Both teams miss home plate in the same game, a breakdown

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In a bizarre game between the birds (St. Louis Cardinals) and the fish (Miami Marlins), two players in the game fail to touch home plate, leading to some amusing on-field confusion and discussions. In the top of the 2nd inning, with the Cardinals leading, Marlins outfielder Jesús Sánchez hits a ground ball to center field. Marlins baserunner Avisaíl García rounds third base and heads home, but Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina tags him out before García can reach the plate. Cardinals pitcher Miles Mikolas emphatically declares that García is out, while Molina admires his own defensive play. Garcia insists he touched the plate, but the umpire rules him out. Later, in the bottom of the 9th inning, Cardinals outfielder Tyler O'Neill rips a double to left-center field. O'Neill tries to score from first base, but he too misses home plate entirely as he approaches the plate. O'Neill claims he touched it, but the replay shows his hand never made contact. The umpire rules O'Neill out as well, leaving both teams frustrated by the unusual base-running blunders. Throughout the discussion, the announcers break down the plays, noting the nuances of the catcher's positioning and the runners' movements. They speculate that the new rules around catcher interference may have played a role, as Molina was able to block the plate before securing the ball. The coaches also engage in animated conversations with the umpires, trying to determine exactly what can be challenged on the plays. Despite the bizarre ending, the game remains close, with the Cardinals clinging to a narrow lead. As the teams head to Denver for the upcoming All-Star festivities, the crew plans to attend the Home Run Derby, play blitzball, and host a watch party for fans in the area.

birds versus fish in saint louis we had

two players in this game miss home plate

so we're top

second right now wayno's on the bump

duval gets on first base with that

single

there's one out then we're gonna get

another out then the next batter comes

two outs sierra puts that one on the

ground

center fielder can't get it even though

it was right there

so now duval's rounding 30 makes sure to

step on third base

changes his steps a little bit to hit it

coming home does he get his handed wayno

says no no no yachty

tag him tag him yaddy says all right

i'll tag him um says he's

out bueno says good job yaddy really

good job staying with the play he says

that was all you i admire you and they

admire

each other and duvall says hey but uh he

was you know he didn't have the ball he

was blocking the plate

so here's the play again and i i want to

know like

this hand may have got in there may have

got in there

that's what i thought they were

reviewing the hand because it may have

gotten there you don't have a view but

you know the umpu made that call didn't

have that

view on the other side of the shoe

either yadi didn't have the ball

and we have a really good angle of him

getting back here he tries to sneak his

foot in but yatty gets him before he

even reaches the plate

so he's definitely what he's out if he

didn't touch initially he's out there

now mattingly wants to challenge but he

doesn't know what to challenge did he

touch the plate or are we challenging

that yachty was blocking the plate

so his coach calls him over you can pick

up some words here

he says he didn't have possession of the

ball he's blocking the plate his foot's

on the plate

sporadic words and mattingly says yeah

okay we're gonna challenge

that he was blocking the plate and now

you can see this ump

and you can some words here it looks to

me like body positioning

whole plate body positioning on the

whole plate

body positioning on the whole plate so i

think what they're saying is that

you know the new rule is that you can't

you have to give the runner a lane to

home plate

before you have possession of the ball

once a catcher has possession of the

ball he can block the entire plate he

can do what he want

and i think what they're gonna say here

is that if duval slides a little

different he could definitely

get his hand back here or he could come

up around the shoe and hit here

that his body had a lane

to home plate his hand just had to do

some sneaky maneuvering

so i think that's what they're ruling

it's definitely they were reviewing if

yaddy was blocking the plate before he

had possession of the ball

i wish we had a better angle of the hand

coming down on initially because maybe

it hit but they say nope

didn't block it he's out now the next

inning

the cardinals are up and they're down

one run

and we have o'neill at the plate he's

been hot lately

and the pitch is coming and he's gonna

shoot that one

into left center split the gap real nice

piece of hitting so now we got another

runner

trying to go first to home and the

relay's there

and he doesn't slide at all no collision

but he doesn't step on home

plate he just misses he says no i

touched it i touched it i touched it he

didn't we'll show you that

soon but what happened on this play was

that the runner

i mean he's just watching the ball when

you have yachty

telling you hey you're good just stand

up just stand up

right there maybe he should have just

slid maybe addy should have said

just slide because the ball is coming

but he does this little

duck because he thinks he's going to

collide with the catcher

and that makes him not pay attention to

his feet misses home plate tries to get

back does a little sneaky swim move but

the catcher says no

just tag you out and his hand actually

never even touches

home plate he never even reached it so

for him to come up and say i touched it

i touched it i touch it

it's kind of funny i'll just review that

one and they say he's out too no one's

touching home plate in this game

no one not a damn person kind of weird

anyway we're going to be in denver for

the all-star game the entire company is

going to be in denver for the all-star

game we're going to the home run derby

we're playing blitzball against a bunch

of professional blitzball players doing

house olympics and

we're doing a watch party so if you're

in denver you're in the area

you want to meet the gang watch the

all-star game with us at improper city

come on down

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