Double Play

Baseball fans know there is a sequence of events captured in this one second. The player in the white cap has caught the ball, touched the base ahead of the runner to force a first out, jumped into the air, and has his arm cocked to throw the baseball over to first base to beat the hitter (off screen) who just hit the ball and who, if the ball gets to first base ahead of him, will be a second force out for a double play. The umpire already has his thumb up to signal that the player in the red cap is "out" (because the player in the white cap touched the base first). However, the red capped runner is still trying to break up the double play by cutting the legs out from under the player in the white cap. (In the old days players used to have sharpened steel cleats that could up the other players legs. They are mostly rubber now.) What remains to be seen is whether the blue capped player, jumping up to avoid the sliding runner, can rocket the ball 60 feet to first base from such an awkward throwing position. Only if he can do this before the runner gets there will this be a "double play."  (OK...It may be much easier to see a double play than to describe it.)