Trick plays in baseball 4 of 4
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- Опубліковано 11 лют 2025
- Trick plays in baseball, four video series. Trick plays that teams will use against you...or you can use. Baseball trick plays are not as common as trick plays in football because the rules of baseball have been written to avoid the bush league tricks that teams like to pull.
We do NOT include the hidden ball trick, but just about any other trick used in baseball is in one of the four videos.
Fake to third throw to first move
Skunk in the Outfield play
6:08 the entire sequence is amazing, love that move so much
2:35 raised correctly, you steal, you return it 😂
I like the “dang it!” at the end
A trick I used to use was once I got to second and there was no one on third. I would get big lead offs, while watching for a pick from the catcher, pausing after the pitch and slowly walking back to second. (*Note: This usually worked later in the game when the catcher was getting tired.) If the catcher started lobbing the throw back to the pitcher, I would act like I was turning to go back, but take off for third as soon as the ball left the catchers hand. By the time the pitcher got it and threw it to third I was in safely, and in most cases he hurried the throw and threw it away. I got to sliding and coming up standing since 90 percent of time if he threw it he threw it away and I could easily score. Only once, because I did it to them earlier in the season, did the pitcher not throw to third. I looked at him and grinned, he yelled you're not getting it that easy again.
When I was in 9/10 year old sports, we had a defensive play for runners on second and third with fewer than 2 outs. I was the catcher. Generally the runner on first takes off for second on the pitch. Our Second Baseman would shadow him like he was covering the bag, then our Short Stop would cheat forward a little bit, like he would if crashing for a bunt to the middle infield. I'd chuck it to the Short Stop to bait the runner on third that I was throwing all the way to second. If they did take off for home, the Short Stop, at a closer distance, threw it right back for the tag. Worked pretty well most of the time.
Love The video. Great series of videos. I have personally pulled the last trick ( 6:40 ) and it worked very well.
Perfect timing. Posted 1min after I watched the last vids of this series.
I coached 12U rec softball, long ago. One opposing team was very athletic, well coached, and often stole home on the catcher pitcher exchange. I taught my 3rd baseman to shoulder up to the runner off third. The catcher would throw to 3rd baseman. The shortstop would backup the play a few feet behind 3rd base. If the runner broke home, we would usually hose her with our two short throws, rather than the usual two 60' throws. Subsequently, the runner would safely retreat back to 3rd. After a few of these exchanges, we'd call "Daffy" as in duck. The shortstop would backup right near 3rd base. The catcher would throw to the bag. The 3rd baseman would duck. It occasionally worked.
That doesn't really work in baseball because it's easily visible
2:13 he was just borrowing the bag
Kelpogaming XD
We used to just give the ump a case of beer to make the calls go our way...worked everytime.
We used to run a play with a pick of to a shallow playing centerfielder who runs to 2nd base, worked about half the time
I wish I could play on your team
I really like this video!!👍👍👍
Love these videos please make more
I don't know if I consider this a trick play but I'll share it anyways. I use to tag sliding baserunners out usually with out tagging them. Just swipe real quickly then show the Ump the ball with confidence. If there's two outs you can even start running back to the dugout before the call is made. I remember my coach teaching me that one and it worked like a charm. I remember a kid bitching at the ump protesting the call haha.
bad sportsmanship
@@Rín-wín I don’t see it that way. You could say the same thing to a catcher that tries to frame a pitch. There’s also a rule called “neighborhood play” where a middle infielder can be excused from physically touching second base when turning a double play. It’s not so much a rule as it is leeway. Similar circumstances here. Also I would argue its more virtuous to have loyalty to your tribe or team anything else is sabotage.
In little league we would pull our center fielder in to second for the pick off.
The empty hand fake throw was just used, fooled Justin Turner and got Cody Bellinger out. Ball hit leather but went over the fence. When the fielder faked the throw Turner ran back to first and passed Bellinger. Bellinger was then credited with an RBI single but caught out at second, for a ball that left the park.
I've seen that backpick at 2nd work... it was planned even better as the ball was just a foot over the pitchers head, he just didn't reach for it which set it up even more... 2nd base had it before the runner even took a step anywhere... thing of beauty...
Just found your page cause of these videos... man you sound so much like whiteboy 7th st the guy that used to do call of duty videos
im pretty sure its against the rules to just swat the ball out of their glove, but jeter knows best
It’s plays or attempting plays like these that keep the game exciting or interesting.
