Who to trust? Ray Knight's comments

Ray Knight played and managed in the major leagues. He would be by all accounts and expert on baseball. DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER!

Here is what he commented on the other night watching a Washington Nationals game.

Christian Guzman is on 3rd base. There is an additional runner on 2nd base and there is only one out. The batter hits a line drive to the center fielder that is deep enough to score Guzman from third. On the replay they show Guzman at third base and what you see is Guzman executing a perfect "contact" play. He breaks toward home plate as soon as the ball hits the bat. When he recognizes that the ball was hit in the air he retreats to tag. He gets to the bag as soon as the outfielder catches the ball. He then immediately redirects himself home to score. I was watching the play and thought "WOW, perfect execution."

Ray Knight, the professional broadcaster, begins admonishing Guzman. "There is absolutely no reason he should have been heading home there. As soon as the ball was hit in the air he should have been going back to the bag."

I guess it's difficult to expect amatuer coaches to know the game and teach the game when professionals don't know it either.

Ray Knight's comments were extremely unsettling. He owes Christian Guzman an apology.