Third base is way harder than it gets credit for. A batted ball with a 105+ mph exit velo travels from bat to third baseman in .70 of a second or less, and subtracting the .21 second average human reaction time, that’s less than a half-second to properly react to each of these grounders. Their success rates are astounding. I counted 53 missed plays for 11 official errors, out of 237 clips. Even a couple errors seemed harsh, like you’re really not gonna give Ramirez the benefit of the doubt at 12:33? I counted the amazing 17:31 play as an missed play + error even though an out was eventually recorded, and overall I watched 650+ clips that met the technical criteria for these hard grounders and excluded hundreds of plays where it looked a little too easy. So out of 237 of the most extremely difficult (but still humanly possible) one-hoppers hit at the third baseman, they completed 77.6% of them and recorded a fielding percentage of .944, which is just unreal.
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