On the surface, it looked like a straightforward play.
With a runner on second and one out, Buffalo Bisons starter Shaun Anderson spiked a pitch in the dirt to Gabriel Moreno’s glove side. The 22-year-old catcher effortlessly picked the ball, shuffled around the left-handed hitter, and fired a sizzling throw straight to second base to back-pick the baserunner who’d wandered too far off the bag.
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That's it... that's the tweet.#Bisons #BlueJays #Nextlevel @MiLB pic.twitter.com/GCKcu5yMZBThat tremendous throw, which some major-league catchers can’t even make, in the fifth inning of Friday’s game quickly became the talk of the town in Buffalo.