VIDEO: Blue Jays Somehow Throw Out 2 Runners at the Plate at the Same Time vs Pirates
By Brendan Balsamo
After finishing 69-93 in 2019, the Pittsburgh Pirates aren't looking any better entering 2020. In a play in their Spring Training game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday, the Pirates somehow had two players tagged out at home on the same throw.
Just your standard 2 guys being thrown out at the plate baseball play. pic.twitter.com/QqL8xcAHuM
— Cut4 (@Cut4) March 9, 2020
On an absolute bomb against the wind from Pirates prospect Oneil Cruz, a baserunning miscue caused both Kevin Kramer and Jacob Stallings to be thrown out trying to score.
The Pirates' play-by-play commentator Greg Brown referenced a similar play from 1985 when White Sox catcher Carlton Fisk tagged out two Yankees at home plate in Bobby Meacham and Dale Berra. That's a glorious rewatch.
This day in 1985: Rickey Henderson singled... and Pudge tagged out Bobby Meacham & Dale Berra.#WhiteSox pic.twitter.com/wJWKTxeJus
— Christopher Kamka (@ckamka) August 2, 2019
This was just a comical play from a comical team. There are multiple teams in MLB that are looking great for 2020, and the Pirates are most certainly not one of them.