldn't the play be called dead and the runner allowed to score, even if he missed the plate? Would the ump allow a rundown like that? I would think there must be some sort of 'continuation' rule or something that allows as to when a play is finally over. It's probably safe to assume that the catcher knew he hadn't tagged the runner, and thus did not argue the call, but something doesn't seem right regarding the rules here, but I swear it happened. It seems that there must be some rule regarding the runner going out of the baseline?? I cannot, for the life of me, believe that I never saw this play again. It was a grainy film, obviously a home movie, and I believe it was around the mid-1970s.

Please, tell me someone out there has seen this. I can't possibly be the only one, although it must be a rare video because I have looked for it since and have never seen it.

Sorry for such a long post, but I felt I had to lay this out in order for you to see how comical this all was! I know it almost sounds made up, but it is not.

[-Kyle-]

Sorry for such a long post, but I felt I had to lay this out in order for you to see how comical this all was! I know it almost sounds made up, but it is not.
It was well worth the read, sounded hilarious. :laugh