Hanley Ramirez attempts a suicide squeeze at the worst possible time

May 14, 2016, 8:24 PM

Arizona Sports

The suicide squeeze is one of the most exciting plays in baseball.

There are good times to do this, and attempting one in a tie game in the bottom of the ninth could at least be labeled as bold.

That’s what the Boston Red Sox’s Hanley Ramirez attempted to do Saturday, but the circumstances for the play weren’t ideal, to say the least.

40-year-old David Ortiz was on third base, and while Big Papi is known to steal a bag or two when someone isn’t paying attention, taking home on a bunt is on a whole different level.

This is how the Red Sox reacted when Ramirez got the swell idea to bunt with two outs in the ninth and Big Papi on third.

Red Sox dugout reaction to Hanley Ramirez inexplicably deciding to bunt pic.twitter.com/uvqpNFfbA8

— CJ Fogler (@cjzero) May 14, 2016

Even for Ortiz, that was really animated. And Ortiz is laughing as he crosses the plate, prob bc Hanley Ramirez just bunted. Why? Dunno.

— Evan Drellich (@EvanDrellich) May 14, 2016

Did we mention there were two outs?

Ramirez tried to defend his decision after the game, but his manager didn’t exactly go to bat for him.

Why did Hanley bunt in the 9th? pic.twitter.com/ZsIfFE6Xkv

— Matt Kalman (@MattKalman) May 14, 2016

Farrell on Hanley bunt attempt in ninth: 'He saw something only he saw'

— Rob Bradford (@bradfo) May 14, 2016

As one could expect, Twitter went crazy.

Hanley Ramirez has 15 career bunt hits . . . none since 2012, per our own @MasterTones. @FOXSports

— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) May 14, 2016

HANLEY RAMIREZ, RHODES SCHOLAR

— Jonah Keri (@jonahkeri) May 14, 2016

Um, Hanley?

— Pete Abraham (@PeteAbe) May 14, 2016

Dumbest play I've seen in 2016. Closer who can't close and you do that. https://t.co/rCwv4sHUDa

— Rich Eisen (@richeisen) May 14, 2016

Papi triple to Hanley bunt. What a wild ride.

— Feitelberg (@FeitsBarstool) May 14, 2016

That’s right: Ortiz did, in fact, triple the at-bat before.

The Ramirez play was actually less of a surprise and more of a “Hanley being Hanley” situation.

May 14, first Hanley moment of the season. That’s way past the over/under.

— Pete Abraham (@PeteAbe) May 14, 2016

He proved this earlier in the game, when, for whatever reason, he tried to trick an Astros player into thinking he had the ball in his glove. This is even when the player had already realized what was happening and that Ramirez didn’t even have the ball in his glove anyway.