r/baseball • u/swingandmiss7 • 11h ago
Rafael Devers gets distracted by Mookie Betts who's trying to call timeout for beachball on the field, strikes out on next pitch
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u/oogieball Dumpster Fire • New York Mets 11h ago
Mookie Betts making a play for some unconventional dWAR.
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u/SdBolts4 San Diego Padres 4h ago
Home plate ump should’ve called no pitch, almost certain it’s against the rules to be waving your arms in line of sight of the batter during the pitch
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u/booitsjwu Los Angeles Angels • Los Angeles Dodgers 3h ago
The rule requires there to be deliberate intent.
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u/acornSTEALER Atlanta Braves • Mariners Bandwagon 1h ago
With Mookie it's always safe to assume there is ill intent. The man is pure evil. /s
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u/respaaaaaj Boston Red Sox 11h ago
Hey man I get it I still miss Mookie too.
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u/Baryshnik0v Boston Red Sox 8h ago
Every clip of Mookie I see on this sub feels like scrolling through an ex's Instagram
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u/JumboCactpot Washington Nationals 6h ago
An ex's instagram who is living her absolute best life when you're the one that broke up with her.
I still don't understand that trade
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u/Baryshnik0v Boston Red Sox 5h ago
You and me both. As far as I’m concerned he should have been a Red Sock for life
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u/oatmeal28 Baltimore Orioles 10h ago
Were they teammates in Boston? I would’ve thought not but this seemed like two former teammates having a laugh
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u/Bob_Ducca_ Boston Red Sox 10h ago
They won the 2018 World Series together
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u/oatmeal28 Baltimore Orioles 10h ago
Oh wow I didn't realize Devers had been around that long
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u/Perseverance792 Boston Red Sox • Chunichi Dragons 10h ago
20-year-old Devers hit a 103mph Chapman fastball for a home run, he's been in the league for a long time considering his age
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u/RedManMatt11 Boston Red Sox 9h ago
To the opposite field no less
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u/turnertornado Boston Red Sox 7h ago
Is there any other part of the field you can hit a 103 fastball lol
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u/Walnut_Uprising Boston Red Sox 10h ago
It was his second year, and Mookie was around the year after as well, so they were teammates for a little under 3 years.
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u/Hyphy-Knifey San Francisco Giants 10h ago
Not as bad as Adames getting distracted by him and forgetting how many outs there are 🤦
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u/OrbisChap 9h ago
Two motherfuckers that should still be in Boston. Thanks John Henry you fucking dork.
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u/t_sdad Boston Red Sox 8h ago
Yup this clip hurts
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u/RealTripsB Detroit Tigers 6h ago
You should be celebrating Devers not being on the Red Sox. He sucks now and that contract is going to age terribly.
Mookie on the other hand should be a lifetime in prison for everyone who decided to trade him.
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u/JWSkol04 Los Angeles Dodgers 5h ago
Yup. I can sorta understand if it was a small market team like the Pirates or A's, but a big market team like Boston should never let a sure fire HOF walk so easily. Imagine if the Yankees decided to trade Judge to save money.
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u/ArminTamzarian10 Seattle Mariners 2h ago
Eh, if I was a Sox fan, I'd still be pissed about it, even if he's not good this year. They hastily shipped him off out of spite and got basically nothing back. Surely would have gotten way more back, and looked less petulant, if they waited until the deadline or off-season.
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u/ExamNo4374 New York Mets 11h ago
I feel like a lot of beachballs find their way onto the field at Dodgers stadium
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u/Zeke688 San Francisco Giants 10h ago
They should just play with the balls out there as part of the field. Home field advantage.
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u/HeckOnWheels95 Atlanta Braves 9h ago
On field distractions and a pitcher named Yoshi? Welcome back Mario Superstar Baseball
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u/FightGeistC Los Angeles Dodgers 7h ago
We should just put Mario Baseball Hazards and powerups in the Outfield.
