The most exciting play in baseball is the play at the plate, hands down. There’s nothing like darting your eyes back and forth between the guy rounding third base and the outfielder playing the ball and gathering to throw. This play at the plate from Tuesday night’s Mets-Phillies game had all the drama of an automatic intentional walk, though.
With two outs in the fourth inning, Cesar Hernandez slapped a single into leftfield. Maikel Franco, who was on second base, got the green light from third base coach Dusty Wathan and headed toward home.
Dead in the water is an understatement.