I think I saw it about 12 times on SportsCenter during the morning run–it never got old. Wow–KSH.
I think I saw it about 12 times on SportsCenter during the morning run–it never got old. Wow–KSH.
First [i]game-ending[/i] unassisted triple play since 1927. One of less than twenty unasssisted triple plays in the history of the game, though there have been several in the last fifteen years or so.
Mind you, the runners probably shouldn’t have been in motion, and they were there only because Bruntlett — who plays infrequently — had been somewhat sloppy in his fielding … but that’s what makes baseball so incredible.
There was an equally exciting play in cricket yesterday. In the final of the biennial five-match Ashes contest between England and Australia, the southerners’ captain Ponting was retired in a spectacular run out by England’s Flintoff.
[blockquote] [i]The key wicket came after Mike Hussey had clipped the ball to Flintoff’s left at mid-on and rushed through for a sharp single. Hussey must have thought that there was little chance of Flintoff getting to the ball quickly, given that he had been hobbling around all day.
But the ball was not far out of reach, and Flintoff immediately sensed the possibilities. He picked it up and unleashed an exocet of a throw that scored a direct hit on the stumps. Ponting was out by a foot.[/i] [/blockquote]
Each out in cricket is remarkably more important than in baseball. A direct hit on the stumps (from the field) is quite rare, and in this case effectively ended not only the match, but the entire series. With Ponting gone the Aussies quite simply didn’t have enough outs left to overcome England’s massive score.
A disappointing day in Oz, as England weren’t really that strong a team this year.
What is even more amazing about this play is that the fielder had fielded the prior two hits and could not make the plays.
why were they sending the runners with no outs, down only 2 runs (in the bottom of the 9th!)? this started with a poor call in the dugout, it’s way too likely to get a double play (triple less likely but of course still possible) in this scenario.
Hit and run, Chris.
Nice.
Watch it here:
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090823&content_id=6585864&vkey=news_mlb&fext;=.jsp&c_id=mlb
The same video, without the annoying box in the frame, and crisper quality.
yes, I know it was a hit and run but why? any line drive to an infielder is at least a double play and the game is pretty much over. you know Whitey Herzog would never make that call….
A line drive is a sure double-play, but a ball hit on the ground actually avoids a double-play insofar as the on-base runners will have advanced too far to double up, turning the ground ball into an effective sacrifice.
Whitey was a lover of speed…the Cardinals won the World Series in 1982 with just this kind of play.
And poor Francouer, he simply can’t get a break anywhere.