Check out this bizarre pitch by Justin Verlander of the Tigers in a game against the A’s over the weekend. Apparently Verlander’s head said first base but his body said home plate.
Here was Verlander’s explanation of the weird play:
“I went to go pick one and I didn’t get my body turned. The way I thought — and this was all in milliseconds — if I just throw it home, they won’t call anything.”
“I saw the video of it and I couldn’t help but laugh at myself. It might be the first time it happened in general. I thought nothing could happen at the plate. It was funny talking to the umpires. They gave me a hard time about it, too.”
Apparently Justin isn’t much of a multi-tasker.
