Re: Stats Gone Wild! Plus Triple-Play Bonus

On Tue, 13 May 2008 12:23:56 -0700 (PDT), "Richard R. Hershberger"
<rrhersh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>On May 13, 1:42 pm, "art...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <art...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On May 13, 1:01 pm, "Richard R. Hershberger" <rrhe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> > On May 12, 11:00 pm, Blinky the Shark <no.s...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> > > 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.
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>> > 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.
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>> > > 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.
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>> > 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.
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>Fun fact:  of the 672 known triple plays in major league history,
>5-4-3 holds a plurality, with 72.  This is a little misleading,
>however, since it really describes two distinct plays:  the one you
>saw, and the one where the third baseman catches a hard line drive,
>with the runners moving on the throw.
>
>Oh, and a little bird tells me you saw your second live game on July
>2, 1972 at Three Rivers Stadium.
>

And the Cubs still lost the game, 7-4.  Gee, what a surprise.

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