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On the unassisted triple play the guy could have thrown it to first. The baserunner had to tag up because he caught the line drive. Its just cool to do it all yourself.
On the one you questioned - yes, he could’ve just thrown it to first. It was a line drive caught in the air so the runner on first HAS to return to first before the ball gets there. However, the second baseman who caught the ball wanted to get the unassisted triple play, which is an incredibly rare feat.
@@DNReacts the unassisted triple play is one of the rarest things in baseball; it's happened 15 times in MLB history (Two of them are since the play where the announcer says it's the 13th.) For comparison, here are some other rare feats: Player reaches first base safely, then steals second, third, and then home plate to complete his trip around the bases: 53 times Walk-off steal of home plate: 35 times Team losing by 3 runs gets walk-off grand slam: 33 times Batter hits home run on first pitch of first at-bat of major league career: 31 times Pitcher achieves a perfect game: 24 times 4 home runs in a game by one player: 18 times Pitchers hit home runs off each other in the same game: 18* times There really aren't a lot of things that are rarer that've been done more than once. Examples of those are two grand slams by a single batter in one inning (Fernando Tatis, April 23, 1999 in the 3rd inning) or throwing two complete-game no-hitters in consecutive starts (by Johnny Vander Meer on June 11 and 15, 1938; other than those two games he actually wasn't a very good pitcher. Rookie luck.) *this one gets an asterisk four of the instances where pitchers hit home runs off each other in the same game involved the 1887 Chicago White Stockings (now known as the Cubs), whose stadium had outer fences that were much closer than normal; in seasons before and after 1887, balls hit over the outfield fence at that park were considered doubles, not home runs, but in 1887 they counted as home runs. Without those four games, this would in fact be rarer than an unassisted triple play.
Also, it probably wouldn't have happened, but if he threw it it could've been a bad throw and gave the runner a chance to get back to first before they could get the ball and touch the base. Tagging him was the safer option.
when the ball is caught in the air, all base runners have to tag up, which means they have to touch the base they are at after the ball is caught before they can run to the next base. This allows the unassisted triple play at second because after the ball is caught in the air, he immediately steps on second, giving them the second out, and then either tagging the first base runner or throwing behind him to first to get the last out.
I think what adds to your confusion, is that the base runners are anticipating a hit, so they run before the tag up. In these cases, once the ball is caught, the runners are supposed to go back to the original base. But they can be thrown out, if the ball beats them back to the original base.
Ya the tag up rules can be confusing, it's a forced out if there's runners behind them, but if they wait to run off their base until the ball is caught (tagging up) they can run for it and it's not a forced (sorry if redundant info)
On July 17, 1990, in a game that I watched, the Minnesota Twins turned two triple plays (both 5-4-3) in one game at Fenway Park. It's the only time in more than 235,500 MLB games that this has been done. The Twins couldn't have taken much pleasure in the feat though, because they lost the game.
According to Wikipedia there's been 734 triple plays since 1876, or just over 5 per season. Also - I always heard it referred to as "around the horn", but using world or diamond does get across what you're meaning.
Puig’s life and career is incredibly interesting. I’m not sure if there are any good videos about him out there but if there is, you guys should check it out. I think you’d enjoy his story.
Also, there's only been one triple play this season. The Braves logged an 8-5-3 triple play against the Red Sox a few weeks ago. An 8-5-3 triple play has only happened twice in MLB history.
@@DNReacts It was actually 8-3-5, not 8-5-3; meaning center fielder, to first baseman, to third baseman. Very strange. Here's the official video, though obviously don't react to it on camera or you'll likely get dmca'd: ruclips.net/video/5w5k298PPyE/видео.html Perhaps even more amusingly, the Twins had an 8-5 triple play last year, meaning center fielder to third baseman. Here's video of that: ruclips.net/video/pyn1oejgGVM/видео.html -- note, even the announcers get confused. the third out occurred when the third baseman stepped on second base, so the throw to first was unnecessary.
No, at 6:22 or so you were absolutely right. The fielder could have thrown to first, because the runner needed to go back due to the caught ball. But no reason to risk throwing it way when the runner is right there.
About 30 years ago, the Cubs turned a triple play involving an infield fly rule (1 out), dropped pop-up, and 2 confused baserunners both gunned down thinking they had to advance.
When you guys solved that one on your own I was so relieved! I was ready to punch my monitor while screaming to no one, "Because you have to tag up!!!". It's fun to watch you learn other sports, esp. baseball. Great job!
Baseball doesn't often get my blood pumping like the intensity and violence of football, but a triple play gets me out of my seat every time. My favorite triple plays are the ones where the runners mess up running the bases, always makes me laugh out loud 😂
12:08 He's stopping because the runner that was on second has to "tag up" because the ball was caught. That means that the runner that was on first can't have second base. Two players can't be on the same base. There is a rule in baseball that says a runner has to "tag up", i.e. touch his base, after the ball is caught out of the air. If the ball hits the ground before the fielder gets it he doesn't have to tag up, but in this case he caught the ball. It also applies here: 6:18 He would have to go back to first, because you have to tag up after the ball is caught. If the ball weren't caught but bounced he could continue. No need to tag up if the ball hits the field. 1
At 12:05, the runner stopped because the shortstop caught it, meaning the runner had to go BACK to 1st base, but at that point he would not have made it in time so the fielder just tagged him and touched second base to get the unassisted triple play.
Nick!! Phenomenal job explaining why the runner going from first to second needs to be tagged out. Triple plays are indeed rare and even old timers like me have to take a moment to understand why everyone was out. But you nailed it proving once again your tremendous growth in this short time. I could see the wheels spinning in your head when Damo asked the question and I knew that you would think it through and give him a proper explanation. Well done Nick. ♣ Even your explanation at the end where you explained that last complicated triple play was correct. The player could have retreated back to first base and been safe, but probably thought that there was enough chaos and confusion going on that he could essential steal second. And got caught. I remember that play being talked about for weeks on ESPN after it happened. ♠
Thank you! I was replaying the play in my head before I just blurted out an answer 😂 this is my favourite comment to date around my knowledge of the game! Appreciate it 😀 yeah I can imagine that play was a huge talking point! I loved these, I want to see one live, that would be something!
15:00 Hey DNReacts, if you rewatch carefully, that hit actually hit the ground, so when the second baseman touched his base, that was the first out (the runner from first base). Then they caught the runner from second base in a run-down (between 2nd and 3rd) for the second out. The 3rd out was actually the hitter who was trying to stretch towards second base, who either A) couldn't fully commit because the runner between 2nd and 3rd might have returned to second base, or B) simply didn't have enough time to get to second before the other runner was tagged out. Great reaction!
