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Chris Coghlan played 36 games with the Blue Jays, in 2017 and I can only remember one play he made.
As baseball fans, we’ve seen baserunners coming in on a catcher holding the ball hundreds of times, and, generally, the runner runs into the catcher as hard as he can, hoping to separate the ball from the catcher. We’ve seen many catchers injured on this play. It doesn’t happen as much now, since catchers are supposed to leave a lane to the plate and runners are supposed to use that lane, instead of running through the catchers.
On this play, the throw to the plate took Yadier Molina right into Coghlan’s path. There was no way Chris could have gone around him. But he could go over. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a baserunner go over the catcher before this.
Forgotten in the play was the hit by Kevin Pillar. Unusual for Kevin, he took an outside pitch and drove it the other way, just missing a home run by a couple of feet. If it had gone over the right field wall, we wouldn’t remember the play.
It still amazes me.
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My choice for the Blue Jays number 11 moment of the 2010s
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1%
2016 ALDS game 2, Jays hit four home runs off Yu Darvish, October 2, 2016
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2019 Jays 7 run comeback win over Rays in 12 innings, July 27
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7%
Alomar inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame, July 24, 2011
(8 votes) -
0%
Brett Lawrie throws helmet, hits umpire, May 16, 2012
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0%
Cavan Biggio hits for cycle September 17, 2019
(1 vote) -
1%
Chad Jenkins pitches 6 innings in Jays 19 inning win over Tigers, August 10, 2014
(2 votes) -
0%
David Price Trade, July 30, 2019
(1 vote) -
0%
Dustin McGowan pitches again September 6, 2011
(1 vote) -
0%
Goins and Barney pitch in 19 inning game vs Cleveland, Jays lose 2-1, July 1, 2016
(1 vote) -
0%
J.P. Arencibia hits 2 homers (and 4 total hits) in MLB debut, August 7, 2010
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0%
Jays come back from down by 8 against the Reds June 20, 2014
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0%
Jays score 7 in the 9th inning against the Rays to win September 20, 2018
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1%
Jays score 9 in the 7th inning, come back from down 8-1 vs the Red Sox June 12, 2015
(2 votes) -
0%
Jose Bautista asks Steve Simmons "who are you and why are you talking to me?" on twitter
(1 vote) -
5%
Jose Bautista hits home run number 50 vs Mariners Felix Hernandez in Seattle September 23, 2010
(6 votes) -
4%
Jose Bautista homers off Darren O’Day and skips to first, June 23, 2013
(5 votes) -
2%
Josh Donaldson dives into the stands June 24, 2015
(3 votes) -
0%
Josh Donaldson hat trick homers August 29, 2016
(0 votes) -
1%
Josh Donaldson trade, November 28, 2014
(2 votes) -
16%
Kevin Pillar robs home run, April 15, 2015
(17 votes) -
9%
Kevin Pillar steals second, third then home vs Dellin Betances of the Yankees, April 1, 2018
(10 votes) -
0%
Lourdes Gurriel steals home vs Red Sox April 9, 2019
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0%
Lourdes Gurriel’s mult-hit streak goes 11 games, July 29, 2018
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0%
Marco Estrada’s start in game 3 of the 2015 ALDS, October 12, 2015
(1 vote) -
0%
Marco Estrada takes perfect game into the 8th, June 24, 2015
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0%
Marcus Stroman homers in Atlanta May 18, 2017
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0%
Marcus Stroman’s first start after ACL injury, September 12, 2015
(1 vote) -
0%
Rajai Davis catch robs home run. October 5, 2015
(1 vote) -
0%
Rajai Davis scores from second on a bunt, August 5, 2012
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13%
Rangers make 3 errors to set up Baustista’s home run, October 14, 2015
(14 votes) -
1%
Roy Halladay dies in plane crash, November7, 2017
(2 votes) -
9%
Roy Halladay inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame, July 21, 2019
(10 votes) -
0%
Russell Martin playing preseason games in Montreal, April 3, 2015
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0%
Russell Martin’s dad playing Oh Canada in Montreal April 3, 2015
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0%
Steve Pearce hits second walk-off grand slam in a week, July 31, 2017
(1 vote) -
1%
The Marlins trade, November 13, 2012
(2 votes) -
0%
The Tulo/Reyes trade, July 28, 2015
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0%
Vernon Wells trade, January 21, 2011
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0%
Vladimir Guerrero hits first 2 MLB home runs in San Francisco, May 14, 2018
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7%
Vladimir Guerrero walk-off home run in Montreal, March 28, 2018
(8 votes) -
1%
Russell Martin’s throw hitting Shin-Soo Choo’s bat, October, 14, 2015
(2 votes)