Bill Turlock wrote:
> M C Hamster wrote:
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>> On 13 May 2008 09:53:02 -0500, M C Hamster
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speakeasy.nospam.net> wrote:
>> >>>On Mon, 12 May 2008 21:27:40 -0700, Blinky the Shark
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>>>>M C Hamster wrote:
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>>>>> On Mon, 12 May 2008 20:00:20 -0700, Blinky the Shark
>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>>Stats guys in the basebal booth rule.
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>>>>> The Stats guys must have sent it out over the national wire, because
>>>>> the Cubs announcer mentioned the same thing tonight (about the
>>>>> Cleveland triple plays).
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>>>>I got the the triple-play item from UPI online.
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> I'm completely at a loss to explain this, or why the
>>>>> sudden increase in frequency since the 1990s. Unless it's steroids.
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>>>>Yeah, that's an amazing hole in the middle of the list, after seven in the
>>>>18-year span after the first one. The 1968-1992 gap is noticeable, too.
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>> This is more a theoretical construct than a strong data-based
>> analysis. A friend has said these data are right, but I haven't
>> really checked them myself.
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> Could you please explain to the uninitiated exactly how one makes
> an unassisted triple play?
Typically, one catches a line drive near second base; steps on the bag to
double off the runner that had left the bag; and tags out the runner
coming in from first base, possibly on a hit-and-run or a steal attempt.
Could also happen at third. I think second is more common.