Fun fact: The only unassisted triple play in World Series history was performed in 1920 by Bill Wambsganss, 2nd baseman for the Cleveland Indians vs. the Brooklyn Robins. In the fifth inning, with runners at 1st and 2nd base, "Wamby" caught a line drive by Clarence Mitchell, stepped on 2nd base to retire the unsuspecting runner from 2nd, and tagged the unfortunate runner from 1st. Earlier, in the first inning, Wambsganss scored as runner in the first grand slam homerun in World Series history, by Elmer Smith.
According to Baseball Almanac, in 1913, there was a triple play that they have scored as a 6-2-5-1-5-4-5-6-5-7 triple play. So, that's shortstop to catcher to third base to pitcher to third base to second base to third base to shortstop to third base to left field. I wish they had that on film. I'm wondering how the pitcher and left fielder were involved. A crazy run down for the final out?
I would guess there had to be one or more run downs. Also, in the early 1900s, pitchers and outfielders generally got more involved in infield plays. But it would be cool to see a video of it, or at least a description.
@6:10 …yes, he could’ve thrown it to 1st (both runners @ 1st & 2nd had to retreat. It was just easier to tag the runner (which would’ve been out anyway, because he ran out of the base path)
The unassisted triple play is very rare, as others have mentioned. Just about all of them are line drives to 2B where he catches the ball, tags second, then tags the runner from first. I actually had one as a kid growing up. Playing second base, line drive up the middle, diving catch, I landed about 3 feet from second base. The second base runner saw me catch it and was heading back to the bag. I crawled/dived, touching the bag with my glove just before he got back. The first base runner was running with his head down and I tagged him when he got to me a couple of seconds after the second out. It's crazy b/c it's over before you even know what's going on. It's all instinct.
On the phrase "around the diamond," it is customary for a catcher to throw the ball to the third baseman on a strikeout. The third baseman then throws it to the second baseman, who throws it to the shortstop, who throws it to the first baseman, who throws it to the pitcher. It doesn't have to be that pattern exactly, but the point is to celebrate the strikeout (or rub it in) by throwing the ball around the diamond. We call this throwing the ball "around the horn" for some reason. I don't actually know where that came from, but maybe it came from cowboys playing rounders on the ranch where there were animals with horns (or maybe saddles with horns). There is probably a video out there explaining the origin of obscure baseball terms.
On the confusing one. When the SS catched the line drive, the runner on first has to get back on 1st 'cause he could not leave the base, but realising he would'nt have any chance to do it, he just freezed and let the SS touch him. So to make it clear. 1) SS catch takes the batter out. 2) SS touching the 2nd base cuts the runner from second to third. 3) SS touching the runner from first got him out also. Triple play. Baseball is a fascinating game when well played. One of the greatest strategic game. Hi from Canada
One of the triple plays here was with the Phillies second baseman, Eric Bruntlett, from 2009. It was one of the unassisted triple plays. Back in 1992, Phillies second baseman Mickey Morandini also had an unassisted triple play, against the Pittsburgh Pirates. It's an oddity of the game that one team, the Phillies, should have two second basemen, 17 years apart, end up turning unassisted triple plays.
12:43 since the ball was caught in the air, you have to tag the base after the catch before leaving. They had a hit and run on it looks like where both runners went on contact. So the catch is one out, stepping on second is an out for the runner that was on second as he hasn’t tagged the bag and then tagging the player that was on first or throwing to the first baseman to touch the bag is the third. Since he was almost to second he realized he couldn’t possibly beat a throw back and basically became a sitting duck.
The Padres current uniform has only been used since 2020, Im a Dodger fan and they were a navy blue with different accent colors pretty much my whole life, they have changed their official colors 4 times in the last 30+ years.
Back in 2021, the Yankees (my favorite team) had the most sequence of events I've seen when they turned three triple plays in a MONTH. Two of them were in the 9th inning at home. The first one had the lead run at second in a tied game, and the other had the tying run at second and the lead run at first, and the triple play ended the game. The third one was a super bizarre one against the Blue Jays that was kinda like the Baltimore one shown here where Toronto just forgot how to run the bases lol
Gotta remember woth the unassisted triples, the second baseman has to tag the runner out, or throw back to forst. Because the runner ran on a line out they have to go back to first to be safe, second base is not an option. Remember, thats how sac flies work. Have to return to the base, tag up then advance to the next base. If your caught on the base path wothout tagging up, you are a dead fish out of water. Edit, just saw you guys noodled it out :)
In baseball..when the ball is hit in the air..all baserunners must wait for the ball to be caught( or dropped) until they can advance to the next base (thats called tagging up)...since in these un assisted triple plays...the runners left the bag they were on, you can either tag them out or just throw to the base they left from and tag the base....because they didnt wait to tag up.
There have only been 734 MLB Triple Plays since 1876, an average of 5 per season. They're exceedingly rare because the base runners have to be in the right place and fielders have to get a playable ball to be able to throw them out. 75% luck, 25% execution.
The thing about that one triple play you guys were trying to come to terms with in you head....the big deal was the fact that it was an "unassisted" triple play. That means that the one offensive player made all the plays himself. He caught the ball, getting the batter out. He tagged second base, which caused the player who was on second and chose to run to 3rd prematurely out. Plus, he physically tagged the runner who left 1st base prematurely out. Typically the second base player throws the ball back to 1st base and that player tags the runner out. But in this play, the man covering 2nd caused each of the 3 outs himself, which, as the announcer mentioned, has only happened about 13 times in baseball history.
Have you guys come across the phrase "caught in a pickle" yet? It firstly means stuck in a difficult situation, like stuck between a rock and a hard place. But in terms of baseball, it is when the runner is caught between two basemen trying to tag him out and are throwing the ball back and forth, something you have seen plenty of times.
Hadn’t heard this used in Baseball terms so thank you for that! 🙏 Ironically we use the caught in a pickle phrase over here, but we don’t say between a rock and a hard place 😅
Hey guys, looked online, in 154 years of baseball, over 235000 games, there have been 24 perfect games, 15 unassisted triple plays, and 12 men walked on the Moon.
The 1st baseman does have to stretch to make those catches sometime.. We always used to have a tall lanky 1st basemen, they could reach halfway to second to make those grabs lol
Watching you guys work out the tag up rule and why the runner couldn’t just take second was like a dad watching his kid ride a bike the first time- like a proud dad moment. 😂 Well done!
There's lots of interesting things in baseball, but anything with the word "triple" in it is my favorite. So much effort for either a triple, or a triple play! Alternatively, an unassisted triple play isn't that difficult, just super rare and lucky.
