You see the play seemingly a thousand times a year in Major League Baseball: A player slides into second or third and the fielder with the ball keeps his glove on the runner for an extra beat or two, in the hopes that maybe there’ll be a moment of stepping off the bag.
Rarely, it results in an out. And that’s what happened with Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Bo Bichette.
On Tuesday, Bichette hit a double against the New York Yankees, and after he got up at second base, Kiner-Falefa delivered a late tag on the Toronto Blue Jays infielder … and Bichette was out!
Oops!
Bo Bichette comes off the bag and IKF holds the tag on him and he’s out! pic.twitter.com/KKkJgY1kYK
— Talkin' Yanks (@TalkinYanks) September 28, 2022
Not ideal for Bo Bichette at second base 🤏#NextLevel pic.twitter.com/FDNeLKKegN
— Tim and Friends (@timandfriends) September 28, 2022
IKF CAUGHT BO BICHETTE SLEEPING 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/nCtTMr4rSy
— Mr Matthew CFB (@MrMatthewCFB) September 28, 2022
Bo Bichette is not having fun today 😭 pic.twitter.com/biAE68K9in
— Brian Y (@byysports) September 28, 2022
Bichette getting out like that reminded me of this pic.twitter.com/KqdupekHC3
— Kelvin(pain, 94-58) (@Cole4CyYoung) September 28, 2022
This is Bo Bichette. He's one of the best young players in all of baseball. His only flaws are that he can't throw the ball to first base or remember to stay on the base pic.twitter.com/4HEDomTliR
— Kevin Papetti (@KPapetti) September 28, 2022