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From: gadfly@ihu1m.UUCP (Gadfly)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: Unassisted triple play WITHOUT TOUCHING THE BALL
Message-ID: <473@ihu1m.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 23-Jun-85 18:47:32 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun 23 18:47:32 1985
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> > >............. How can a fielder be credited with an
> > >unassisted triple play WITHOUT TOUCHING THE BALL?

Try this scenario on for size:

Runners on 1st and 2nd, none out (obviously).  Both runners
break on the pitch, and the batter hits a towering pop
fly to the left side of the infield.  The ump calls the infield
fly rule, but as we all know, runners may advance at their
peril, and so they do.  The runner from first, however, passes
the runner from second (who got his signals crossed and held
up just a few feet off the bag), and as he (the guy who had been
on 1st) gets half-way between 2nd and 3rd, the ball on its way down
hits him!  The shortstop, who never got a chance to catch the thing,
is thence credited with all 3 outs--the infield fly, the passed runner,
and the bonked runner.

Now, somebody *PLEASE* tell me (this machine's netnews has been badly
hosed up recently) how a batter can get 5 RBI's on 1 swing (or was it
1 up?).  I missed that entire discussion, but am available for
enlightenment at the address below.  Thanks.
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