One of the dumbest baserunning blunders in baseball history

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http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?co...16825&c_id=mlb

In case that link doesn't work, or you don't want to click on it, Brewers are batting with 1 out, Segura at first.

1) Segura steals second

2) Braun walks

3) Segura takes off for third too early, pitcher throws to third and Segura is stuck in the middle.

4) According to basic baseball 101, Braun now needs to run for second, and he does

5) Segura runs back to second. Both runners are at second, the defense tags both of them. (Segura came off the bag and got tagged, but the ump missed that. Oh well, moving on)

6) According to the rules, when two runners are on the same base and get tagged, the preceding runner is safe, and the trailing runner is out. So, Braun is out.

7) Segura, thinking he's out, starts trotting back to the 1st base dugout. The first base coach yells at him to stop at first. (the rules forbid running the bases backwards to "confuse the defense" or to "make a travesty of the game", but if you are just a confused moron, you can pretty much run in any direction you want)

8) Next pitch, Segura tries to steal second again, gets caught stealing.