Rookie’s Brazen Play Stuns Orioles, Onlookers

By Josh Helmuth

Most avid baseball fans can count the number of times on one hand they remember a Major League Baseball player stealing home plate. The Astros’ Jonathan Villar made it look easy Tuesday night against the Orioles.

Watch the rookie speedster dart for the plate after he notices O’s pitcher Wei-Yin Chen staring at first base a moment too long.

Can we please call Tom Emanski? Villar’s ridiculous base stealing capability needs to be added to the list of instructional video fundamentals.

Josh Helmuth is the editor for CraveOnline Sports. You can follow him on Twitter @JHelmuth or subscribe at Facebook.com/CraveOnlineSports for the latest in sports on your newsfeed.

Josh Helmuth
Josh Helmuth

Josh is originally from the small berg of Arthur, Ill, proudly the Amish capital of the state. It also has one hell of a pumpkin patch.

Josh has enjoyed dipping his toes into a variety of careers since graduating from the University of Alabama, the most rewarding thus far having served as a youth director in southern California for four years, and his broadcasting career which has garnered two Emmy awards and three Edward R. Murrow Awards.  

Josh enjoys loud rock music, Tom Hanks movies, dogs that like to cuddle and long runs. He is also always in search for America's greatest cheeseburger. Follow him here if you would like to be friends!

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