I love wacky plays in sports, and the wackiest of all are in baseball. I keep a mental collection of bizarre baseball plays I've seen (ask me about it sometime if you're bored). Today I read about a really neat one in the San Jose Mercury News:
Leigh pitcher Tyler Derby pulled off an unusual triple play in a 7-6 10-inning baseball victory over Oak Grove on Tuesday.In the scorebook, it went K-2-1-5-1.
With runners on first and second, Derby struck out a batter for the first out, but catcher Adam Wells thought it was the third out and rolled the ball back to the mound as he began to leave the field.
As both runners broke, Derby picked up the ball and fired it to third baseman Adrian Mull, who made the putout at third. But the same mental affliction struck Mull, who also rolled the ball back to the mound, thinking the side was retired.
Again, Derby picked up the ball, and sprinted for third, this time beating the runner trying to advance from first, and made the tag.
This play worked so well, somebody should try doing it on purpose.
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