Judge's baserunning yields extremely odd play that nobody understands

It's time for Weird Baseball.

During the bottom of the fourth inning in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series between the Houston Astros and New York Yankees, a baserunning gaffe by Aaron Judge created consternation and resulted in the TOOTBLAN heard around the world Tuesday.

It all started when Gary Sanchez, at the plate, hit a fly ball with the Yankees starting Judge, the runner, from first base. After Josh Reddick caught the flyball, Judge began racing back to first base to tag up.

First-base umpire Jerry Meals initially ruled that Yuli Gurriel's tag beat Judge, and the Yankees runner was out on the double play. However, upon review, the umpiring crew overturned the play and Judge was ruled safe at first.

One problem though, Judge missed second base on his way back to first. Turns out that needs to be reviewed in a completely separate play.

Astros skipper A.J. Hinch instructed Lance McCullers Jr. to throw the ball to second base once play had resumed so the play could be appealed - thereby saving one of the team's reviews.

After one throw to second base, second-base umpire Jim Reynolds instructed McCullers that play had to be live in order for the throw to count, and the play to be appealed. Confused yet? Same.

So, Yankees batter Greg Bird then stepped into the box, with home-plate umpire Chris Guccione issuing the play-on signal. As McCullers turned around to throw the ball to second base, Judge had broken from first base in an attempt to steal - a play that would have rendered the initial play unreviewable since it wouldn't have been the latest play.

Alas, it all ended well for the Astros, as Judge was officially caught stealing by Carlos Correa for the final out of the inning.

Weird.