[QUOTE=David Simmons]
I remember reading of one unusual triple play. There were runners at first and second and the batter grounded to the first baseman who stepped on the base and threw to third. The runner who had been on second stopped and started back to that base but was caught in a rundown. The other runner who had been on first apparently became so absorbed by the rundown that he forgot that he was standing between first and second was also out in a rundown.
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If there were runners at first and second then there would be potential force outs at first, second and third bases, right? So why were there rundowns with the runners between 1B and 2B and between 2B and 3B?
When, after stepping on the 1B bag, the first baseman threw to 3B that would be a force out at 3B (for the second out), and then when the third baseman throws to 2B that’s a force out there for the third out. Is that correct?
[QUOTE=I Love Me, Vol. I]
If there were runners at first and second then there would be potential force outs at first, second and third bases, right? So why were there rundowns with the runners between 1B and 2B and between 2B and 3B?
When, after stepping on the 1B bag, the first baseman threw to 3B that would be a force out at 3B (for the second out), and then when the third baseman throws to 2B that’s a force out there for the third out. Is that correct?
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No. As soon as the first baseman steps on the base the runner coming from home to first is out which removes the force. The runner going down to second can now return to first and the runner who was on second can return there.
[QUOTE=Rucksinator]
He probably still tells people about it.
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I wouldn’t doubt it in the least. He was the best player on the team, but most of us were not at that level of play. Keeping your head to do all that quickly enough to make it work is way above average.
Xema, doesn’t that suck. So close, yet so far. I had one unassisted DP at first on a hit and run when the batter made it a line drive right by me. The runner was almost to second, had no chance to beat me to 1st. But that wasn’t really hard, the hardest part was having the reflexes to get my glove in front of the ball. Those are long gone now.
I was at a game on July 7, 2004 where there was an “around the horn” triple play executed by the Chicago White Sox against the LA Angels. It was an otherwise terrbile night for the Sox who went on to lose 12-0.
[QUOTE=db4530]
I was at a game on July 7, 2004 where there was an “around the horn” triple play executed by the Chicago White Sox against the LA Angels. It was an otherwise terrbile night for the Sox who went on to lose 12-0.
I had one unassisted DP at first on a hit and run when the batter made it a line drive right by me. The runner was almost to second, had no chance to beat me to 1st. But that wasn’t really hard, the hardest part was having the reflexes to get my glove in front of the ball. Those are long gone now.