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I once saw Rickey Henderson when he was on the Seattle Mariners safely steal 2nd base standing up, with a throw made to 2nd base where the fielder caught it on the bag and tagged Henderson. Picture that. I don't think I've seen that before.

I also remember when Mike Piazza was starting out with the Dodgers, and he would hit these ropes. I remember once he hit a ball so hard, that even though it took a bounce on the infield dirt near 2nd base, it carried all the way to the wall.

Another odd play was when Doug Jones was on the hill for the A's and Chad Allen of the Twins was on 1st base. Jones was doddling on the mound, and all the fielders were staring at the ground, so Allen took off for 2nd base. Jones didn't notice him until he was almost there. Jones turned and threw. The problem was, neither the 2nd baseman nor the shortstop were anywhere near 2nd base, so the ball went into center field. Allen didn't break stride and continued on to 3rd. The center fielder got a late jump on the play, so he wasn't even at the ball when Allen got to 3rd, so Allen proceeded home to score.

Another oddity I saw on a baseball blooper video was when Mike Schmidt was on 1st base, and the pitcher threw a wild pitch. It skipped along the edge of the fence toward the dugout, so Schmidt continued to 3rd. When the catcher, Gary Carter, picked it up, no one was covering home plate, so Schmidt ran on home. 1st to home on a wild pitch, with no throws.

Another neat blooper play was when Bobby Bonilla was playing 3rd base. The runner on 2nd broke for 3rd, the batter swung and missed and the bat came out of his hands. The catcher threw the ball to Bonilla at 3rd, and just before he was about to catch it, the flying bat hit the ball and then Bonilla on the arm, causing him to miss the ball. A perfect example of a batter protecting the runner.

I like the one of Paul O'Neill playing right field for the Reds. There was a runner on 2nd, and the batter hit a line drive single to right. O'Neill bobbled the ball, and in his disgust at not making the play, he kicked at the ball, which produced a perfect drop-kick to the 1st basemen, which ended up holding the runner at 3rd.