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today we're counting down our picks for
the top 10 dumbest mistakes in baseball
what a travesty what an absolute
travesty for this list we'll be looking
at blunders gaffes and fails during mlb
games that were not only downright
embarrassing but had fans and people
watching absolutely dumbfounded which
mistake in baseball had you scratching
your head be sure to let us know in the
comments
number 10 knoblock argues with ump as
run scores for those of you who have
played sports before you're always
taught to continue playing until the ref
or umpire in this case blows the play
dead
ryman squares to bonnet gets it down
nicely
martinez the flip to first safe
now well chuck knoblock teaches everyone
what not to do braves infielder travis
fryman laid down a bunt in the 12th
inning of the 1998 alcs and got in the
way of the throat of first piece but it
was a very poor play to let that ball
roll down there while you wait for an
umpire to make a decision the ball
ricocheted off his body and nabloc chose
to contest the play instead of chasing
after the ball which allowed enrique
wilson to score and give the braves the
lead he comes speeding around third and
then he stumbles
newman is sending him home look at him
he's flopping toward the plate
it makes a good slide number nine the
double cutoff manny ramirez style
instead of allowing center fielder
johnny damon's throw to get to the
cut-off man manny ramirez decided to cut
off the cut-off
the center field hit well johnny damon
heading back to the wall can't get it a
not so effective tactic that allowed
david newhan of the baltimore orioles to
run around the bases and score an inside
the park home run around the throat of
the plane is not in time
have you ever had someone tell you
you're trying to do a bit too much well
manny ramirez's diving catch to try
speeding up the relay throw as a
textbook example here comes the first
throw that manny cuts off
and then minnie throws to bell horn
that's one of the strangest relays i
think you'll ever see number eight the
strikeout that never happened aj
pierzinski angel's starting pitcher
kelvin escobar gets white socks catcher
aj pierzinski to swing and miss on a
gorgeous changeup low in the zone which
should have ended the inning or so
everyone thought
[Applause]
another strikeout
kurzynski is going down to first the
size and moans from the fans after
pierzinski missed the ball was enough
evidence to know that this call should
have been fairly straightforward but the
home plate umpire did not share the same
sentiment i think brzezinski ran to
first base
thinking that he would get the call with
the ball in the dirt and it wasn't in
the dirt the then manager of the los
angeles angels mike social was livid
with the umpire after they ruled white
sox catcher aj pierzinski safe at second
base after a determined drop third
strike the white sox would go on to win
this game 2-1 and the entire series four
days later the white sox have won
and this only begins what will be an
argument
total frustration and disgust and the
part of the angels on that call which
allowed the ninth inning
to continue number seven sneaky todd
helton colorado rocky's third baseman
jonathan herrera made a wonderful diving
play to scoop jerry harriston junior's
ground ball down at the end of july so
we spent three weeks the only problem is
herrera failed to make an accurate throw
to first base for the out but with todd
helton at first there is no need to fret
instead of reaching out or trying to
make a desperate stretch and catch todd
helton positioned himself in a way that
would make it seem like he's catching a
normal throw to first base wait a minute
he wasn't even close to being on the
back he can't let foot off the bag and
he still
gets the alcohol his quick thinking
worked marvelously and completely fooled
the first base umpire who ended up
calling harriston junior out i don't
think this was even close
look at helen helen's two feet off first
base
savvy veterans get away with a lot in
pro sports and todd helton might be one
of the best at fooling people but um
don't bring this up to matt carpenter
number six babe ruth failed steel
attempt while there isn't much live
footage of this event it has been well
documented as it involved one of the
most historic baseball players of all
time the great bambino during game seven
of the 1926 world series st louis
cardinals led the yankees three to two
in the bottom of the ninth and babe ruth
had just been walked by cardinals
pitcher pete alexander new york's
cleanup hitter bob muesl stepped up to
the plate with a chance to tie the game
however musel never had a chance to take
the bat off his shoulder as babe ruth
was thrown out attempting to steal
second base this brought an end to what
should have been a very climactic end to
the 1926 world series talk about a
mistake number five ruben rivera's
brutal base running so many know ruben
rivera as legendary closer mariano
rivera's cousin but unfortunately that's
not what he's best known for
back in 2003 after hitting a ball during
a game against the arizona diamondbacks
rivera ran and went past second base
only to go back he's able to make it at
third
after a moment of hesitation he just
decides to go for it and he's ruled out
it was a bizarre display to say the
