You can't blame the 1st baseman.... converted catcher or not, I agree the throw wasn't bad, but if you guys watched the replay from the back side, the 1B was playing really deep as he should with 2 outs and the go ahead run on second. It was a 2 hopper to the 2B and he never gave the 1B time to get to the base and square up, therefore the poor attempt at the catch. (when the ball was hit the 1B sprinted from where he was playing to the base... just as he was setting his feet on the bag and turning around the ball was already in the air just behind him... he had no chance {almost like a wide receiver coming out of a cut and the throw being just behind them it is almost impossible to catch.) The batter runner was only a little over 1/2 way to 1st if you watch the replay. Not to rip the 2B but he should have shuffled his feet a little and waited for his 1B to square up to him...he got rid of the ball way to quick...This was a mental error not a physical one.
The 2nd baseman and all young ball players should learn from it.
It was just unfortunate it cost them the game!!!
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