5-4-3 triple play is call "Around the Horn" On your question about tagging the runner coming down from first, Yes he could get the out throwing back to first since the runner hadn't "tagged up" after the initial catch of the line drive. However it wouldn't be an unassisted triple play, and tagging an unprotected offensive player is always an out, so, if he's right there....... FYI the Pitcher/Batter contest at 6:55 is one of the legendary contests, 6' 10" (2.08m) power pitcher Randy "The Big Unit" Johnson against Mark McGwire, 6' 5" (1.96m) power hitter of renown - your question of what was the player on second doing? You always coach, even little kids to watch the play, and if the play is on the runner ahead of you you try to steal an extra base from behind hoping the defensive team isn't paying attention to you. It works two out of three times, more in lower levels of ball.
I only played baseball through high school and a little bit of city league after, and I know we weren't MLB level but I can tell you no team I played for ever turned a triple play (maybe little league when some kids didn't understand tagging up). The unassisted ones are especially incredible, but aren't impossible if the offense is sending the runners on a hit and run situation
Many will have already answered your question: *Imagine that the dirt becomes lava immediately upon a fielder catching a fly ball, so a runner must touch the base they're on [which is shaped like an ice-dispensing button] to cool down the lava so they can run across the dirt towards the next base*
Last comment: Triple plays unassisted are always caused by runner who anticipate the ball to pass through the Diamond. And, when the ball is catched by one of the infilders, runners are unable to come back to their initial base, before the play.
In a run-down situation, if everyone does everything right, the runner in the rundown should eventually be out. So, as the offensive team, you assume the out. So, the guy stuck in the rundown is supposed to take as long as possible to get tagged out. The trailing runner or runners are supposed to take advantage of the time to advance to the next base. Sometimes this even distracts the defense and they botch the rundown.
in the last one, runner on first and second, on a ball hit on the ground they have to run. The ball hit the ground before the second baseman caught it (so no one out), he flipped it to the shortstop who touched second base (which forced out the runner from first), and then threw it to third base, catching the runner from second base in-between bags. Since the runner from first was out, the runner in between second and third could now go back to second, which is why he started going back and forth, and got caught in a rundown. He got tagged out (second out), and by that time the batter who hit the ball had gotten to first, and was trying to go to second, and they picked him off going to second.(so the batter was actually the third out). The numerical scoring for that would be a nightmare... I think it is a 4-6-6-5cs-3-4cs TP don't see that every day....
The fielder who tagged the runner out for the third out and still threw to the first baseman is just making sure, in case it was all too fast for the umpire who may not have seen the tag. No harm if he does so, and "four outs are better than three."
Here is some terminology: the ball thrown to 3rd, then to 2nd then to 1st is called "around the horn". At 7:50 when a runner is trapped between bases (the ball is passed around in a loop), he is trapped in a "pickle" and also called a "rundown" PS: GO DODGERS !!!
10:13: It's a good point that the runner who tried to score may have thought there was already one out. If there had been, then he's safe to run when the throw goes to first: either it's an out at first, ending the inning, or the ball will get away and he'll have time to score.
I heard you mention it a couple of times. Triple Plays are extremely rare on their own as the circumstances needed are so situational, but Triple Plays are almost always a 5-4-3 (where they throw 3,2,1 or “around the world”). You still need bases loaded, a batter who is a fairly slow runner, and the ability to get him to ground out to Third Base. Triple Plays where the ball is caught for a Put-Out and then turned into 2 more Outs just requires the most unlikely situations. You have to have a ball that’s hit in such a way that the baserunners feel it’s safe to run, which is usually a low and fast moving ball that is unlikely to be fielded. Then that ball that is unlikely to be fielded has to be……fielded. For the most part, baserunners in the MLB are extremely aware and are not prone to running on most things in the infield, so it’s rare to even get them caught running even if you do make an extremely good play.
CC Sabathia was pitching in that video for twice for triple plays. That’s pretty rare. Fun fact: CC Sabathia had incentives built into his contract. If he pitched 155 innings in the regular season, he’d get a $500,000 bonus. It was the last start of the season for Sabathia, and one of his teammates was purposely hit by a pitch. The umpires warned both teams. Sabathia came out the next inning and hit a batter on purpose and got ejected, fully aware of the fact that he’d miss out on a $500,000 bonus for coming up a couple of innings short on his contract.
You guys should react to the video called “My Top 20 Defensive Plays Manny Machado”. It’s an older video from when he was young on the orioles and before most of his controversies. He played the best defense I’ve ever seen. And on top of all that, the orioles announcer at the time was amazing and makes the plays even more epic
"There have only been a total of 734 triple plays in the entire history of the MLB since 1876. This means that there is only an average of just over five triple plays in a season, and it has become even more rarer nowadays." I just got that off the web. You don't see these very often. I've heard a few real time, but so rare. 1
No, you are correct (at 6:00). The ball was caught in the air...so the runner from 1st is required to "tag" the bag before proceeding towards 2nd. The runner (actually both) ran at the crack of the bat. That's how the 2nd out was made when the fielder stepped on 2nd because that runner left too soon. That is called an "unassisted triple play"...the same fielder made all 3 outs. It was probably safer to tag that runner rather than throw to 1st and possibly throw it wild and allow the runner to get back to 1st safely.
Hi guys - really quick regarding double-plays and triple-plays that start from 3rd base, to 2nd base, then 1st base: you were referring to it as around-the-world or around-the-diamond. Traditionally, in baseball it's been called "Around-the-horn". I suppose I could look up why it's called that (I'm not exactly sure), but trust me that's what it's been called for generations.
i think you guys should react to a video on just yasiel puig since he keeps popping up, he actually has a quite interesting story i think you guys would find interesting
That unassisted triple play to the end the game was and still is only the second time in mlb history that that has happened and the only one on video as the other occurred in 1927.
Thanks for this one. Saw a comment saying it was a 8-5-3 and that’s only happened twice ever! Sounds like one I’m going to have to search. Love that this particular play order has only ever happened twice.
Three triple plays by a team in a year is pretty crazy. Triple plays, overall, happen not *too* rarely; there's been 754 in MLB history, so about 6 a year on average. But that's for all the teams combined.
Can imagine the stress of watching one of this live 😅 Incredible when it comes off though. Love it! I get overexcited at Double Plays, let alone Triple Plays
Once in a lifetime? The announcers mentioned that at one point the White Sox completed their third that year. Also, the Yankees completed 3 in 2021 or 2022.
The hardest play to get in baseball is the unassisted triple play. Where one fielder gets all three outs. There have only been 15 in MLB history. To put that into context there have been 24 perfect games pitched (really should be 25 if not for a blown call) in MLB history.
