St. Louis Cardinals fans have been through the wringer this season. Their woes continued early on in Thursday night’s game against the New York Mets when former Red Bird Jose Quintana was on the mound.
With the bases loaded and two outs Tyler O’Neill over ran second base and was then tagged out. As awkward as it looked that was actually by design. With over running second base, in which sliding could have resulted in a force out due to that taking longer, he was initially safe at second base but then tagged out in the base paths.
Had the runner on third base, Paul Goldschmidt, crossed home plate before O’Neill was tagged out then the run would have counted. Unfortunately that did not happen and fans let their superstar player hear it.
José Quintana gets out of a bases loaded jam after Tyler O’Neill ran through second base
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— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) August 18, 2023
On social media St. Louis Cardinals fans called out Paul Goldschmidt for lack of hustle after a smart base running decision from Tyler O’Neill.
That’s a good play by O’Neill, if Goldschmidt is hustling they steal a run
— MegaBurner (@MegaBurner1) August 18, 2023
They teach this. It’s on Goldschmidt for not hustling.
— Ben Ross (@BenRossTweets) August 18, 2023
And Goldschmidt nearly walked to home plate. That’s a run if he hustled. Looks like they are more worried about tee times in October.
— 🅶🆁🅴🅶 (@GregBuelow) August 18, 2023
If Goldshmidt is running then this is a run. O’Neill was not going to be safe if he slid into 2B. You are taught to do just this because you slow yourself down when sliding. If you keep running you beat it and there’s no force out at 2B ans Goldschmidt would’ve scored
— Brandon (@DaWink33) August 18, 2023
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