OK, that’s a slight exaggeration. It was technically a fly to the outfield -- Jon Jay caught it -- but it was no more than 20-30 feet beyond the infield dirt. No one scores on a ball that shallow. But Reds center fielder Billy Hamilton did. And he didn’t even look like he was going all-out to do it.
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The Reds broadcast of the game said it took Hamilton at 3.2 seconds to go from a dead stop tag-up at 3rd base to home plate. Which, wow, maybe he was going all-out and just didn’t look like he was.
Worth noting that the whole way around the bases was special for Hamilton. He singled, stole second, moved to third on shallow fly ball to right and then came home on this play.
Hamilton needs to get on base more than he does to become a truly effective player, but the man has rockets strapped to his ankles.
