It feels like any base-running error the rest of the 2023 MLB playoffs will result in an “ATTA BOY” joke after the weird “controversy” involving Bryce Harper and Orlando Arcia from the NLDS.
That’s what we got when, in the eighth inning of the 2023 ALCS between the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros, we saw Jose Altuve get doubled off of second when Evan Carter caught a ball hit a LONG way by Alex Bregman that was so close to being the game-tying homer.
Instead, Carter caught it and threw to second, where the Rangers tagged the base and argued that Altuve hadn’t touched it on his way back to first.
A replay revealed that was the case, and the “Atta boy Altuve” jokes were everywhere:
Atta boy Altuve pic.twitter.com/YvYuYe0nB5
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) October 16, 2023
THIS KID IS UNREAL.
WHAT A CATCH BY EVAN CARTER 🤯
📺: FOX pic.twitter.com/RmnNSwejyH
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 16, 2023
“Atta boy Altuve!” – Orlando Arcia probably.
— CJ (@CJNitkowski) October 16, 2023
Who’s going to be chanting “Atta boy, Altuve” in the Rangers’ clubhouse tonight?
— Mark Zuckerman (@MarkZuckerman) October 16, 2023
Atta boy Altuve? https://t.co/Q5VQPSlL1I
— Gary Phillips (@GaryHPhillips) October 16, 2023
Altuve is doubled up.
Somehow I *doubt* anyone with the Rangers post-game will throw an "atta boy" at him if this holds, but hey ya never know.
— Britt Ghiroli (@Britt_Ghiroli) October 16, 2023
Atta boy, Altuve
(surely I'm the only one who thought of that!)
— Graham Foley (@graham_foley3) October 16, 2023
Let’s see if Corey Seager says “atta boy” to Altuve
— Razzball (@Razzball) October 16, 2023