I don't watch baseball. Can someone explain what's happening here?
The post had this additional context:
"This double play was officially scored: 4-3-3-6-3-4-3-4-5-2."
I can't tell from the gif exactly what's up, but the number notation at the bottom indicates who had the ball during the play, with 3 = 1st base, 4 = 2nd base, 5 = shortstop, 6 = 3rd base, and 2 = catcher.
I don't watch baseball either, but I'd love to see the video so I can tell what's going on.
Actually, you switched 3rd base (5) and shortstop (6), but otherwise correct.
The first out of the double play was the batter being thrown out at first base after grounding it to the second baseman. By getting the out at first base, there was no longer any force outs at subsequent bases. From what I can tell, there were runners on first and second when the batter grounded out. After the first baseman received the ball from the second baseman (4-3), they attempted to get the runner going from first to second out. They caught him in a rundown that had the first baseman throwing the shortstop (covering second), then back to the first baseman, then on to the second baseman, then back to the first baseman again, and again to the second baseman (3-6-3-4-3-4). At this point, the runner who was originally on second base had taken a big turn around third base thinking about trying to score, so the second baseman turned and fired the ball to third base in an attempt to get him out there (4-5). The runner broke for home, chased by the third baseman, who tossed it to the catcher who applied to tag for the second out of the double play (5-2).
I think the scoring is incorrect. It should have been a 4-3-6-3-4-3-4-5-2 double play (there's an extra 3 in the caption - you only put one number per touch of the ball, even if it was 4-3 and then 3-6; it would just be 4-3-6).