But i’ll replay it for you. Royals down 1-0. Keller comes in
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and strikes out the first guy. Second guy hits one just out of the reach of the SS. Guy on first. Next guy up hits a grounder right where the second baseman usually plays but he was standing behind second base. At minimum runner out at second. Two out. Likely a inning-ending double play. Oh well, shyt happens. Managers employ the shift all the time.
So now we have first and second with 1 out. What does Matheny do? He puts the first baseman HALFWAY between first and second. What do you think the runner on first is going to do? He leads off HALFWAY between first and second because nobody is near first base. The next pitch the hitter grounds one to the SS but he literally eats the ball. He can’t throw it to second because the runner, having a huge lead, is already standing on second base. He can’t throw it to first because the first baseman was 45 feet away from the bag.
Now we have the bases loaded in what should have been the end of the inning. Of course the next guy hits a double and 2 runs come in, basically ending the game.
Yes, Matheny really did that.