Re: Stats Gone Wild! Plus Triple-Play Bonus

On May 13, 1:01 pm, "Richard R. Hershberger" <rrhe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On May 12, 11:00 pm, Blinky the Shark <no.s...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > Stats guys in the basebal booth rule.
>
> > I'm watching the Angels and the White Sox.  Each team has a player in
the
> > game whose last name starts with "Q".  The Real Stats Guy came up with
> > this: no two players whose names begin with "Q" have ever homered in
the
> > same major league game.
>
> That is the sort of datum that makes me really appreciate Vin Scully.
> He had an uncanny ability to keep quiet, if he didn't have anything
> interesting to say.
>
> > BlinkyBonusPanel:  A Cleveland player got an unassisted triple play
today.
> > The last one was performed in 2007.  I wonder if this indicates a
trend,
> > since in over a hundred years of major league ball today's was only
the
> > 14th. :)  BonusBonus:  Cleveland also had the first two, in 1909 and
1920.
> > They are the alpha and omega of unassisted triple plays; but had none
in
> > between.
>
> I have seen like exactly one triple play of any sort, a 4-6-3.  There
> are two plays I would like to see before I die.  An unassisted triple
> play, which could happen, and an unassisted double play by an
> outfielder, which is rather less likely.

In the second baseball game that I ever saw live, I saw a 5-4-3 triple
play.  Manny Sanguillen was the batter who hit a sharp grounder right
to (Ron Santo?) who stepped on third, threw to second and the second
baseman threw it to first it to beat Manny.