06:10 @DNReacts Actually, you're right. He could have simply thrown it back to first base to get the out instead of tagging that runner. The runner had not tagged up at first off the line-drive and could not simply continue on to second base. Same situation at 12:05 Edit... AH, you guys caught on to it later. Great job!
I was watching the one at 7:28 live and as a rangers fan, that was maybe the worst I’ve felt watching a baseball game just seeing the season come to an end like that.
I still haven’t gotten over 2011. It’s one of our videos that’s really stuck with me. Brutal way though to see it finish live at the stadium, thanks for the comment
On one of the triple plays, you were interested in the catch made at the end by the First Baseman. When the ball is caught on a bounce like that, it's called "scooping" the ball. Might be interesting for you to take a look at a First Baseman Scoops Compilation
I’m not really much of a baseball fan but this was cool for sure. 12:34 he has to go back to first because the ball was caught. So essentially he’s screwed
There's been 15 unassisted triple plays in MLB history, or about 1 per decade - less often than perfect games. And a perfect game takes all game, whereas an unassisted triple is over in a flash - can you imagine if you were in the bathroom, or looking down at your phone, when one happens?
6:03 - No, you were right, he could have just lobbed it back to first. That, and the runner was way out of his base path so the out was made even before the tag.
734 triple plays in total since 1876; an average of about 5 per season. There has only been one this year on July 25 by the Braves at the Red Sox. 11:53 - Actually there is a little quirk in the rules that means there might a point to be made about the runner from first just getting to second before he is tagged and staying there. Putting out a runner because he has left a base before a batted ball was caught is a type of "appeal" play. You have to specifically appeal to the umpire that a runner left early to get him out this way. This is usually done in the normal course of play by just throwing back to the base he left early and purposefully tagging that base. Usually the umpires just give the out, but, if there is any ambiguity as to what you're doing in an appeal situation, they're not obligated to give the out. However, a direct tag of a runner off a base is not an appeal, the runner is either safe because you missed the tag or the runner was on the base at the time of the tag, or he is out because he was tagged off the base. Therefore, if the runner on first reaches second without being tagged and the fielder just tries to tag him before he gets to the base, the umpire may just call that specific tag play safe because the runner is standing on a base that is not occupied and is the successor to the one he was last on. That being said, the fielder can just then lob the ball back to first where the first baseman can tag the base (and maybe point to the ump to indicate an appeal) and that would be it. The only thing I'm not sure of is, if the fielder tags the runner from first, now on second in this scenario, and goes to the ump "he left early," I believe at that point he can still be called out but that's where my knowledge of appeal plays is not 100%. Long story short, baseball rules are weird and complicated. Nick's right at the end, some of those baffling ones are just the runners trying to get cheeky and getting caught in no-man's land.
I believe in the last one the ball bounces so they get the force out at second then get the guy running between 2nd and 3rd then the batter has now tried to get to second and they now get him out
Triple plays are exceedingly rare. 734 in MLB history. That figures to about 5 per season; 2430 gams per season plus between 32 and playoff games each year. Looking at about 1 triple play for every 490 games played. Unassisted triple plays are even more rare, with only 15 ever having been recorded. In comparison there have been 24 perfect games pitched.
If a ball is caught without having touched the ground, every player on base must touch their base after the ball has been caught before advancing to the next base.
14:41 Okay, the ball here was *not* caught on the fly; it bounced, so the runners had to advance. As such, the runner from second took off for third base. They threw the ball to second, that was the first out. While they had the runner from second in a rundown between second and third, the batter arrived at first base, and evidently decided to try to get to second while they were chasing the other runner. Unfortunately, they got him while the batter was still between first and second, at which point there wasn't much he could do but try and beat the throw; he didn't manage it.
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On the unassisted triple play the guy could have thrown it to first. The baserunner had to tag up because he caught the line drive. Its just cool to do it all yourself.
Gotcha. That makes sense, thanks for confirming for us 🤝
Yup. Unassisted triple play is the rarest play in baseball!
@@CoreyT127or the unassisted double play by a catcher
That’s the best part of these guys. They’re so close to getting it, but yet so far away. Love these videos!
On the one you questioned - yes, he could’ve just thrown it to first. It was a line drive caught in the air so the runner on first HAS to return to first before the ball gets there. However, the second baseman who caught the ball wanted to get the unassisted triple play, which is an incredibly rare feat.
Makes complete sense, thank you for confirming this for us 🤝
There have only ever been 15 unassisted triple plays. Making them rarer then perfect games and 4 home run games.@@DNReacts
@@DNReacts the unassisted triple play is one of the rarest things in baseball; it's happened 15 times in MLB history (Two of them are since the play where the announcer says it's the 13th.)
For comparison, here are some other rare feats:
Player reaches first base safely, then steals second, third, and then home plate to complete his trip around the bases: 53 times
Walk-off steal of home plate: 35 times
Team losing by 3 runs gets walk-off grand slam: 33 times
Batter hits home run on first pitch of first at-bat of major league career: 31 times
Pitcher achieves a perfect game: 24 times
4 home runs in a game by one player: 18 times
Pitchers hit home runs off each other in the same game: 18* times
There really aren't a lot of things that are rarer that've been done more than once. Examples of those are two grand slams by a single batter in one inning (Fernando Tatis, April 23, 1999 in the 3rd inning) or throwing two complete-game no-hitters in consecutive starts (by Johnny Vander Meer on June 11 and 15, 1938; other than those two games he actually wasn't a very good pitcher. Rookie luck.)
*this one gets an asterisk four of the instances where pitchers hit home runs off each other in the same game involved the 1887 Chicago White Stockings (now known as the Cubs), whose stadium had outer fences that were much closer than normal; in seasons before and after 1887, balls hit over the outfield fence at that park were considered doubles, not home runs, but in 1887 they counted as home runs. Without those four games, this would in fact be rarer than an unassisted triple play.
@@psymar great comment
Also, it probably wouldn't have happened, but if he threw it it could've been a bad throw and gave the runner a chance to get back to first before they could get the ball and touch the base. Tagging him was the safer option.
when the ball is caught in the air, all base runners have to tag up, which means they have to touch the base they are at after the ball is caught before they can run to the next base. This allows the unassisted triple play at second because after the ball is caught in the air, he immediately steps on second, giving them the second out, and then either tagging the first base runner or throwing behind him to first to get the last out.
Appreciate this information, thank you for this 🤝
I think what adds to your confusion, is that the base runners are anticipating a hit, so they run before the tag up. In these cases, once the ball is caught, the runners are supposed to go back to the original base. But they can be thrown out, if the ball beats them back to the original base.
