I never played baseball, but no matter what sport you might have been involved in you always heard the coach yelling at you about keeping your head in the game.
Or maybe that was just me.
Anyway, here’s an example of that. This is the penultimate example of poor base running. The situation: Justin Shafer is standing on third base in the fourth inning yesterday as Florida led Auburn 3-2. A ground ball turned into a fielder’s choice when Shafer ran home.
The infielder threw to the catcher and Shafer pulled up short:
The catcher, Caleb Bowen, almost dropped the ball.
The baserunner patiently stood by while Bowen spun, dropped down and leaped to his feet. Shafer looked up:
No doubt someone in the dugout was by now bursting a blood vessel yelling at him.
Bowen tagged him out.
Florida would score a few moments later in the fourth, extending their lead to 4-2. But it should have been 5-2, at least. And this little play helped determine the outcome.
And, oddly, it was only the second-worst thing we’ve seen on the field this year. There’s also the tale of the baserunner who tried to steal second standing up …
