Austin Wells breaks up Drew Rasmussen's no-hitter, and Jimmy Rollins wishes he had stopped at second
TBS's postseason short from ALDS Game 1 drew dozens of comments on a channel whose shorts usually get one, most of them about a third base coach's stop sign.
TNT Sports USStory of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 40,714 views a day, 11 times a normal first day on this channel (3,641).
Jimmy Rollins thinks Austin Wells shouldn't have even tried for third 😬
For Austin Wells, the hit itself was the good part. In Game 1 of the ALDS, the Yankees catcher broke up Drew Rasmussen's no-hitter, then kept running, and was thrown out at third. Jimmy Rollins, on the TBS postseason desk, does not think the attempt should have happened at all, and the title says so.
A new short on TNT Sports US usually ends its first day with a few thousand views. This one passed 40,000. Its comment section moved even further from the routine: where a short here typically gathers a single comment on day one, this one drew dozens.
Most of them are baserunning lessons. Viewers keep pointing at the third base coach, who they say had the stop sign up while Wells kept going. Several repeat one of baseball's oldest rules of thumb: never make the first or third out at third base, because a runner on second is already in scoring position. One viewer reads Rollins's verdict as a former shortstop saying he would not have made it either.
The Rays won that game behind Rasmussen. A day earlier, the channel had posted a happier Wells moment: a successful ABS challenge that helped Gerrit Cole escape trouble in the first inning, a clip that also ran well past the channel's usual short.
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What viewers say
Spot on by Jimmy. I get Austin wanting to do something big in that situation, but it’s still right place right time, and that wasn’t it for him
@RockStarryNightSee it on YouTubeDon’t make the first or third out at 3rd base. You’re already in scoring position on second base.
@dcallinsSee it on YouTubeNot only was there no chance, there was no need. Putting him in scoring position would have been just fine
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- Channel
- TNT Sports US
- Subscribers
- 2,030,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 401,740
- Channel views, pace per day
- 147,355 (on a normal day: 48,641)
- Video published
- October 4, 2026
- Video views so far
- 42,476 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 37,911
The numbers
One baserunning decision made this the busiest short on the channel's postseason shelf, and its comment count stands out even more than its views.
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Jimmy Rollins won the National League MVP award with the Philadelphia Phillies in which year?
Rollins was named NL MVP in 2007, the year before the Phillies won the 2008 World Series.
