2026 Phillies Thread
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Somebody needs to tell Barkann to shut up about Crawford “hesitating”. The contact play was on, he was out the second Muncy fielded the ball. At that point Crawford did his job by getting into a rundown. That was all JT having a brain fart, which he admitted to post-game.
The infield, with the exception of Muncy, was playing back.
You can debate whether or not Crawford should have made the decision to break for home but once he did make that decision, he played it correctly. JT had third base, it’s Baseball 101.
IF Crawford delays getting out - Realmuto is on third and Marsh should be on second - now two out but still in scoring position for tie or win.
Crawford did delay the out by getting in a run down. JT was ON third base then inexplicably ran back to second. That’s on JT. Dumb baserunning.
The Royals aren’t dumb enough to make that trade.
First off, FIFY. Can't stand him any more.
Secondly, I don't know what the replays have shown. I was at the game sitting at 3rd base. Crawford absolutely made a mistake. As soon as the ball was hit, he started towards home, then slowed down as it was fielded. If he's off on contact, he wouldn't slow down. If he's not off on contact, he takes a step or two back towards 3rd until he sees the ball get through. To me, it looked like he wasn't off on contact, which I agree with, but started going home before he should and got caught. I'm not touching the less than little league baserunning JT showed.