Play of the Day: Ian Kinsler scores after the Angels commit three errors on the same play - MLB

Tigers second baseman Ian Kinsler was part of one of the stranger plays you’ll see this season. With his team trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the first inning, Kinsler drew a one-out walk and was standing on first base when Miguel Cabrera stepped up to the plate. With a 3-2 count against Angels lefty Hector Santiago, Kinsler broke for second. Catcher Hank Conger’s throw sailed high and went into center field, and that’s when the crazy started.

Kinsler broke for third base and got there easily. Center fielder Mike Trout, meanwhile, nonchalantly tossed the ball back into the infield, but it too sailed a bit wide and bounced towards Santiago in the middle of the diamond. Kinsler scampered home and touched home while Santiago’s throw to his catcher sailed to the backstop.

It’s as funny as it sounds:

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Roger Clemens will be an analyst for ESPN when the defending World Series champion Houston Astros host the Chicago White Sox on opening day.

Clemens made four appearances on last year’s KayRod Cast with Michael Kay and Alex Rodriguez. He will be stepping in on March 30 for David Cone, who will be doing the New York Yankees opener against the San Francisco Giants on YES Network.

“Roger has been sort of a friend of ours for the last year, so to speak, he’s in. He’s been engaged, knowledgeable and really present,” said ESPN Vice President of Production Phil Orlins. “You know, whatever past may be, he’s still tremendously engaged and he really brought that every time he was with us.”

Clemens was a seven-time Cy Young winner but his career after baseball has been tainted by allegations of performance-enhancing drug use. He is a Houston native and pitched for the Astros for three seasons.

Orlins said that with the rules changes and pitch clock, it is important to have a pitcher in the booth with Karl Ravech and Eduardo Perez.

“We don’t feel like we have to have the dynamic of Eduardo with a pitcher, but we certainly think that works. Throw in the added factor of rule changes and it is better to have a batter-pitcher perspective,” Orlins said.

Orlins did not say if this would open the door for future opportunities for Clemens as an ESPN analyst.