Ya the tag up rules can be confusing, it's a forced out if there's runners behind them, but if they wait to run off their base until the ball is caught (tagging up) they can run for it and it's not a forced (sorry if redundant info)
On July 17, 1990, in a game that I watched, the Minnesota Twins turned two triple plays (both 5-4-3) in one game at Fenway Park. It's the only time in more than 235,500 MLB games that this has been done. The Twins couldn't have taken much pleasure in the feat though, because they lost the game.
Need to dig up that Jon Bois video on Jeff Francoeur to better see how nuts that Phillies unassisted triple play was.
Love that video! That was the most recent unassisted triple play in MLB
Only one way for an unassisted T-play to happen, that's why so rare. Now do a reaction for Inside-the-park Homeruns!!
Yes! & pickles/rundowns
According to Wikipedia there's been 734 triple plays since 1876, or just over 5 per season.
Also - I always heard it referred to as "around the horn", but using world or diamond does get across what you're meaning.
It would definitely be cool to see you react to Randy Johnson aka The Big Unit. He was an intimidating pitcher standing at 6’10”
Puig’s life and career is incredibly interesting. I’m not sure if there are any good videos about him out there but if there is, you guys should check it out. I think you’d enjoy his story.
The phrase you were looking for was "around the horn." That's when the infielders throw the ball from third to second to first.
Also, there's only been one triple play this season. The Braves logged an 8-5-3 triple play against the Red Sox a few weeks ago. An 8-5-3 triple play has only happened twice in MLB history.
Wow!! Going to have to search this. Crazy it’s only happened twice ever, these numbers are insane 🔥
@@DNReactsthe other time was *also* by the same franchise, back in the 1800s when they were known as the Boston Beaneaters!
It was in 1884 in a game between the Providence Grays (no longer exist) and the Boston Beaneaters (now the Atlanta Braves).
@@DNReacts It was actually 8-3-5, not 8-5-3; meaning center fielder, to first baseman, to third baseman. Very strange. Here's the official video, though obviously don't react to it on camera or you'll likely get dmca'd: ruclips.net/video/5w5k298PPyE/видео.html
Perhaps even more amusingly, the Twins had an 8-5 triple play last year, meaning center fielder to third baseman. Here's video of that: ruclips.net/video/pyn1oejgGVM/видео.html -- note, even the announcers get confused. the third out occurred when the third baseman stepped on second base, so the throw to first was unnecessary.
@DNReacts It has to happen very early in the inning there has to be zero outs
No, at 6:22 or so you were absolutely right. The fielder could have thrown to first, because the runner needed to go back due to the caught ball. But no reason to risk throwing it way when the runner is right there.
About 30 years ago, the Cubs turned a triple play involving an infield fly rule (1 out), dropped pop-up, and 2 confused baserunners both gunned down thinking they had to advance.
When you guys solved that one on your own I was so relieved! I was ready to punch my monitor while screaming to no one, "Because you have to tag up!!!". It's fun to watch you learn other sports, esp. baseball. Great job!
Baseball doesn't often get my blood pumping like the intensity and violence of football, but a triple play gets me out of my seat every time. My favorite triple plays are the ones where the runners mess up running the bases, always makes me laugh out loud 😂
12:08 He's stopping because the runner that was on second has to "tag up" because the ball was caught. That means that the runner that was on first can't have second base. Two players can't be on the same base.
There is a rule in baseball that says a runner has to "tag up", i.e. touch his base, after the ball is caught out of the air. If the ball hits the ground before the fielder gets it he doesn't have to tag up, but in this case he caught the ball.
It also applies here:
6:18 He would have to go back to first, because you have to tag up after the ball is caught. If the ball weren't caught but bounced he could continue. No need to tag up if the ball hits the field. 1
At 12:05, the runner stopped because the shortstop caught it, meaning the runner had to go BACK to 1st base, but at that point he would not have made it in time so the fielder just tagged him and touched second base to get the unassisted triple play.
Oh you guys answered that later on never mind 😅
No problem, very much appreciate the comment and confirmation. Thank you 🤝
Nick!! Phenomenal job explaining why the runner going from first to second needs to be tagged out. Triple plays are indeed rare and even old timers like me have to take a moment to understand why everyone was out. But you nailed it proving once again your tremendous growth in this short time. I could see the wheels spinning in your head when Damo asked the question and I knew that you would think it through and give him a proper explanation. Well done Nick. ♣ Even your explanation at the end where you explained that last complicated triple play was correct. The player could have retreated back to first base and been safe, but probably thought that there was enough chaos and confusion going on that he could essential steal second. And got caught. I remember that play being talked about for weeks on ESPN after it happened. ♠
Thank you! I was replaying the play in my head before I just blurted out an answer 😂 this is my favourite comment to date around my knowledge of the game! Appreciate it 😀 yeah I can imagine that play was a huge talking point! I loved these, I want to see one live, that would be something!
@@DNReacts You da man Nick 😀
15:00 Hey DNReacts, if you rewatch carefully, that hit actually hit the ground, so when the second baseman touched his base, that was the first out (the runner from first base).
Then they caught the runner from second base in a run-down (between 2nd and 3rd) for the second out.
The 3rd out was actually the hitter who was trying to stretch towards second base, who either A) couldn't fully commit because the runner between 2nd and 3rd might have returned to second base, or B) simply didn't have enough time to get to second before the other runner was tagged out.
Great reaction!
I love how Tulo made absolute sure that he got all 3 outs. Should have been a 2 second video, but he turned it into almost 30 seconds. Hilarious.
That play around 7 minutes between the Cardinals and Diamondbacks was one hell of a matchup: Mark McGwire vs Randy Johnson
Fun fact: The only unassisted triple play in World Series history was performed in 1920 by Bill Wambsganss, 2nd baseman for the Cleveland Indians vs. the Brooklyn Robins. In the fifth inning, with runners at 1st and 2nd base, "Wamby" caught a line drive by Clarence Mitchell, stepped on 2nd base to retire the unsuspecting runner from 2nd, and tagged the unfortunate runner from 1st. Earlier, in the first inning, Wambsganss scored as runner in the first grand slam homerun in World Series history, by Elmer Smith.
According to Baseball Almanac, in 1913, there was a triple play that they have scored as a 6-2-5-1-5-4-5-6-5-7 triple play. So, that's shortstop to catcher to third base to pitcher to third base to second base to third base to shortstop to third base to left field. I wish they had that on film. I'm wondering how the pitcher and left fielder were involved. A crazy run down for the final out?
I would guess there had to be one or more run downs. Also, in the early 1900s, pitchers and outfielders generally got more involved in infield plays. But it would be cool to see a video of it, or at least a description.