Can the batter swat a ball being thrown from the catcher trying to pick off 2nd base? Or just stick his bat in the path of the ball ?
sure he can do it, but he'll be called out for interference and the runner returns
Hawaii play was dirty and it looked to me like he'd been coached to do it.
2:51 this is why we have signs
I once had a catcher so terrible that we got the last one by accident ... when the catcher overthrows the pitcher for a 2-4 putout.
3:48 it makes me uncomfortable that the umpire doesn't have any head protection on.
Maybe don’t put ads for other videos in the last 15 seconds of the clip featuring a slow-mo.
3:58 is that Georgetown little league?
I used to play there
That's field 9. And field 11 at 6:10
4:35 thats my best friend jarren purify if u guys didn’t know
My favorite part of this is the foul tip. He tells us that these are good umpires and would never allow the improper thing to happen, yet the home plate umpire makes no indication (as required) that there was indeed a foul tip. Terrible.
The catcher caught the ball. What more does a team need. Not every foul tip is signaled by every umpire when it's not the 3rd strike.
Thanks for the comment.
@@MJHBaseballno, actually a good plate umpire will indeed give the foul tip signal just for plays like this
Isn’t The opening trick play in this video is a balk. The right handed pitcher spins counter clockwise moving towards home plate.
No, this is called the "spin move" when throwing toward 2nd and is very popular. Because it's to 2nd base, the pitcher does not actually have to throw the ball either.
@@MJHBaseball The spin move is only legal if the pitcher steps off the rubber first. In the video the pitcher right leg does not move off of the rubber prior to spinning. All he does is lift his heal straight up. As a matter of fact his first move is his front leg
3:38 it’s up to the umpire if he wants to call time or not because pitcher is in his motion
Yeah I saw a MLB player try this recently and it got called a strike. He turned and protested that he had called for time, and the ump was just like "I didn't grant that."
I'm pretty sure we faced that team before at gozan park
Gezon Park in Wyoming, MI
At 5:41 we do that when there is a person on 1st and 3rd so if the person on first goes the person on 3rd goes and we didn’t throw it to second it works if you do It right
If that was a foul ball at 1:43 why wasn’t the batter out.
I heard the foul tip. But it was caught by the catcher.
Too long to explain. Read this: www.umpirebible.com/index.php/rules-batting/foul-ball-foul-tip
@@MJHBaseball Too long? I'll take the challenge.
A foul tip is identical to a swing and a miss.
Eleven words. 😁
@@daveh1758 good! But how many people know the difference between a foul tip and foul ball? When my son was 8 and he foul tipped on a third strike and was called out I about lost my s&!t wondering how he could be called out on a foul ball. I wasn't rude but I was clearly upset that nobody heard that the bat hit the ball. Finally some grandpa took the time to take me aside and explain. That was in 2014. Boy have I come a long long way. When fans act like I did, I try to remember that it was me once upon a time. LOL
@@MJHBaseball People understand what's happened even when they say. "foul tip" for a foul to the backstop or off the catcher. So there's no need to even correct them, despite how irritating it is.
So when people ask about how "foul tips" are handled, that's what they're confused about... actual caught foul tips. And that's actually a short answer.
Treat it as a swing and miss.
Now it's down to seven words 😁
Foul tip is a live ball
If you want a vid of that hat taking off pick I pulled it off in a high school game
The thing with when your team did it the catcher didn't get the ball back to the pitch very fast
The catch in the last play isn't even DOING what you describe. He is not doing the same motion every time.
If it's 'bush league" and beyond the bounds of good sportsmanship, why would it be OK in a championship game? What lessons are you trying to teach your players?
1:15 that happened to my Dad in high school
Only the last 2 worked?
The runners won’t even pay attention to the ball because they are stealing. Most of the time they will just believe you and go back. Make sure you just don’t point to first tho
I don't think many youth leagues allow for a kid to yell "foul ball" or anything would be designed to trick a runner into making a bad decision. The same is true for coaches who yell "balk" to cause the pitcher to actually balk.
If you're umpiring, don't allow for it. Warn players for poor sportsmanship and award the runner the proper base(s) for obstruction.
I actually have an example of this very thing on a pop fly where the dugout yells, "Out of play." After it dropped, umpire called batter out. Some day it will be used in a video.
4:30 are you seriously advocating slapping the ball. That is a pure scumbag move
You are allow to pretend to tag him, but you cannot make contact if you dont have the ball
That's not true in almost every league from NCAA down. You cannot fake a tag in order to get a guy to slide unnecessarily. It's a dangerous move and can get a runner hurt. No contact has to be made to get an obstruction call.
umpire at 3.55 has no mask...crazy
Shouldn't the Short Stop saying FOUL BALL to the Runner be the same as Faking a Tag at the Runner. Obstruction?
