First of all, it would not have taken even a good throw to get Miggy at third. Only a terrible throw allowed him to advance. It was a bad decision.
Secondly, what the hell is Eric Haase doing waiting long enough to advance to second on the throw to be easily thrown out himself?
Just … bad. All around. Winning teams don’t engage in that kind of nonsense.
I’m starting to think that they layer on multiple innings of interviews with players and fans because they recognize that Shep and Player du Jour can’t reliably carry the action and keep viewers engaged all by themselves. They need the help of having someone else do the heavy lifting of talking into microphones while they, I don’t know, catch their breath or something.
I vote luck. If Avila knew enough of what he was doing to earn credit for it, he wouldn’t have gotten pantsed on so many drafts, trades, and free agent signings.
That said, getting anything of value from a 26th-rounder is probably always luck.
The idea that we were already liquidating top prospects for middling veterans before we even hit the .500 mark had to be a last straw for thousands of fans.