I wanted to title this “First Baseman and Third Baseman Slide into Each Others’ Bags, Hilarity Ensues,” but I wasn’t sure the phrasing really would have flown. In any case, I was pretty tickled to see Murphy picked off of first in the first inning of the third and final game of the series on Thursday.
My mirth came not just from the fact that it’s always enjoyable to see the Mets fail to any degree, but rather from the fact that it just had to be Daniel Murphy. On Wednesday night, the third baseman was posterized by Anthony Rizzo, who pulled off the best slide in the history of slides.