There were shenanigans with the very first at bat in Vanderbilt’s 2024 NCAA Baseball Tournament run, as lead-off hitter Jonathan Vastine mysteriously went missing in between innings.
Vastine started in the outfield in the top of the first inning and was seen sprinting towards the dugout with a fist in the air shortly after Commodore catcher Alan Espinal picked off a Coastal Carolina runner for the third out. However, when the Chanitcleers took the field, Vastine was nowhere to be seen.
After a few moments, he was seen in the dugout applying his gloves and helmet before bouncing out of the dugout and into the box. During the at bat, the ESPN broadcast offered a minor update on the strange situation with Vastine’s at bat:
“I think we can probably figure it out, but a ‘player delay.’ That’s all we got, the official term. Didn’t find that in the NCAA guide book but I think we can put it all together.”
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