Kansas City, Mo. — What was that?
It happened in the sixth inning Tuesday night. Catcher James McCann stood up quickly, before Buck Farmer’s intentionally high and way wide pitch even reached the batter — thus putting himself in perfect position to fire down to second to nab the Royals' Brian Goodwin trying to steal second base.
Was that a — couldn’t be — a pitchout? A real, old-fashioned pitchout?
Believed extinct in the major leagues since around 2016, the Tigers executed the play — once a staple in the game — to near perfection.