Now that immediate replay is part of skilled sports activities, athletes all the time must be conscious that each inch and each motion issues. George Springer of the Toronto Blue Jays discovered that out the arduous manner on Sunday afternoon in opposition to the Athletics.
After safely reaching third base on an Alejandro Kirk double, Springer determined to begin hopping up and down on the bag. As he was hopping, Athletic’s third baseman Max Schuemann utilized a tag on him in probably the most alert, heads-up performs of the day.
The Athletics ended up difficult the play, the place it was decided that Schuemann had the tag on Springer whereas he was within the air in mid-hop.
That ended the inning and what was, on the time, a Blue Jays rally.