I'm impressed that you guys understand flyball baserunning rules, tagging up, etc. I don't even know how to explain it concisely. :D
@6:10 …yes, he could’ve thrown it to 1st (both runners @ 1st & 2nd had to retreat. It was just easier to tag the runner (which would’ve been out anyway, because he ran out of the base path)
The unassisted triple play is very rare, as others have mentioned. Just about all of them are line drives to 2B where he catches the ball, tags second, then tags the runner from first.
I actually had one as a kid growing up. Playing second base, line drive up the middle, diving catch, I landed about 3 feet from second base. The second base runner saw me catch it and was heading back to the bag. I crawled/dived, touching the bag with my glove just before he got back. The first base runner was running with his head down and I tagged him when he got to me a couple of seconds after the second out. It's crazy b/c it's over before you even know what's going on. It's all instinct.
On the phrase "around the diamond," it is customary for a catcher to throw the ball to the third baseman on a strikeout. The third baseman then throws it to the second baseman, who throws it to the shortstop, who throws it to the first baseman, who throws it to the pitcher. It doesn't have to be that pattern exactly, but the point is to celebrate the strikeout (or rub it in) by throwing the ball around the diamond. We call this throwing the ball "around the horn" for some reason. I don't actually know where that came from, but maybe it came from cowboys playing rounders on the ranch where there were animals with horns (or maybe saddles with horns). There is probably a video out there explaining the origin of obscure baseball terms.
On the confusing one. When the SS catched the line drive, the runner on first has to get back on 1st 'cause he could not leave the base, but realising he would'nt have any chance to do it, he just freezed and let the SS touch him. So to make it clear. 1) SS catch takes the batter out. 2) SS touching the 2nd base cuts the runner from second to third. 3) SS touching the runner from first got him out also. Triple play. Baseball is a fascinating game when well played. One of the greatest strategic game. Hi from Canada
We turned a triple play in a game as 9-10 year olds in 1981 in youth league baseball in Jacksonville, Florida.
One of the triple plays here was with the Phillies second baseman, Eric Bruntlett, from 2009. It was one of the unassisted triple plays. Back in 1992, Phillies second baseman Mickey Morandini also had an unassisted triple play, against the Pittsburgh Pirates. It's an oddity of the game that one team, the Phillies, should have two second basemen, 17 years apart, end up turning unassisted triple plays.
12:43 since the ball was caught in the air, you have to tag the base after the catch before leaving. They had a hit and run on it looks like where both runners went on contact. So the catch is one out, stepping on second is an out for the runner that was on second as he hasn’t tagged the bag and then tagging the player that was on first or throwing to the first baseman to touch the bag is the third.
Since he was almost to second he realized he couldn’t possibly beat a throw back and basically became a sitting duck.
The Padres current uniform has only been used since 2020, Im a Dodger fan and they were a navy blue with different accent colors pretty much my whole life, they have changed their official colors 4 times in the last 30+ years.
Ah thank you for this, appreciate it 🤝 You’re having a good season! I don’t like playing against the Dodgers. 8-2 for the season is brutal 😅
Back in 2021, the Yankees (my favorite team) had the most sequence of events I've seen when they turned three triple plays in a MONTH. Two of them were in the 9th inning at home. The first one had the lead run at second in a tied game, and the other had the tying run at second and the lead run at first, and the triple play ended the game. The third one was a super bizarre one against the Blue Jays that was kinda like the Baltimore one shown here where Toronto just forgot how to run the bases lol
Gotta remember woth the unassisted triples, the second baseman has to tag the runner out, or throw back to forst. Because the runner ran on a line out they have to go back to first to be safe, second base is not an option.
Remember, thats how sac flies work. Have to return to the base, tag up then advance to the next base. If your caught on the base path wothout tagging up, you are a dead fish out of water.
Edit, just saw you guys noodled it out :)
In baseball..when the ball is hit in the air..all baserunners must wait for the ball to be caught( or dropped) until they can advance to the next base (thats called tagging up)...since in these un assisted triple plays...the runners left the bag they were on, you can either tag them out or just throw to the base they left from and tag the base....because they didnt wait to tag up.
There have only been 734 MLB Triple Plays since 1876, an average of 5 per season. They're exceedingly rare because the base runners have to be in the right place and fielders have to get a playable ball to be able to throw them out. 75% luck, 25% execution.
The thing about that one triple play you guys were trying to come to terms with in you head....the big deal was the fact that it was an "unassisted" triple play. That means that the one offensive player made all the plays himself. He caught the ball, getting the batter out. He tagged second base, which caused the player who was on second and chose to run to 3rd prematurely out. Plus, he physically tagged the runner who left 1st base prematurely out. Typically the second base player throws the ball back to 1st base and that player tags the runner out. But in this play, the man covering 2nd caused each of the 3 outs himself, which, as the announcer mentioned, has only happened about 13 times in baseball history.
Have you guys come across the phrase "caught in a pickle" yet?
It firstly means stuck in a difficult situation, like stuck between a rock and a hard place. But in terms of baseball, it is when the runner is caught between two basemen trying to tag him out and are throwing the ball back and forth, something you have seen plenty of times.
Hadn’t heard this used in Baseball terms so thank you for that! 🙏 Ironically we use the caught in a pickle phrase over here, but we don’t say between a rock and a hard place 😅
Hey guys, looked online, in 154 years of baseball, over 235000 games, there have been 24 perfect games, 15 unassisted triple plays, and 12 men walked on the Moon.
The 1st baseman does have to stretch to make those catches sometime.. We always used to have a tall lanky 1st basemen, they could reach halfway to second to make those grabs lol
Watching you guys work out the tag up rule and why the runner couldn’t just take second was like a dad watching his kid ride a bike the first time- like a proud dad moment. 😂 Well done!
There's lots of interesting things in baseball, but anything with the word "triple" in it is my favorite. So much effort for either a triple, or a triple play! Alternatively, an unassisted triple play isn't that difficult, just super rare and lucky.
Absolutely love it! I love the Double Plays and get so excited for them, let alone Triples 😅🔥
5-4-3 triple play is call "Around the Horn" On your question about tagging the runner coming down from first, Yes he could get the out throwing back to first since the runner hadn't "tagged up" after the initial catch of the line drive. However it wouldn't be an unassisted triple play, and tagging an unprotected offensive player is always an out, so, if he's right there....... FYI the Pitcher/Batter contest at 6:55 is one of the legendary contests, 6' 10" (2.08m) power pitcher Randy "The Big Unit" Johnson against Mark McGwire, 6' 5" (1.96m) power hitter of renown - your question of what was the player on second doing? You always coach, even little kids to watch the play, and if the play is on the runner ahead of you you try to steal an extra base from behind hoping the defensive team isn't paying attention to you. It works two out of three times, more in lower levels of ball.
