Managers usually want players to use their heads while running the bases, but it got Diamondbacks outfielder Kole Calhoun called out during Monday night’s game against the Rockies.
In the bottom of the fifth, Ketel Marte hit a little flare to shallow left that was caught by Raimel Tapia, causing Calhoun to retreat back to first base. Tapia’s throw to first ate up Daniel Murphy and so Calhoun broke for second. But catcher Tony Wolters was backing up first and so Calhoun found himself in an old fashioned pickle.
Calhoun was dead in the water and had only one thing at his disposal to save himself—his noggin.