Four.
That’s how many times this year the Detroit Tigers have had a man on third, less than two outs, and had him thrown out at home on The Contact Play. I’m not alone in thinking it was more than this, right? Every time the infield makes a perfectly routine play and throws the runner out at home feels like at least the 10th or 20th of the season. Somehow, it’s only been four times that our runner didn’t score and we unified to take up arms against the coaching staff.
There’s just something that feels worse about a runner getting thrown out at home than at the other bases.