The first triple play I saw was in the minor leagues on July 20,1972 by the Richmond Braves against the Syracuse Chiefs. I was at the game. I have it right here. I cut it out of the sports section and saved it these many years. It shows the out made at each base. It was a ground ball around the horn triple play. Close play at first but it shows he was out.
An unassisted triple play is when one player gets all three outs (extremely rare) for example, there are two runners on second and first. Both runners take big leads out of desperation of trying to get into better scoring positions. The hitter hits the ball towards second base and the second basemen catches it... thinking the ball will go into the outfield, both runners run and are caught too far off their bases and the second basemen simply tags the second base and the runner that is coming from first base.
Two things I noticed: 1) Whenever the visiting team pulls off a triple play, the fans for the home team still give them a good ovation. That's good sportsmanship. 2) The one at 4:52 is still my favourite ever.
As an Aussie, this is why I look up baseball highlights. When third catches the hit and sends it to second, then first, and gets the trip in the space of < 2 seconds. That's straight up athleticism. These sort of compilations are addictive
NOt sure if you're a cricket fan, but it is said hitting a baseball and sending it out of the park is the most difficult thing in any sport. With both bat and ball being round, the point of contact must be accurate to two or three degrees total on both surfaces. MLB fastballs can be up to 100 MPH (160 KPH).
MLB get a fair bit faster than 100MPH. 100.2MPH is the record in cricket. Being able to straighten the arm is 6-10MPH more valuable than a run up. 100 years ago hitting a six wasn't that much easier in cricket because the bats weren't that good so it really needed to be out of the middle. The risk vs reward is also really bad for trying to hit a six. To me in baseball the batter is almost always trying to do the same thing. In cricket you can get deliveries aimed directly at the body to at full stretch away from you and from a low full toss to bouncing at your head so batters have to adjust more. Unfortunately the tradition in cricket is to very rarely replace the ball (every 480 deliveries) so the amount of movement you get in baseball only really happens off the pitch in cricket once the ball gets old.
@@ribbonsofnight I admit to being ignorant of cricket in so far as I know it's a pitch and hit sport, with the time elapsing between fielding the hit ball and returning it somewhere penalizes you. (my basic understanding) This is much the same in baseball, just different places to return the hit ball to. I've watched enough to know that you are defending when you are hitting in cricket more than anything and apparently you get crazy wild pitches off the dirt, not something I'd like to try, but there it is. Then there's the fact you play it bare handed, boss.
@@scottrackley4457 it's played on rolled grass from the top level. Allows for considerable sideways movement that is somewhat unpredictable. The very lowest level is played on astroturf* pitches so you actually have to provide the spin or hit the right part of the seem to get significant sideways movement off the pitch. * they call England turf island because almost no one plays on synthetic pitches.
I don't even watch baseball, but I gotta say this is real satisfying to watch. It's like watching knockout punches in boxing when you don't follow boxing; a true fan may know every single thing going on, but even your everyday average viewer can understand when some spectacular feats of athleticism are on display.
Grew up in football but there’s nothing more satisfying than watching a well executed triple play. It’s seriously perfection no matter how it’s executed.
@@KeefChief_ I dunno, football's got some pretty strong contenders! A punt downed inside the 1 yard line, a perfectly opened pathway for a long running TD, or Polamalu diving over the O-line for a sack .000001 seconds after the snap have gotta be just as satisfying in my book
@@madpuppy54 I disagree with your disagreement. 5-4-3 double plays happen all the time. The only thing making it a triple play is that the third baseman steps on third. For an unassisted triple play, everything has to line up PERFECTLY. There have to be runners on first and second, the runners have to start running with the pitch, the shortstop/second baseman has to be positioned perfectly, and the batter has to hit a line drive right to them. It's such a specific set of circumstances that makes it so incredibly unique. Sure, the 5-4-3 might look more impressive and might technically be harder to do, but the unassisted is just cool. It's the kind of thing that makes baseball so special. But considering how impressive the 5-4-3 looks, I understand liking them more.
6:46-7:00 i played baseball all my life. But the best moment i ever had playing was when i did almost this exactly assisted triple play while in prison with some inmates. I caught, tagged the 2nd base runner between 2nd and 3rd, before throwing to first and getting the 1st runner out when he saw i caught it and ran back. Not as good, but holy crap did it feel great. Especially while in hard times and trying to find something to live for.
