I always enjoy reading about baseball’s oddities: perfect games, four home runs in one game, hitting for the natural cycle, and five extra base hits in a game. All of these are comparable in terms of rarity, but all require extraordinary effort and skill. Right up there in rarity is the unassisted triple play. The difference, though, is that the unassisted triple play is more a matter of luck than skill…
What are the Odds?? Unassisted Triple Plays on Back-to-Back Days!
I always enjoy reading about baseball’s oddities: perfect games, four home runs in one game, hitting for the natural cycle, and five extra base hits in a game. All of these are comparable in terms of rarity, but all require extraordinary effort and skill. Right up there in rarity is the unassisted triple play…
More Fun With Triple Plays…Especially Unassisted Triple Plays!
In reading the National Pastime This Day in Baseball History website, I discovered that yesterday was the twentieth anniversary of the twelfth unassisted triple play in major league history, pulled off by the Braves’ Rafael Furcal on August 10, 2003…
Twins Historic 8-5 Triple Play vs. White Sox Recalls Brooks Robinson’s Dubious Record!
In case you missed it, the Twins pulled off a historic 8-5 triple play in Monday’s game against the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Park in Chicago. There’s never been an 8-5 triple play before in all of baseball history…
Another Edition of “Baseball’s Forgotten Stars”: Willie Kamm, Plus, “More Fun with Triple Plays!”
“There is the best third-base prospect I’ve seen since my days with the old Baltimore Orioles.” –White Sox manager Kid Gleason, speaking of Willie Kamm…
Another Edition Of Baseball Oddities: Whitey Herzog’s Unusual Triple Play!
Here’s something that caught my eye that happened on this date in 1960, 59 years ago…
Joe Cronin Hits Into One Of The Most Unusual Triple Plays Ever!
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Brooks Robinson’s Dubious Record!
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A Real Baseball Oddity: The Unassisted Triple Play
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