Why Angels' Vaughn Grissom used an intentional bounce throw to second base to turn a double play

Vaughn Grissom fielded a ground ball at third base for the Los Angeles Angels and had a chance to throw to second to start a double play.Grissom intentionally aimed for the ground and threw what amounted to a firm bounce pass.It hopped right into the glove of Oswald Peraza, who fired on to first to complete the double play.The best part is that Grissom almost certainly did this on purpose.MORE: The Braves let their pitcher hit, and it worked out surprisingly wellWhy did Vaughn Grissom make a bounce throw?Grissom seemed to recognize that the sun would make seeing a standard throw to second a lot harder to see.The bounce took the ball out of the sun for most of its travel:THAT SUN IS BRUTAL LET'S TRY A BOUNCE PASS pic.twitter.com/yXsHO0TF6c— Codify (@CodifyBaseball) July 22, 2026It's just a