A Warning to the SS and Team and a potential Advancement of the Runner.
The Runner should AT LEAST receive the base he earned... 2nd Base in this case.
If not. Why not? Can anybody explain that to me?
Only high school rules allow for verbal obstruction. NCAA and OBR do not.
@@juanbustos1052 thanks
@Texican Thanks. But I asked from the perspective of a High School Umpire. And it is against the rules to do this NFHS rules.
The previous response explained it to me.
But I agree with your answer... I'm just more used to the rules for HS and MS aged kids. Adults... should be responsible for themselves like you suggest. (It would be kinda Bush League for adults to do this... but you are still not wrong about whose fault it would be for falling for that kind of tactic.)
But tons of the kids at the level of the NFHS rules set find themselves in their 1st or 2nd year in the sport. You might be surprised to see how many Seniors are playing the game in their 1st Year ever not just the Freshmen or 6th graders.
@Texican That was a million years ago. Society and the RULES of the game have been changed. The kids are softer and dumber. So are the parents with their feels and those kind of parents are the worst when it comes to lashing out at Coaches and Officials.
(But I must say some of that Bad Parent/Fan behavior stuff has started getting dealt with in the past couple years. So progress is being attempted.)
I Ref Football too. It seems like every year a Hit that would have been Legal when I started a decade ago is now 15 yards or maybe even an Ejection now. The less your scrubs keep their heads on a swivel the more likely someone else's overly-hyper kid is likely to directly affect the field position.
@Texican Wish we had Flag here for youth... we have an adult league for it. Go figure on that.
Current ejection rule here for an ejection is a 3 or 4 game suspension. You miss 1/3 or more of your SEASON now if you get Ejected. And we tend to not let the schools get very big... so only a few schools can afford many of those types of players.
In my league our coach made us act like our 2nd base missed the pickoff and the kid would run to third when 2nd would still have the ball all the coaches cursed us oug
4:58
:53 is a balk. Can't start a throw to one base and switch to another.
That's not a balk in High School rules and most Youth League rules.
@@MJHBaseball Great. I finally get a handle on the balk rules and now they're different each level. I call a balk on the balk rule.
3rd
Fake tags are legal in OBR.
True, or at least it was in 2017. (MLB rules changes too often). But in High School and below they are not. I'm not 100% on College Rules for this.
@@MJHBaseball USSSA technically doesn't ban them, either. Although some tournament directors will state in their own rules that they aren't legal.
We did a play we called 52 special. Man on 3rd and 2nd. Guy on 2nd attempts to steal 3rd base ( have to run to about 5 feet from the base) while the guy on third stands on 3rd and yells to go back! If the catcher throws to 2nd, the guy on 3rd runs home and the guy that was on 2nd stays at 3rd. Worked one time but next game the catcher was smart enough to run to 3rd, fortunately the guy made it back to 2nd safe. Another play that worked for us was man on 2nd, short stop covers then runs back to position. Center field creeps toward 2nd as short heads back, then the pitcher turns and fires to center field for the tag. Last one is man on 3rd gets big leads after pitch to entire e the catcher. After 3 times pretend to fall down, if the catcher throws to 3rd run home.
Glad to see the commentary hasn't improved
first two examples are poor mechanics by the umpire, if in fact they are foul tips. fake tagging is legal in MLB but obstruction at all other levels.
3.50 no mask umpire
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This video should be titled: How to get your batters hit by pitches.
I guess Cal Ripken was right, trick plays are little league!
Low key funnuh use dese plays
10 bucks if u knew what I said
Zachary Cohen low key finna use these plays
We do the foul ball trick sometimes
Fixing to use these plays
Nice try, but it was funnuh (gonna) use dese (these) plays
My team does this because I am a shortstop so this is how it goes so there Hass to be a guy on first and third so if the guy on first steals The picture throws it to the catcher and then you throw it to short stop but they think they're throwing it to second so then you throw it back to the catcher and then he gets them out
Stealing 2nd after a walk
The Derek Jeter move is a scumbag move, that can get a player injured really easily.
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All that crap works in little league. Do that in a usssa tournament and you will get laugh at. There baseball IQ is to high
given the entire collapse of freedom almost all over the planet I appreciate seeing what it used to look like
1:15 that happened to my Dad in high school
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