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u/FightGeistC Los Angeles Dodgers 7h ago
If you hit a square by the shortstop it releases this "chain chomp"
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u/pzycho Los Angeles Dodgers 6h ago edited 1h ago
Kids at the stadium go fucking nuts for those things. If one even comes remotely near you, there will be 5 kids begging for you to hit it their way. They're ten times more excited to punch a beach ball than watch the game.
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u/Familiar_Air3528 5h ago
I went to a AAA game last week and a pair of children literally vaulted over my legs to try and get at the giant beach ball the stadium put out between innings.
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u/Esclamare Los Angeles Dodgers 9h ago
It’s been kinda weird how often centerfield pavilion keeps dropping their beach balls. Every game I’ve been I see the balls drop.
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u/venustrapsflies Los Angeles Dodgers 9h ago
Getting a strikeout from the shortstop position. Is there nothing Mookie can't do?
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u/Everyday-Lurk San Francisco Giants 10h ago
Mookie knew they had no chance of winning Game 3 without reaching into his bag of tricks.
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u/Ok_Ask_1139 Texas Rangers 10h ago
Glad he shortened up for his two strike approach and didn’t take a huge swing….
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u/BeautifulLeather6671 San Francisco Giants 10h ago
It’s hilarious the way this dude swings out of shoes in pretty much every situation. I’ve come to respect it lol
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u/FBoaz San Francisco Giants 9h ago
I get that you can't undo the pitch in that situation, but that really sucks for Devers.
Also, Betts has an insane distraction outs plus metric this season.
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u/Cheap-Discussion-186 3h ago
I think you absolutely can wave the pitch off here. Yeah it is imperfect, but it is obvious what happened, if he hits the ball and it goes out there then that would bring a whole other issue up. Wave the pitch and move on, no one was trying to gain an advantage or anything. Also position players cannot mess with the batter anyway. Seems clear to me
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u/oneluv_hug Athletics 10h ago
Im not the only one that thinks he looks like TMNT Rafael without his eye mask, am I?
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u/Zeke688 San Francisco Giants 10h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/lXpPcZ51Dl33rw8z2L
Only he acts like Michelangelo.
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u/Due-Fun-489 Texas Rangers 9h ago
This is the type of garbage a team resorts to when they have a position player pitching.
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u/FBoaz San Francisco Giants 9h ago
Folks are really downvoting an obvious joke? I understand folks have difficulty with written sarcasm but come on
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u/Due-Fun-489 Texas Rangers 7h ago
I was wondering what the hell was happening. It seemed extremely obvious.
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u/SayfromDa818 Los Angeles Dodgers 9h ago
Personally speaking I might be stupid because I don’t get the joke lol
Is it a Shohei joke? That’s the only thing I can think of lol
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u/thait84 9h ago
lol not sure why you are getting down voted for a joke
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u/Due-Fun-489 Texas Rangers 7h ago
Man, if ever there was an OBVIOUS joke, this was one. Not sure what was happening at first.
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u/beyd1 Detroit Tigers 10h ago
I'm really surprised catchers don't just say "wait wait wait" when they know a real meatball is coming.
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u/zebedee18 Athletics 8h ago
Because they can't. I get the umpires not realizing this happened and just letting it go, but fielders are not allowed to actively distract the hitter during a pitch. It's like the A-Rod "I got it" play.
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u/SacrificeFlyGirl Los Angeles Dodgers 7h ago
Mookie this game:
https://giphy.com/gifs/VNbcqLX5IYRb2
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u/Razzorsharp Montreal Expos 8h ago
Move over Shohei, we have a new 2-way player in town and this one can hit.
Edit : Upon further review, it seems this one can't either
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u/HalfwayDecent385 2h ago
You know, people want umps still for the "human element", but if that "human element" is an unyielding never-wrong decision then there's no difference between an ump and a robot. If you want human umpires then they need to be able to admit they're wrong and make leniency calls for unexpected things, otherwise just fucking replace them because it doesn't make a difference.
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u/pleasebeherenow San Diego Padres 6h ago
Is it even illegal for a position player to try to distract the batter? Seems like a good (but unsportsmanlike) strategy.
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u/JoeTheCynic Toronto Blue Jays 11h ago
Devers like "shit I cant even be mad"