I only played baseball through high school and a little bit of city league after, and I know we weren't MLB level but I can tell you no team I played for ever turned a triple play (maybe little league when some kids didn't understand tagging up). The unassisted ones are especially incredible, but aren't impossible if the offense is sending the runners on a hit and run situation
Many will have already answered your question: *Imagine that the dirt becomes lava immediately upon a fielder catching a fly ball, so a runner must touch the base they're on [which is shaped like an ice-dispensing button] to cool down the lava so they can run across the dirt towards the next base*
Last comment: Triple plays unassisted are always caused by runner who anticipate the ball to pass through the Diamond. And, when the ball is catched by one of the infilders, runners are unable to come back to their initial base, before the play.
In a run-down situation, if everyone does everything right, the runner in the rundown should eventually be out. So, as the offensive team, you assume the out.
So, the guy stuck in the rundown is supposed to take as long as possible to get tagged out. The trailing runner or runners are supposed to take advantage of the time to advance to the next base.
Sometimes this even distracts the defense and they botch the rundown.
in the last one, runner on first and second, on a ball hit on the ground they have to run. The ball hit the ground before the second baseman caught it (so no one out), he flipped it to the shortstop who touched second base (which forced out the runner from first), and then threw it to third base, catching the runner from second base in-between bags. Since the runner from first was out, the runner in between second and third could now go back to second, which is why he started going back and forth, and got caught in a rundown. He got tagged out (second out), and by that time the batter who hit the ball had gotten to first, and was trying to go to second, and they picked him off going to second.(so the batter was actually the third out).
The numerical scoring for that would be a nightmare... I think it is a 4-6-6-5cs-3-4cs TP
don't see that every day....
The fielder who tagged the runner out for the third out and still threw to the first baseman is just making sure, in case it was all too fast for the umpire who may not have seen the tag. No harm if he does so, and "four outs are better than three."
Here is some terminology: the ball thrown to 3rd, then to 2nd then to 1st is called "around the horn".
At 7:50 when a runner is trapped between bases (the ball is passed around in a loop), he is trapped in a "pickle" and also called a "rundown"
PS: GO DODGERS !!!
I don't know why it was triggering me so much they used every term but lol
If we’d have heard of the term, we probably would have used it 🤷🏻♂️
Appreciate the help 🙏🏼
10:13: It's a good point that the runner who tried to score may have thought there was already one out. If there had been, then he's safe to run when the throw goes to first: either it's an out at first, ending the inning, or the ball will get away and he'll have time to score.
I heard you mention it a couple of times. Triple Plays are extremely rare on their own as the circumstances needed are so situational, but Triple Plays are almost always a 5-4-3 (where they throw 3,2,1 or “around the world”). You still need bases loaded, a batter who is a fairly slow runner, and the ability to get him to ground out to Third Base.
Triple Plays where the ball is caught for a Put-Out and then turned into 2 more Outs just requires the most unlikely situations. You have to have a ball that’s hit in such a way that the baserunners feel it’s safe to run, which is usually a low and fast moving ball that is unlikely to be fielded. Then that ball that is unlikely to be fielded has to be……fielded. For the most part, baserunners in the MLB are extremely aware and are not prone to running on most things in the infield, so it’s rare to even get them caught running even if you do make an extremely good play.
You only need runners at 1st and 2nd. Bases loaded only adds to the fun.
CC Sabathia was pitching in that video for twice for triple plays. That’s pretty rare. Fun fact: CC Sabathia had incentives built into his contract. If he pitched 155 innings in the regular season, he’d get a $500,000 bonus. It was the last start of the season for Sabathia, and one of his teammates was purposely hit by a pitch. The umpires warned both teams. Sabathia came out the next inning and hit a batter on purpose and got ejected, fully aware of the fact that he’d miss out on a $500,000 bonus for coming up a couple of innings short on his contract.
You guys should react to the video called “My Top 20 Defensive Plays Manny Machado”.
It’s an older video from when he was young on the orioles and before most of his controversies. He played the best defense I’ve ever seen. And on top of all that, the orioles announcer at the time was amazing and makes the plays even more epic
Also some teams of the 2012-16 era orioles had some of the best defensive teams of the 21st century in my opinion
"There have only been a total of 734 triple plays in the entire history of the MLB since 1876. This means that there is only an average of just over five triple plays in a season, and it has become even more rarer nowadays."
I just got that off the web. You don't see these very often. I've heard a few real time, but so rare. 1
The fact that you are able to suss these out means you have a pretty solid knowledge of the game now.
No, you are correct (at 6:00). The ball was caught in the air...so the runner from 1st is required to "tag" the bag before proceeding towards 2nd. The runner (actually both) ran at the crack of the bat. That's how the 2nd out was made when the fielder stepped on 2nd because that runner left too soon. That is called an "unassisted triple play"...the same fielder made all 3 outs. It was probably safer to tag that runner rather than throw to 1st and possibly throw it wild and allow the runner to get back to 1st safely.
Hi guys - really quick regarding double-plays and triple-plays that start from 3rd base, to 2nd base, then 1st base: you were referring to it as around-the-world or around-the-diamond. Traditionally, in baseball it's been called "Around-the-horn". I suppose I could look up why it's called that (I'm not exactly sure), but trust me that's what it's been called for generations.
Appreciate that, thank you 🙏
My favorite triple play stat is how my Minnesota Twins are the only team to have two triple plays in ONE GAME. Still hasn't been replicated
Wow, this is awesome! Knew they would be rare, but to be rarer than a perfect game is incredible. Appreciate the comment, thanks
We're going to need an "American Guys React to British Guys' Insane Baseball Knowledge" soon!
i think you guys should react to a video on just yasiel puig since he keeps popping up, he actually has a quite interesting story i think you guys would find interesting
"Around the Horn" is another way of saying it :)
Those were fun.
"Around the horn"
😛
I watched the Mets/Phillies triple play live and didn't move from my couch for like an hour.
My team is the Minnesota Twins. The won the WS in 87 and 91. Man oh man were those some happy times.
6:02 Yes, he could've thrown it back to first but the runner was right next to him, so it was easier to tag him.
This makes sense, especially for such a rare play as seen from these comments. Appreciate the confirmation 🤝
That unassisted triple play to the end the game was and still is only the second time in mlb history that that has happened and the only one on video as the other occurred in 1927.
so far there has only been 1 triple play in 2023 and it just happened a couple of weeks ago by the Braves v Red Sox
Thanks for this one. Saw a comment saying it was a 8-5-3 and that’s only happened twice ever! Sounds like one I’m going to have to search. Love that this particular play order has only ever happened twice.
