Bellinger robs Tatís, Brusdar goes Crazy and Machado gets mad, a breakdown
What Happened
Game 2 of the 2020 NLDS at Globe Life Field gave the Padres and Dodgers a sequence that had everything. In the seventh of a one-run game, reliever Brusdar Graterol pumped 100 mph with arm-side run, then hung a 99 that Fernando Tatis Jr. drove to dead center. Cody Bellinger, not a regular center fielder, sprinted it down and reached over the wall to steal what would've been a go-ahead homer. Graterol's wild celebration set off Manny Machado, and the dugouts started chirping. Machado later put a ball through the middle off Graterol, who didn't seem to mind.
Why This Matters
Robbed home runs flip win probability in a heartbeat, and this one came with the Padres trailing a series they'd eventually lose three games to none. Bellinger's catch erased a go-ahead run, so the emotional swing matched the scoreboard swing. The flap that followed is the kind of thing the unwritten rules crowd loves to argue about: Graterol celebrated hard, Machado took offense, and benches got loud without anyone throwing a punch. Bellinger actually hurt his shoulder on the chest bump that came next, an injury that lingered into the playoffs. The whole bit captured 2020 baseball, a young Tatis and an old guard like Machado on the same roster, raw emotion in empty bubble stadiums. The Dodgers rolled on and won the World Series.
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Key Moments
Who / What Is Involved
Players: Cody Bellinger, Brusdar Graterol, Fernando Tatis Jr., Manuel Machado. Teams: Padres, Dodgers.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentgame two of the nlds between the dodgers
and padres was
full of athleticism full of good
baseball and full of petty drama
let's take a look in the sixth inning
machado takes kershaw deep they were
teammates once how about that
kind of forget he Tim Anderson throws
the bat let's [ __ ] go
[Music]
jump to the seventh inning it's a
one-run game training
hits grisham Dave Roberts says can't
have that you're out they bring in
brewstar he prays to the home run god
says please do not
hurt me then he throws a casual 100 mile
per hour pitch
with run look at this wind-up that gets
it done
he's not even trying you're not even
trying how does he do that
has he thrown 100 miles per hour like
that look at this pitch
that's crazy that's insane i don't even
get it
he follows that pitch up with 99
outside comes in and
tatis takes it so deep and the deepest
of outfields in mlb and then
ballinger [ __ ] robs it i mean before
we get into the drama can we
can we look at the three player
athleticism here
we have a dude throwing casual 99 with
arm side run
we have a shortstop young dude
in the league saying cool athleticism
meet my athleticism i'll just poke that
to
dead center out in 80 percent
of ballparks and then we have Bellinger
who's not an everyday center fielder
kid so athletic he can do it out there
that he runs
and reels it in i mean that would have
been a go-ahead home run
the athleticism on display is crazy this
was worthy of a breakdown even if we
didn't get the drama that we're about to
get
and this little celebration
lacks a lot of athleticism they try to
chest bump Bellinger flips into him
taylor doesn't flip at all
i love that when Bellinger robs this
he celebrates he throws the finger up
starting to throw the number one up
before his feet even touched the ground
because i think he had it the whole way
i think he had that into his glove the
whole way let's [ __ ] go
baby runs in brewstar has a crazy
reaction to this he throws his glove to
the dugout
throws his hat to never seen i never
really seen this the screaming
vomitos i don't know what he's saying uh
double double
number one and then a boom to the sky
and thank you home run gods thank you
i'm glad i asked you to help me out
and then he hears some chirping so he
turns around he's like what am i hearing
who's yelling
and it's Manny Machado saying [ __ ] you
[ __ ] you
i'll [ __ ] you i'll be waiting for you
oh okay cool bye love you until then
bye see you then and then muncie jumps
out
and he goes hey [ __ ] out of here [ __ ]
go back to your [ __ ] dugout get the
[ __ ] out of here
go go
go and Bellinger's just sitting on the
dugout like
reflecting on it like yeah that's pretty
cool it is [ __ ] i mean oh my god i
can't believe i [ __ ] did that
and then you know machado said i'll be
waiting for you well
here he is bruce stars pitching
machado's hitting
you were waiting manny here we go first
pitch
slider outside second pitch up the
middle
nut bags them maybe he was just trying
to hit him maybe he was more focused on
hitting brewstar
than hitting a homer because he he he
twisted him up
i think bruce starts fine with it i
think he's totally cool with it
baseball's the best if you disagree
you disagree but it's the best