Charlie Blackmon slides into second for a stolen base after a video replay determined Arizona shortstop Chris Owings missed the tag. (Doug Pensinger, Getty Images)
“I tried to give him the abracadabra,” Charlie Blackmon said.
In the first inning Monday against Arizona, Blackmon tried to steal second. He was out by mountain. But then he wasn’t. What just happened?
From our rundown of in The Denver Post:
Charlie Blackmon lifted his leg like a dog on a walk while he was in midslide as he tried to steal second base in the first inning Monday night.
The Rockies’ leadoff hitter broke into a sprint, slid feet-first, then saw a tag coming his way. So he improvised. Blackmon raised his leg like Bow Wow ready for a, uh, break. It worked. The tag missed. Safe at second.
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However you describe it, mark it a stolen base. Said Blackmon:
“I knew I was going to be dead out. So I was like, I’ll slide in there and get my foot out early and bank on him sweep-tagging me. I tried to give him the abracadabra and pull my leg back. And it worked. I was very surprised.”
It’s not something that Blackmon practices. It just happened.
“No, I knew what was going to happen. He was going to catch the ball and tag me. It happened really fast. I thought it might work. And it did.”
Tags: Charlie Blackmon, Video
