#WEIRD BUT TRUE GAME DRIVER#

Three pitches later, with Braun on first (via a walk), Segura took off for third - but broke too soon, got hung up in rundown mode and wound up (momentarily, at least) back on second base, where Braun was kind enough to join him. So far, pretty innocent, right? Don't worry. On a 2-and-2 pitch to Ryan Braun, Segura stole second. Just don't try that on your Wii any time soon, OK? You might break both legs. In the course of his baserunning blunders, you can't blame Jean Segura for not really knowing what just happened, can you? Mike McGinnis/Getty Images Then he got thrown out trying to steal second again. Then he tried to steal third but somehow wound up 'stealing' first.

#WEIRD BUT TRUE GAME DRIVER#

That would be Brewers shortstop Jean Segura, who, like the bollixed up driver whose GPS runs amok, performed an act of baserunning goofiness in a game against the Cubs that he'll be seeing, on 1.2 trillion blooper videos, for the rest of his life:įirst, he stole second. On the fateful evening of April 19, we finally found baseball's version of Leon Lett. Strangest But Truest Base Stealer of the Year So now, before you get swallowed up by bowl games, confetti and Korbel Brut (not necessarily in that order), let's look back at the 2013 collection of the awesome Strange But True Feats of the Year. And so downright nuts that Mariano Rivera entered a game in a save situation, spun a one-two-three inning and then DIDN'T GET A SAVE!Īnd if all that could happen in one year, it tells you everything you need to know about what a wacky, wonky, Strange But True kind of season it was. So insane that an Angels rookie had to hit the first homer of his career TWICE - both off the same pitcher, but against two different teams!. So crazy that a guy actually stole FIRST BASE!.

How wild and crazy was the thrill-a-minute baseball season of 2013?

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