It's a weird day in Major League Baseball as the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves are playing a makeup doubleheader. A split puts both teams into the playoffs and there's a chance for the second game to get really weird as the team already safe in the postseason won't have much motivation. So it's not a huge surprise that bizarre things are already happening in Atlanta.
Including Mets rightfielder Tyrone Taylor hustling his way into one of the strangest infield singles imaginable thanks to some legitimately astounding spin.
It's probably best not to spoil anything and just have you watch.
WHAT AN INFIELD HIT FOR TYRONE TAYLOR! pic.twitter.com/BSoi4wmNVT
— SNY (@SNYtv) September 30, 2024
Taylor deserves an incredible amount of credit for running this ball out. He was ultimately stranded by the Mets so it didn't really matter to the end result of the game. But can you imagine if a playoff spot had come down to pure freakishness.
There have been some hits like this in the past because physics are going to do that they do. Paul DeJong reached on a similar play back in 2012 and Brian Dozier got similarly lucky back in 2012.
The home TV & Radio broadcast call Paul DeJong's witchcraft #stlcards pic.twitter.com/IC8uxglCIh
— VHS (@VanHicklestein) June 8, 2020
Here's Brian Dozier's hit in 2012, looks very much the same as Taylor's. Ton of sidespin pic.twitter.com/VYyQYUofMs
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) September 30, 2024
Spin rate. It's not just for pitchers.
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