least as both rivera's body language and
running indicated uncertainty all the
way through commentator jim miller
summed it up best and he's out by five
feet at the plate
and that was the worst base running in
the history of the game number four jose
canseco uses his head we're not sure if
we should laugh or shake our heads at
this one back when the cleveland indians
took on the texas rangers back in 1993
carlos martinez hit a ball deep right
high fly field right field deep canseco
back to the track look it up would
outfielder jose canseco catch it would
the ball fly over him and reach the
stands hit contacto's head for a home
run checking the wall on the ball
reaches up
gets him right back he goes over the top
in the head and bounced over the wall
for a homer it was the last outcome
anyone would expect and even canseco
himself couldn't help but smile sure
everyone remembers conseco for his
hitting homers but for some this might
be his most memorable one yet jose
you've hit a lot of home runs you did a
lot of great things but that shot will
live forever number three the will craig
javi baez incident then i'll call javi
baez el mago aka the magician for
nothing el mago indeed
that is unbelievable that
is incredible just what it looks like
former pittsburgh pirates first baseman
will craig is about to tag out baez
after a pitch he doesn't craig just
chases him down and even when we're
inches away still doesn't decide to tag
baez instead he throws the ball to the
catcher and then brief chaos ensues oh
my goodness wow you got to be kidding me
you've got to be you stole a run you
have got to be kidding me
a run is scored and javi reaches second
base the whole sequence merits multiple
replays in order to process what we know
for certain though is that craig had
absolutely no idea what he was doing
just kind of lost my mind for a second
just released the ball at home
taking a couple steps and
yeah then after that just kind of
all went downhill from there number two
bill buckner if you know you know this
gaff is so infamous we only put his name
in the title calvin chiraldi couldn't do
it and it's up to bob stanley and it's
up to mookie wilson and the crowd is
alive again tied at five a piece during
the tenth inning in game six of the 1986
world series new york mets batter mookie
wilson grounded a ball to first instead
of grabbing it boston red sox first
baseman bill buckner let it bounce off
his glove and rolled right through his
legs
little roller up along first behind the
bag it gets through buckner here comes
knight in the mix win
ray knight ran to score and the mets
pulled off the victory forcing game
seven they went on to win the world
series the curse of the bambino
continued for the red sox and buckner's
life was never the same and for a time
the nightmare would not end for buckner
heckled harassed even death threats red
sox fans unfairly blaming him for losing
that world series one might label this
as a mere mishap but considering the
stakes that were involved in its impact
especially on buckner we see it as so
much more before we unveil our top pick
a few honorable mentions hank gowdy gets
caught up the giant's catcher got his
foot caught in his throne mask and
misses a fly ball a third baseman's best
friend sean casey thought it was out but
on a side note great play by pablo azuna
it's the first time i've ever seen it
there you see the great larry walker
giveth and the great larry walker taketh
away larry walker shagged a pop fly and
gave it to a young fan turns out he
needed that ball
back he gives it to that kid
here's the funny part he goes back to
get it though that's what's funny but
what if the kid doesn't give it to her
don't go on holiday looney james loney
hit an innocent fly ball into left field
and the dodgers would go on to win three
to two matt holliday a little indecision
there whether to try to catch that ball
fingers up or fingers down got caught in
between and was not able to make the
play alex gonzalez steve bartman wants a
word a bobbled routine ground ball leads
to an eight-run rally by the marlins
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number one umpire jim joyce misses the
call in 2010 detroit tigers pitcher
armando galaraga was one out from having
a perfect game against the cleveland
indians 26 up 26 down
here comes number 27. the ball was
thrown indian shortstop jason donald
made contact with his bat galaraga
reached first and donald was out but not
according to umpire jim joyce he ruled
donald safe
he's out now he's safe
he is safe
[Applause]
he is safe at first base the replay
clearly showed that galaraga reached the
first base before donald everyone else
thought it was out too except joyce the
call itself along with the fact that
galarago was robbed of a perfect game
resulted in enormous backlash towards
joyce he would later express remorse for
his actions revealing that upon actually
watching the replay that he did indeed
miss the call and there's nobody that
feels worse than i do i take pride in
this job and i kicked out of that and i
took a perfect game away from that kid
over there worked
off all night so ashamed of what he had
done he even personally met with
galaraga to apologize we commend him for
recognizing the magnitude of his error
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