Three triple plays by a team in a year is pretty crazy. Triple plays, overall, happen not *too* rarely; there's been 754 in MLB history, so about 6 a year on average. But that's for all the teams combined.
Two in one game. ruclips.net/video/pTm6C5uSAI8/видео.html
Double plays often are not as strict time wise, but an around the bases triple play usually has a very tight third out
Can imagine the stress of watching one of this live 😅 Incredible when it comes off though. Love it! I get overexcited at Double Plays, let alone Triple Plays
The unassisted triple play is the pinnacle of defensive plays. A once in a lifetime event.
Love this! Never knew just how rare the unassisted was. Appreciate the comment, thanks 🙏
@@DNReactsthere have only been like 15 unnasisted triple plays in baseball history
Once in a lifetime? The announcers mentioned that at one point the White Sox completed their third that year. Also, the Yankees completed 3 in 2021 or 2022.
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Unassisted champ. Unassisted.
Many teams share the record for triple plays in a season, 8. The NY Yankees did it in 2021.
The hardest play to get in baseball is the unassisted triple play. Where one fielder gets all three outs. There have only been 15 in MLB history. To put that into context there have been 24 perfect games pitched (really should be 25 if not for a blown call) in MLB history.
There is exactly one unassisted triple play in the World Series, in 1920 by Bill Wambsganss of the Cleveland Indians!
"Around the Horn"
it has to be a hard hit ball to third, so the fielders have enough time to get it around the horn
06:10 @DNReacts Actually, you're right. He could have simply thrown it back to first base to get the out instead of tagging that runner. The runner had not tagged up at first off the line-drive and could not simply continue on to second base. Same situation at 12:05
Edit... AH, you guys caught on to it later. Great job!
Thank you, appreciate the confirmation 🙏
The base runner from first is required to tag up if the ball is caught in the air. He ran immediately upon the crack of the bat, so he was trapped.
Yeah this makes sense, appreciate the comment 🙏
I was watching the one at 7:28 live and as a rangers fan, that was maybe the worst I’ve felt watching a baseball game just seeing the season come to an end like that.
I still haven’t gotten over 2011. It’s one of our videos that’s really stuck with me. Brutal way though to see it finish live at the stadium, thanks for the comment
@@DNReactsyeah hopefully this year will end a lot different than that year as well 😂
On one of the triple plays, you were interested in the catch made at the end by the First Baseman. When the ball is caught on a bounce like that, it's called "scooping" the ball. Might be interesting for you to take a look at a First Baseman Scoops Compilation
"Around the horn" it's usually called when going third second first
I’m not really much of a baseball fan but this was cool for sure.
12:34 he has to go back to first because the ball was caught. So essentially he’s screwed
There's been 15 unassisted triple plays in MLB history, or about 1 per decade - less often than perfect games. And a perfect game takes all game, whereas an unassisted triple is over in a flash - can you imagine if you were in the bathroom, or looking down at your phone, when one happens?
That would be sickening….but equally very possible in todays world
6:03 - No, you were right, he could have just lobbed it back to first. That, and the runner was way out of his base path so the out was made even before the tag.
You should do a reaction to a best throws from the outfield compilation
Triple plays are so fun!
734 triple plays in total since 1876; an average of about 5 per season. There has only been one this year on July 25 by the Braves at the Red Sox.
11:53 - Actually there is a little quirk in the rules that means there might a point to be made about the runner from first just getting to second before he is tagged and staying there. Putting out a runner because he has left a base before a batted ball was caught is a type of "appeal" play. You have to specifically appeal to the umpire that a runner left early to get him out this way. This is usually done in the normal course of play by just throwing back to the base he left early and purposefully tagging that base. Usually the umpires just give the out, but, if there is any ambiguity as to what you're doing in an appeal situation, they're not obligated to give the out. However, a direct tag of a runner off a base is not an appeal, the runner is either safe because you missed the tag or the runner was on the base at the time of the tag, or he is out because he was tagged off the base. Therefore, if the runner on first reaches second without being tagged and the fielder just tries to tag him before he gets to the base, the umpire may just call that specific tag play safe because the runner is standing on a base that is not occupied and is the successor to the one he was last on. That being said, the fielder can just then lob the ball back to first where the first baseman can tag the base (and maybe point to the ump to indicate an appeal) and that would be it. The only thing I'm not sure of is, if the fielder tags the runner from first, now on second in this scenario, and goes to the ump "he left early," I believe at that point he can still be called out but that's where my knowledge of appeal plays is not 100%. Long story short, baseball rules are weird and complicated.
Nick's right at the end, some of those baffling ones are just the runners trying to get cheeky and getting caught in no-man's land.
I believe in the last one the ball bounces so they get the force out at second then get the guy running between 2nd and 3rd then the batter has now tried to get to second and they now get him out
around the world ? around the horn... 3:59 toss to the baseman
with the glove !
🤣🤣 Eventually I realised what I was saying must be wrong! Appreciate the confirmation 🤝
They are rare plays, definitely. My team, the Cubs, haven't had one since 1983.
triple plays around the horn are more rare in modern baseball with defensive positioning, less guys are close enough to the bag to turn it in time
Triple plays are exceedingly rare. 734 in MLB history. That figures to about 5 per season; 2430 gams per season plus between 32 and playoff games each year. Looking at about 1 triple play for every 490 games played. Unassisted triple plays are even more rare, with only 15 ever having been recorded. In comparison there have been 24 perfect games pitched.
The proper slang is actually “around the horn”.
I don’t know why or what the origin is, but that’s just what it is.
Triple Plays in general are rare but you can expect to see at least a few in a given season. I believe they average about 5 every season or so.
6:03 the guy couldn’t step on second he would have to go back to first and tag up.
The unassisted triple play is the rarest baseball feat.
Im surprised they didn't have the Twins turning 2 around-the-horn triple plays in the same game vs the Red Sox in 1990. Unless I missed it..
If a ball is caught without having touched the ground, every player on base must touch their base after the ball has been caught before advancing to the next base.
14:41 Okay, the ball here was *not* caught on the fly; it bounced, so the runners had to advance. As such, the runner from second took off for third base. They threw the ball to second, that was the first out. While they had the runner from second in a rundown between second and third, the batter arrived at first base, and evidently decided to try to get to second while they were chasing the other runner. Unfortunately, they got him while the batter was still between first and second, at which point there wasn't much he could do but try and beat the throw; he didn't manage it.
"Around the horn" is the most common way to say it.