01 May 2007

Unassisted Triple Play

Baseball is filled with unique plays and rarely seen acheivements, like no-hitters (I've seen one) and 4 consecutive batters hitting 4 consecutive home runs. But one of the rarest of all plays is one you can't plan for, the unassisted triple play. Sunday afternoon a rookie shortstop for Colorado pulled off the 13th unassisted triple play i the history of major league baseball. It happened so fast that his own coach was confused.

"Once he made the play and I thought we had four outs, I wondered how that worked for the next inning," Rockies manager Clint Hurdle said. "But I think we had it figured out. Those aren't things you work on or plan for, so when they happen, it kind of catches everybody for a second."

If you have any interest in sports, you'll want to watch the video from MLB.

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