May 01st, 2017

No matter how much Baseball you've watched in your lifetime, every now and then you're going to see something you've never seen before. For instance, during Spring Training this year, in what looked like some sort of bizarre cold-war flashback, players and umpires wore forced to the ground by a swarm of bees:

And then just last week, the Athletics' Kendall Graveman pulled off this nifty 1-unassisted double play:

I love this play for a lot of reasons. The art of the rundown seems to be getting lost these days. Graveman did exactly what you're supposed to - run directly at the baserunner, and don't make the throw until you absolutely have to. Turns out he didn't have to at all. Then, he had the presence of mind to not only notice the runner breaking for third, but also managed to get to him by leaping over the guy he'd just tagged! This is just plain fun to watch.

​So keep going to games; keep watching on TV. If you ever start to think you've seen it all... you'll be wrong.