Javy Baez avoids tags, shows smooth moves on bases

comes the old one from boy or running as buyers that pizza strike before by Lucroy and he is going to be out at second base by has thought that the tag was missed it was a perfect throw by Lucroy but an amazingly effective and clever slide by Javier Baez going in headfirst seemed to reach around with his right hand to get to the bag before he was tagged and run as you said he pulled the left arm back to avoid being tagged he say the runner goes the pick off throw and now the throw to second and Baez is tagged out by Tazz thought he got in there safely and he's motioning to the Cubs third base dugout and we're all gonna wait for the video people to take a look and I think he might have been in there safely watch the swim move he misses him there he misses him there he misses him there he's trying to figure out how they could call him out Baez is safe at second Mount Stewart third tough play can't make the play by trying to score kid has no fear two balls and a strike on Lester the pitch John showing bunt it's inside the throw home by a stretch the score he guides lead three nothing he just turned and threw two thirty saw the runner was way off but he did not evaluate what the runner was doing and as soon as Ruiz wound up to throw to third Baez just continued to come home did the old swim move as he avoids the tag [Applause] xavier drives one in the air deep right-center field still going still going still going that Bo's off-the-wall and bouncing away Xavier might round the bases Heyward has scored by is rounding third he's trying for an inside the Parker the throw to the plate he slides his safe inside the park home run Javier Baez Cubs lead two to nothing then he's ready for the pitch to humble on a swing and a line drive base hit right field one run is in players is going to try to score the throw to the plate he slides he scores he scores Cubs win two-run single Alex Avila is halfway down the line he's gonna I love it man as he picked the game you know he thought the game I would not be surprised with that entire play was to talk about and planned out in advance with bias and how great if he is there that the Cubs love the safety squeeze they've been doing it a lot all year yeah he he pulls the bat back does Quintana this is just hobby stealing home that's the base in fires around third he's going to be sent he will score Pugsley seven six pins oprah's Butterfield the third base coach coming well down the Lance's and read the play no sense throwing up a stop sign anyway at any point in that situation because I don't think avi is going to stop pop the pitcher and the center there is rift on it now buyers trying to score and he [Applause] what a wild play we take it over and Silva he's reading the Miss plan me out let's buy this arcane do that it's a I'm going for by us with a steal and it could delay that steal and he say Anderson tag even though the throw beat'em Houdini does it again this is his preferred method the Cubs don't do a lot of stealing but this is a textbook delayed steal technique and then a little swim move at the end modestly shuffle shuffle go trying to catch not only the catcher but the infield is mapping to Anderson was there in plenty of time to receive the throw so but not for the sleight-of-hand he's out

Channel: MLB

Views: 411,042

Rating: 4.8166895 out of 5

Keywords: Major League, baserunning, highlight reel, Chicago Cubs, Major League Baseball, Baseball, MLB, Javier Baez

Id: ICPD8QG6M1c

Length: 5min 0sec (300 seconds)

Published: Mon May 14 2018