Anatomy of a play at the plate.

A play at the plate is about as good as it gets in baseball.

Last week i watched Georgia outfielder Johnathan Taylor try for an inside-the-park home run after a giant miss-play by Stetson's outfielder.

Here's how it all went down.



I was sitting behind the plate, shooting from the 3rd base side, foolishly talking to the people around me, causing me to miss the initial diving miss by the outfielder. Taylor is the fastest kid on Georgia's team without a doubt. I knew in an instant that he was going to go for an inside-the-park HR.

I shot the outfield miss but the ball was way away from the glove and didnt look good. Immediately switched to the 80-200 on the D2X (so unreliable) as there was going to be a play at the plate. JT slowed coming around third but Third base coach Jason Eller waved him home. Place is going nuts and its all going to happen in front of me. The 80-200 was on manual and i had forgotten to change the exposure, so everything was about a stop under not that the plate was all in shadows.

Stetson catcher Nick Rickles sets up, blocking the plate. The relay comes in accurate. JT slides head first. Here we go.... I'm not a big fan of hammering down the shutter but this is the time and the place.

Plate is blocked, tag is applies.

This was the frame sent to the paper.

Plate was tagged, catcher was knocked over.

Catcher held onto the ball and he's out.