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Title: Baseball - Great play in yesterday's A's game
Post by: Frog on April 28, 2017, 07:48:37 PM: One that everyone in the park or watching the game on TV will remember. (http://m.athletics.mlb.com/oak/video/topic/8877514/v1330531783/oaklaa-graveman-hurdles-nabs-two-angels-at-third/?tcid=podium_OAK)

btw, anyone out there ever been treated to the rare sight of a triple play? Back in June of '79, the A's gave me two in four days!

EDIT - Just looked it up and it was actually in five days. June 19 - 23
Title: Re: Baseball - Great play in yesterday's A's game
Post by: Northland on April 29, 2017, 10:44:16 AM: Quote from: Frog on April 28, 2017, 07:48:37 PM
One that everyone in the park or watching the game on TV will remember. ([url]http://m.athletics.mlb.com/oak/video/topic/8877514/v1330531783/oaklaa-graveman-hurdles-nabs-two-angels-at-third/?tcid=podium_OAK[/url])

btw, anyone out there ever been treated to the rare sight of a triple play? Back in June of '79, the A's gave me two in four days!

!!! .... can't help but thinking of Rickey, every time I see the Oakland Green&Gold.
Title: Re: Baseball - Great play in yesterday's A's game
Post by: Frog on April 29, 2017, 11:27:17 AM: Quote from: Northland on April 29, 2017, 10:44:16 AM
Quote from: Frog on April 28, 2017, 07:48:37 PM
One that everyone in the park or watching the game on TV will remember. ([url]http://m.athletics.mlb.com/oak/video/topic/8877514/v1330531783/oaklaa-graveman-hurdles-nabs-two-angels-at-third/?tcid=podium_OAK[/url])

btw, anyone out there ever been treated to the rare sight of a triple play? Back in June of '79, the A's gave me two in four days!

!!! .... can't help but thinking of Rickey, every time I see the Oakland Green&Gold.

Ah, those were fun days.
They even recently honored him and now call the coliseum field "Rickey Henderson Field" . Of course, now with the Raiders leaving, A's owners promise a new field, but are still deciding whether to keep the present location or not.
Title: Re: Baseball - Great play in yesterday's A's game
Post by: mk162 on May 01, 2017, 09:42:42 AM: reminds me of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjN-W64xwg8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjN-W64xwg8)
Title: Re: Baseball - Great play in yesterday's A's game
Post by: Sbrem on May 02, 2017, 09:54:53 AM: Yes, Red Sox in 2011; 2 men on, grounder to third, step on the bag, throw to second, throw to first. I'm not sure if a triple play or an inside the park homer is more fun to watch.

Steve
Title: Re: Baseball - Great play in yesterday's A's game
Post by: Frog on May 02, 2017, 10:07:16 AM: Quote from: Sbrem on May 02, 2017, 09:54:53 AM
Yes, Red Sox in 2011; 2 men on, grounder to third, step on the bag, throw to second, throw to first. I'm not sure if a triple play or an inside the park homer is more fun to watch.

Steve

Well, usually inside the park homeruns, are gifts from the defense involving a misstep or two, a la little league. Triple plays, though almost always involving a runner at first and second, require the stars to line up perfectly, but can do so in a multitude of patterns.
Title: Re: Baseball - Great play in yesterday's A's game
Post by: mk162 on May 02, 2017, 10:18:48 AM: Speaking of fantastic baseball plays...I spoke to Otis Nixon on the phone yesterday. Very few plays beat his catch.