Nice! I know that felt good, especially during hard times. What's great is that it may not be documented, broadcast, or televised, but you know and the other inmates saw & know, and the inner joy is hard to beat. Kinda like how Rocky and Apollo fought without a crowd or being televised, all alone in the ring after Rocky 3. Nice story Justin, thank you for sharing!
@@advikmusalekar4536 The number relates to the player's position on the field. Number 1 is the catcher, number 2 is the pitcher, number 3 is the first baseman, number 4 is the second baseman, number 5 is the third baseman, number 6 is the shortstop, number 7 is the left fielder, number 8 is the center fielder and number 9 is the right fielder. So a 5-4-3 triple play is one where the first out is recorded by the third baseman who throws it to the second baseman for the 2nd out who then throws it to the first baseman for the 3rd out.
I love the fact that at least one of these “trips” needs both instant replay and slo-mo to be scored correctly. It really makes you appreciate the concentration of the defenders involved!
Asdrubal's unassisted triple play never gets old. Love how the runners just stand there confused about what just happened, and I don't blame them, catches like that are near impossible to react to.
watching all these back to back you really get a feeling for the amount of time the guys have to turn the ball over, it's so impossibly minuscule. seeing all of them pull it off really can only put a big smile on your face.
When I was a child my brothers played little league baseball. One of the neighbor boys, Eldon, played first base. One day the opposing team had a runner on first and second. Eldon caught a line drive off the batter, stepped on first to get the runner on first, then threw to the second baseman where he got the runner on second. That was the only triple play executed by that team at that time.
Some of these 2B turns are ridiculous seeing the fluidity of Pedroia from behind on that turn is poetry the ball never stops, unreal born for second base
Done correctly its at least one run because the guy on second would be rounding third by the time it get into outfield. Best case is both runs score and the batter ends up on second. Worst case is the unassisted triple plays like the Eric Bruntlett one. A variation occurs when its runners on the corners and they decide to bunt. Object there is to either freeze the pitcher or make him go after the guy on first
Personally, my favorite plays in baseball are the triple play on the field and the triple with the bat. Sure an inside-the-parker is even MORE of a thrill but they're as rare as a 2-0 NFL game (almost). The UNASSISTED triple play is arguably the most mind-boggling eye-popping play in sports! I also really love when a team scores without a hit! When I was a kid I used to haunt the old Comiskey Park and watched the Sox score two runs on HBP, errors, reaching on a dropped third strike and some stolen bases in two separate innings!
Richt Henderson got a walk, stole the rest. 1 to nothing without even a pitch thrown to the #2 hitter. Ricky got picked off 1st, beat the throw, the he just took off from 2nd and beat the throw to third. The pitcher was so disgusted he walked off the mound and turned his back to Ricky, no throw...
Mini: Not sure, but, ironically, the execution is emotionally exuberating (first definition) -- the creation of this -- exasperatingly too exuberating (second definition).
For the record, when it was mentioned during the showing of the Boston Red Sox triple play that the last triple play that they had was in 1994 it was an unassisted triple play turned in by Jon Valentin against the Seattle Mariners. As seems to frequently be the case when a player makes a great defensive play, he is the first at bat the next inning and gets a hit. It was no different with Valentin. He not only got a hit but it was a home run, making him the first and still only player to turn an unassisted triple play and then hits a home run in his next at-bat after turning the triple play. Why Jon Valentin's unassisted triple play did not make it here as one of the greatest triple plays of all-time is something I DEFINITELY would like to know!!!
These triple plays remind me about one triple played against me. My friends and I were playing a pickup game at the park, the bases were loaded if no outs, and my team was down by one run. I’m up to bat. I hit an absolute middle right at the shortstop, who leaps and catches it for the out. Unfortunately, all of the bass runners did not realize that you needed to return to the base you started on if a fielder catches the ball in the air. So there I am, screaming at the runners to return to their bases, as each one of the runners keep running toward home. The triple play was completed
The best triple play in a World Series game was the one one that wasn't called. It was started by Devon White's vault up the centre-field wall in Toronto during the '92 Series won by the Blue Jays over the Hotlanta Braves.
Good compilation of TPs, and the rare UTPs. There have only been 13 unassisted triple plays in MLB. And every one has been the same (except one sl variation): Caught line drive, touched 2nd, tagged runner. There were no UTPs in the 41 year period from 1927 - 1968. The next longest stretch was the 24 years between '68 and '92. None since 2009.
