re: First baseman had wrong foot on the bag restricting his ability to stretch for the throw

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That doesn’t make what Jones did incorrect though. It’s fundamental baseball to setup the exact way Jones was. Opens up a major window for Milazzo to deliver.

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I disagree. It limited his flexibility and reduced his stretch radius. He was frozen when the throw went off target as he could not stretch to make the catch inside the field of play and would have to dive into the runner to try to make the catch in foul territory. The ball appears to be within range of being caught with a stretch move. Even if not it was certainly within range of being caught by jumping toward home plate inside the field of play. His positioning froze him into only being able to catch a good throw right at the bag. Milazzo made a bad throw but it was still a salvageable play.