Twins and White Sox Are all confused on a dropped line drive, a breakdown

What Happened

In a close game between the Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox, veteran pitcher Rich Hill of the Twins is struggling with his command, walking the first three batters he faces in the inning. With the bases loaded and no outs, Hill induces a shallow fly ball that the Twins' second baseman, Jorge Polanco, appears to catch. However, the umpires do not call the infield fly rule, leaving the runners free to advance at their own risk. Polanco then drops the ball and chaos ensues. The White Sox baserunners, including Luis Robert, are unsure of how to react. Polanco quickly throws to second base, getting one out, but the umpires must confer to sort out the proper call. They ultimately determine that Robert is out on the force play, while the other runners are safe. The confusion continues as the Twins and White Sox players, as well as the umpires, try to make sense of the play. Catcher Yasmani Grandal of the White Sox appears to be the only one who fully understands the situation, though he doesn't reveal his knowledge right away. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli comes out to discuss the call with the umpires, who explain their reasoning. Despite the chaos, the umpires manage to get the call correct, much to the relief of the Twins' dugout. However, the damage is done, as the two White Sox runners score and Hill is eventually removed from the game, visibly frustrated with the outcome. The incident highlights the complexity of baseball's rules and the importance of quick thinking and decision-making by players and umpires alike. While the Twins ultimately come up short in this particular game, the unique and bizarre nature of the play will surely be a topic of discussion for fans and analysts alike.

we had one of those baseball as weird

and beautiful moments

in the twins white sox game last week

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rich hills on the bump

and he's walking everybody walks the

lead off hitter then he's going to walk

mccann then he's going to walk the next

batter just can't find the zone

does get squeezed on a couple calls not

that one not that one

that one maybe you get the call there

anyway he walks robert

so now you got bases loaded no outs

gotta get out of it okay little flare

shot can probably get two out of that at

least

one what's going on he's

out okay he's snow call and he's

safe what everyone's looking around what

uh him and her

what that's two outs no

what hold up okay here's what happened

ready

they did not call the infield fly rule

which would mean the batters out

automatically and the runners advance at

their own

will or whatever does he drop this on

purpose because the best case is he

catches this

and then maybe fires it to first to try

and double up robert but ceno's not even

covering the bag

so catching it gets you one out now if

once he drops it

and they don't rule that he dropped it

on purpose they let it roll

at this point i mean if he just he grabs

this ball

if he fires that home he gets the force

out at home and then the catcher can

throw it to third

and get the force out at third and

that's an

easy two outs maybe you can throw it to

second

and get robert who was running backwards

to first and get a triple play

maybe but i think you're you're

guaranteed if you come home

one out on the force out and then to

third second out on the force out

he doesn't do that he immediately turns

to second

and flips it over here and now

robert's out so this base runner is out

on the force play

because he has to run the second they

beat him so then they throw to first

and cenote tags robert but he's already

out and mendix on first

it's his bag so you can't get robert out

twice so there's no call there

and then they go back to second and he's

safe

so that's what happened the umps got it

correct good job by the umps they didn't

call infield flight i wonder

if cause once he drops it all the white

sox runners like the runner on third

should be bombing for home because

the bases were loaded and you have to

run so i wonder if

they thought there was an infield fly if

someone yelled one of the third base

coach or first base coach yelled in

fieldfly

and that's why everyone acted like this

but everyone seemed to act

off besides the umps who got it right

now this is what i don't know

mccann's on second here when he catches

i guess that gets robert out but not

mccann even though he's on the

that's interesting to me but you know

he's safe and the other thing is did

mccann

know what was happening or did he just

get incredibly lucky

because if he doesn't think it's an

infield fly he should be running right

away and then once they go that way

and then he comes back did he realize

that robert was out so the force was off

and now it's a tag play and come back or

did he just get lucky

i have no idea but he's giggling like

i'm not telling i don't know i'm gonna

let you think i'm a genius

then the umpires get together and they

try to figure out what they have then

you can hear them explain it to rocco

buldelli

do you want to know what we got all you

got is the fourth

second okay

[Music]

ask him for a ball say hey can i have a

ball

hill giving his catcher lessons and how

to properly ask for a baseball

ask him for a ball say hey can i have a

ball so anyway they're like yeah he's

safe

he's safe and robert he's ready in the

dugout he's out we got it right

rich hill's like oh okay i guess cool

cool i'll just

you know get the double play now he

doesn't get the double play

the two runners score rich hill gets

taken

out of the game which he's not happy

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