3:33 I watched this game live. It was bonkers. It included the Mets pitcher getting pulled in the fist inning in the middle of the count against Pedro Martinez and an inside the park home run where the ball got stuck in the wall.
I remember the twins turning three against the Red Sox twice in one game. For some reason my memory had Jack Clark being the batter for both when he was not the hitter for either (Tom Brunansky and Jody Reed were the guilty parties).
Always more likely when Yasiel Puig and his "questionable" base-running is involved! In fact - Puig was the 3rd baserunner called out on CONSECUTIVE MLB triple plays (e.g., no other triple plays occurred in MLB between those 2): the one against the Indians occurred in early July 2014, and then the one against the Mets was later that year. @@sld9916
Bases loaded no one out The runners steal for some inexplicable reason Lined to the third baseman Batters out Third baseman steps on third The third runner is out. 2 outs. The first runner is unaware of his surroundings because he was dropped on his head as a child and sprints headlong into second. The third baseman throws to second but it’s a little askew. The first runner being the unaware derptard he is doesn’t realize the throw is coming right at his face. At the same time the ball makes contact with the second baseman’s glove the first runners shnoz runs right into his glove which just received a 85 mph fastball leaving derptard unconscious. The second baseman’s foot was also on the bag when this happened so the second runner and first runner are both called out 3 outs 4 outs Bam quadruple play.
Actually it is possible. If the bases are loaded and a fly ball is caught (1), throws to 2nd before the runner tags (2), throw to first before thr runner tags(3). Then appeal that the runner on 3rd left the base early before scoring
A couple of these was a benefit of the double steal where the second baseman was running towards the base and the ball hit directly to him, well played.
When I was in 2nd grade, I turned a triple play by myself (unassisted). I was playing 2nd base. With runners on 1st & 2nd, a ball was popped up to me at 2nd base. I caught the ball, tagged 2nd base, and then tagged the runner that tagged up going to 2nd from 1st base.
Those unassisted thriller plays are so crazy that if I was a player I’d make sure to keep that ball! They are crazy if they don’t in my opinion! Rarest play in baseball so I’m keeping that ball baby!
Some nice triple plays in recent MLB history. I saw one live better than most of these. Mid-eighties, Giants at Mets. Barry bonds on 3rd runners first and third. Sharp ground ball to first... 3-6-3-2, Bonds out at the plate.
6:53 Guy on second looked safe to me. The only time he was being tagged he was on the bag. He got back to the bag safely, Anderson tagged him while he was on the bag, Anderson then released the tag, and only then the runner stepped off.
Sorry if this has been mention previously, but, in the first clip, Brandon Crawford is the batter. Someone else was at 3rd base and made the base running error. The announcer must have gotten confused.
Wish the Mickey Morandini unassisted Triple Play was apart of this vid, I remember seeing that on tv and being wow'd as a kid. But I appreciate the Franco & Bruntlett vids in this compilation.
Need some help here. At 6:50, the runner came back to second base, and it did look like he was safe, but was tagged and called out. Unsure how he was out there, unless he was running all the way from first base and he had to get back there. Though there were runners at 1st and 2nd, so I need some clarification on how the 2nd base runner was out there.
It was off a bounce he didn’t catch it. So he tagged the base runner at 2nd who thought he caught it, stepped on second for the force out, and threw to first to get the hitter.
A better explanation: The ball bounced before being played by the fielder, which means every base runner needed to advance. The runner at second did not advance to third and instead was tagged out. The runner at first was out when the fielder tagged second base. The batter was out on the throw to first. Three outs.
And where can you expect to find footage of (for example) Bill Wambsganss' unassisted triple play against the Brooklyn Robins in the 1920 World Series?
best triple play - blue jays triple play against the braves game 3 of the 92 world series 4th inning. umpire missed the call at 2nd allowing deion to be safe at second. all the replays showed deion was out at 2nd, tagged by gruber. i believe it would have been the 2nd triple play in world series history.
Maybe it’s because the third baseman didn’t know that the third out was possible. His teammates were yelling to him to throw the ball back to second base. Even the broadcaster was yelling for him to throw the ball to second to complete the triple play.
I saw it on TV, too. Was expecting to see it here. Disappointing. =/ It's here, though: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KjN-W64xwg8.html
The War on Disinformation - I was hoping to see Neal Ball's unassisted triple play but they didn't show it. They had DVRs in 1909, right? This is BS! ;)
