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hc5duke
05-13-2008, 01:33 PM
Cabrera turns unassisted triple play (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap;_ylt=Ah0S709tp2eoTNSbw4zp9Z0RvLYF?gid=280512 305&prov=ap)
Unassisted triple play! It was (what I'm guessing is) the usual kind, single, single, line-out to 2b, touch second base, tag out runner.
colchar
05-13-2008, 01:53 PM
Cabrera turns unassisted triple play (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap;_ylt=Ah0S709tp2eoTNSbw4zp9Z0RvLYF?gid=280512 305&prov=ap)
Unassisted triple play! It was (what I'm guessing is) the usual kind, single, single, line-out to 2b, touch second base, tag out runner.

Not that I care about baseball any more (haven't since the Jays won back-to-back titles) but this happened in the second game of a double-header against the Jays. Being from the Toronto area, this one still stings a bit. Way to go down in history there guys.
BlueDevilBaby
05-13-2008, 01:58 PM
You've got to be pretty darn lucky to turn one of those. Line drive, perfect positioning, hit and run on.
hurleyfor3
05-13-2008, 03:01 PM
Cabrera turns unassisted triple play (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap;_ylt=Ah0S709tp2eoTNSbw4zp9Z0RvLYF?gid=280512 305&prov=ap)
Unassisted triple play! It was (what I'm guessing is) the usual kind, single, single, line-out to 2b, touch second base, tag out runner.

Pretty much, except the guy tagged for the third out (who was originally on first base) was tagged a couple feet beyond second.

Every UTP I've seen is actually kind of dull, and I watched the Rafael Furcal one on teevee as it happened.
darthur
05-14-2008, 09:50 AM
Not that I care about baseball any more (haven't since the Jays won back-to-back titles) but this happened in the second game of a double-header against the Jays. Being from the Toronto area, this one still stings a bit. Way to go down in history there guys.

I can't remember if it was unassisted (probably not), but I remember the Jays getting robbed on the other side of a triple play. As I recall, 3rd baseman Kelly Gruber ended up chasing a runner for the triple play and did a diving tag. The ref ruled the player safe, but replays clearly showed him getting tagged.