Remember him? Darren Baker makes jaw-dropping stop
For many people, the primary thought that involves thoughts after we hear the title Darren Baker is of a 3-year-old boy being rescued at residence plate by Giants first baseman J.T. Snow throughout Game 5 of the 2002 World Series.
Baker, serving as San Francisco’s batboy, was a bit overzealous in his eagerness to retrieve the bat dropped by Kenny Lofton, who had simply hit a triple that scored Snow and his teammate David Bell, who was rounding third and coming residence full steam forward proper behind him.
But given what Baker, the son of Astros supervisor Dusty Baker, is doing on the baseball subject lately, that well-known second won’t be the primary that we consider when listening to his title sooner or later. On Thursday evening, Baker made a spectacular defensive play for the Nationals’ Triple-A affiliate that we would be hard-pressed to recollect ever seeing earlier than.
Playing second base for Rochester in opposition to Worcester, Baker broke to his left when Worcester’s David Hamilton hit a floor ball between first and second that was headed for proper subject within the third inning. First baseman Matt Adams dove and deflected the ball, and when the ball modified trajectory, Baker made an unbelievable behind-the-back seize whereas sliding and threw to pitcher Paolo Espino overlaying for the out.
We’ve seen pitchers make behind-the-back performs on comebackers to the mound on occasion, however this play was one thing altogether completely different.
Dusty Baker, who was managing the Giants again in 2002, has been known as easy in the way in which he is deftly guided 5 completely different groups to the postseason throughout his managerial profession. But his son simply put a complete new spin on the phrase in terms of a Baker in baseball.
It was greater than 20 years in the past that Snow’s rescue of Darren at residence plate turned an iconic World Series second. And 20 years from now, we would nonetheless be watching spotlight reels that includes the play an all-grown-up Darren made Thursday evening.
