Tripled Up
Went to the Baysox game tonight, semi-involuntarily. The last time I want to be at a Baysox game is a holiday fireworks game; but they're away the rest of the weekend and the weekend after Shore Leave, so if I don't go now it could be August before I can go again. And the weather is absolutely freakin' perfect. So I went...along with over 10,000 other people. Half of whom wandered in after the game started, and they were still coming in during the 8th inning. Clearly, not there for baseball. I boogied in the 8th inning because no way am I sitting in that parking lot for 2 hours waiting to get out.
But the reason I post is - for the second time, I witnessed a triple play. And it was identical to the first one, which was in 1994, in Harrisburg, and the Senators turned it against Bowie. This time Akron turned it against Bowie. With no outs and men on 1st and 2nd, the batter, Danny Figueroa, tried to bunt. (Why he was bunting early in the game when his team had a 2 run lead, I have no idea. The manager needs his head checked.) Both runners were going in anticipation of the bunt. Figueroa popped it up to the pitcher. The pitcher throws to the shortstop covering second (that one was close) and the shortstop goes to first (not close - the runner was the catcher, and I could probably outrun him). 1-6-3 triple play. Not exactly an everyday thing. I almost saw a triple play one other time - in the ninth inning in Hagerstown, I went to the parking lot to drop off a few things I didn't want to carry after the game. While I was there, the Suns turned a 5-4-3 against Delmarva. Dangit. Still, seeing one at all - very rare.
But the reason I post is - for the second time, I witnessed a triple play. And it was identical to the first one, which was in 1994, in Harrisburg, and the Senators turned it against Bowie. This time Akron turned it against Bowie. With no outs and men on 1st and 2nd, the batter, Danny Figueroa, tried to bunt. (Why he was bunting early in the game when his team had a 2 run lead, I have no idea. The manager needs his head checked.) Both runners were going in anticipation of the bunt. Figueroa popped it up to the pitcher. The pitcher throws to the shortstop covering second (that one was close) and the shortstop goes to first (not close - the runner was the catcher, and I could probably outrun him). 1-6-3 triple play. Not exactly an everyday thing. I almost saw a triple play one other time - in the ninth inning in Hagerstown, I went to the parking lot to drop off a few things I didn't want to carry after the game. While I was there, the Suns turned a 5-4-3 against Delmarva. Dangit. Still, seeing one at all - very rare.