A bat swung by the maestro, Washington Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy, traveled through the air. The smallest fraction of the tip, far away from his barely choked-up hand placement, caught an 88 mile per hour sinker as it crossed the plate.
Down the third base line the ball went. It spun counter-clockwise toward foul territory halfway down toward the base, a tell-tale sign of a foul ball. Suddenly, an unexpected switch of direction occurred; the ball leapt back into fair territory, curved almost by calculation around the bag, and then made it’s way into foul territory as a fair ball and double for Murphy.