If you ask any baseball fan what the most exciting play in the game is some will state how they love a majestic, 450-plus foot home run while others (myself included) would say a player trying to score from first on a ball in the gap.
A much more rare happening on the field however is when a player steals home plate. We see it with creativity as a baserunner may try their hand at it after a catcher throws behind to second base, but the straight steal of home plate is incredibly rare these days.
What is even more rare is when the base stealer stumbles halfway down the third base line and is forced to bear crawl the remaining distance to the plate, and somehow still gets in safely.
That’s what happened Tuesday when Notre Dame stomped Northwestern 14-4 and Fighting Irish third baseman Jack Brannigan successfully stole home for the third time in his career. Watch the highlight below.
TOP 3 | Jack Brannigan did it again!!!!!!@JBrannigan06 steals home for the third time in his career!!!!!
ND 7, NU 0#GoIrish pic.twitter.com/HvdGXNXa8t
— Notre Dame Baseball (@NDBaseball) May 17, 2022
On multiple levels it reminds me of Little League games I’ve been a part of throughout the years.
You can check out Brannigan’s first two career steals of home here.
Notre Dame returns to the field this weekend as the Irish take on Miami in an ACC showdown series for the final three regular season games.
