04.30.07 THIS DOESN’T EXACTLY HAPPEN ALL THE TIME
I love rare feats in baseball — no-hitters, the cycle, triple plays, Manny Ramirez paying attention in left field, and so on. Just think about it: of the tens of thousands of innings played in major league baseball every season, there are only handful of triple plays executed. The unassisted triple play is among the rarest of these breeds: before yesterday, only 12 had been turned in the entirety of MLB history. That's like one every 50 years or something.
So it's kind of cool that Rockies rookie Troy Tulowitzki pulled off the feat yesterday during the seventh inning of the Rockies' eleven-inning win over the Braves.
Kelly Johnson and Edgar Renteria singled for the Atlanta Braves in the seventh inning and were running on a 3-2 pitch when Tulowitzki caught Chipper Jones' line drive behind second base. The rookie stepped on the bag to double up Johnson and then tagged Renteria for the third out. Apparently unsure if he had completed the play properly, Tulowitzki went back and touched second base again, then threw to first.
I like that killer instinct. Sure, one in the chest and one in the head gets the job done, but sometimes you want to fire a couple extra rounds into the corpse to see the dead flesh jump. Oh, so now I'm the sick one, huh? Fine, just remember that Troy's the one who tagged bases unnecessarily.
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THIS DOESN’T EXACTLY HAPPEN ALL THE TIME
Big deal..I turned one in Tee-Ball when I was 5….I caught a pop-up to the mound, and since none of the runners were paying attention, my coach had me walk over and tag the other 2 kids….they were both standing around 3rd,not on it, so I didn’t have to walk far.
I saw John Valentin turn an unassisted triple play at Fenway when I was 14. That was also A-Rod’s first MLB game.
I ran a triple play on three Kappa Deltas in college. But it was assisted……by roofies.
Glad Edgar Renteria was one of the outs. Fuck that guy. Worst Red Sox free agent signing ever. And yes, I am taking into account Tony Clark.
When you think of the great names in MLB lore, some come to mind easily. Ruth. Aaron. Mantle. DiMaggio. Mays. Add Tulowitzki to that list, my friends.
By my logic, I think he’s due 5 outs for that play - the triple play and two more for sexiness - does he know the rules of baseball? Hell no. Troy Tulowitzki plays by his own rules.
“I play by my own rules and no one elses. Sorry, I don’t date dudes.”
I was at that game yesterday, but was too involved in watching for the wave to come around to my section to notice the history being made..
Just another Rockie player with a really fucked up last name.
You know, I hope he has a LOT of skill to be coming out of the gates and pulling this. Otherwise he’ll never live up to anyone’s expectations.
Hey, wassup with the cheap shot, mang? Who’s up….hey, there’s a butterfly! I like chicken wings.
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