Rockies infielder threw his glove at the ball, and he's lucky he didn't hit it to activate wild MLB rule

The Colorado Rockies, in the midst of one of the worst extended starts to a season in baseball history, nearly activated a crazy MLB rule on Saturday.

The play looked simple enough. Yankees star Paul Goldschmidt lined a single over the head of leaping Rockies second baseman Adael Amador.

Except upon further review, Amador didn't just leap. He threw his glove upward at the baseball.

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He's lucky he didn't hit the ball with his thrown glove.

Why?

Any batted ball that is contacted by a thrown fielder's glove results in an automatic triple.

Seriously. It's rule 5.06(4)(C).

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If the glove doesn't hit the ball, there's no penalty. But as soon as it does, all runners, including the batter-runner, get three bases.

Honestly, it's too bad that didn't happen.

The Rockies aren't going to accomplish much of note the rest of the season besides potential runs at losing records.

But this would've been their own unique accomplishment. It would've been technically negative, but it would've been highly entertaining. At this point, entertaining is probably the best the Rockies can do.

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