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	Unassisted Triple Plays by Baseball Almanac
		The unassisted triple play is one of the rarest fabulous feats in Major League baseball.
		On May 8, 1878, Paul Hines was credited with a triple play which was correct for the "rules in play." However, by modern rules it was an unassisted double play with a throw to second base for the third out.
		During that same game Wamby also turned the first and only unassisted triple play (Read the entire Cleveland Times article on our 1920 World Series page) in post season history.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /feats/feats8.shtml (228 words)

	Unassisted triple play - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		All but one unassisted triple play have taken this form: the defender catches a line drive (one out), steps on a base to double off one runner (two outs), and tags another runner on his way to the next base (three outs).
		The unassisted triple play and the perfect game are comparable in terms of rarity, but a perfect game requires an extraordinary effort along with a fair amount of luck.
		An unassisted triple play is essentially always a matter of luck: the right circumstances, combined with the relatively simple effort of merely catching the ball and running the right direction with it.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Unassisted_triple_play (1099 words)

	Encyclopedia: Unassisted triple play
		A hit and run is a play in baseball where the baserunners are put in motion before the ball is hit.
		Triple play s are fairly rare in their own right.
		All unassisted triple plays have taken the form of the defender catching a line drive for one out, stepping on a base to double off one runner for another out, and then tagging a second runner on his way to the next base for the third out.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Unassisted-triple-play (2816 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Unassisted Triple Plays in Baseball
		- an unassisted triple play by an outfielder is not impossible, as Paul Hines proved, but it was very difficult) gets three players out from the time the batter hits the ball to the time all the baserunners are out or on a base (a play).
		Cleveland were playing a doubleheader with Boston and in the first game's second inning, Ball caught a fly ball from hitter Amby McConnell, forced an out on second base on runner Heinie Wagner and tagged a baserunner Jake Stahl coming in from first base.
		Seven of the 13 Unassisted Triple Plays have been by short stops, three by a second baseman, two by a first baseman and one by an outfielder.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A1304920 (1148 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Triple Play
		TRIPLE PLAY As it did last year, the New York-based indie ThinkFilm proved to have a Midas touch as three of its titles made the shortlist: Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady's "The Boys of Baraka," a study of a group of kids from...
		Triple Play could have easily tied the game on a single to right, but Askew came up throwing and gunned the runner at home plate, which turned out to be a huge play...
		Triple Play was able to get one more run across in the sixth on Jordan Beer's RBI single to left and the Swarm had a golden opportunity once again to knot the game up with runners on the corners and just one out.
	videogames.surfwax.com /files/Triple_Play.html (4550 words)

	Station Information - Unassisted triple play
		In baseball, an unassisted triple play occurs when one defensive player manages to record three outs in a half-inning on his own all during one continuous play.
		The circumstances must be just right in order for an unassisted triple play to be possible.
		Shortstop Wright's triple play in the ninth inning ended the game, as he caught Jim Bottomley's line drive, stepped on second to double up Jimmy Cooney, and tagged Roger Hornsby coming from first.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/u/un/unassisted_triple_play.html (770 words)

	ESPN.com Oakland/NY Yankees preview
		Randy Velarde accomplished about the rarest of all in baseball, turning just the 10th unassisted triple play in the regular season as the Oakland Athletics beat New York 4-1 Monday.
		It was the first unassisted triple play in the majors since July 8, 1994, when Boston's John Valentin turned one against Seattle.
		Bernie Williams went 2-for-4 with an RBI triple and a solo homer.
	espn.go.com /mlb/2000/20000529/recap/oaknyy.html (886 words)

	Rare Baseball Triple Play in 2003
		A triple play fits the meaning of the year, 2003, for the Justice of the Holy Spirit.
		Last night's triple play was a demonstration of the meaning of the number, 3, in 2003.
		The triple play represented the Justice of the Holy Spirit in 2003.
	www.biblenews1.com /history3/20030811.htm (859 words)

	SI.com - Baseball - Braves' Furcal turns rare unassisted triple play - Monday August 11, 2003 06:20 PM
		The Atlanta Braves shortstop turned just the 12th unassisted triple play in modern major league history Sunday night, a feat so rare the game once went 41 years without one.
		It was the first unassisted triple play in the majors since Oakland second baseman Randy Velarde did it against the New York Yankees on May 29, 2000.
		On Sunday, the triple play had competition for dramatics from the Cardinals' eighth-inning rally on back-to-back homers from Eduardo Perez and Albert Pujols.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /baseball/news/2003/08/10/unassisted_tripleplay_ap (942 words)

	MSN Encarta - Printer-friendly - World Series
		The first game was played in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 1, before a crowd of more than 16,000 fans.
		In 1904 the Americans were scheduled to play the New York Giants (later the San Francisco Giants).
		Public criticism was so great that the Giants, who were again NL champions the next year, agreed to play the AL champion Philadelphia Athletics (later the Oakland Athletics) in the 1905 World Series.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761563019___3/World_Series.html (594 words)

	SI.com - Baseball - Braves' Furcal turns rare unassisted triple play - Monday August 11, 2003 06:20 PM
		The Atlanta Braves shortstop turned just the 12th unassisted triple play in modern major league history Sunday night, a feat so rare the game once went 41 years without one.
		It was the first unassisted triple play in the majors since Oakland second baseman Randy Velarde did it against the New York Yankees on May 29, 2000.
		On Sunday, the triple play had competition for dramatics from the Cardinals' eighth-inning rally on back-to-back homers from Eduardo Perez and Albert Pujols.
	www.cnn.com /si/baseball/news/2003/08/10/unassisted_tripleplay_ap (942 words)

	ESPN - Braves' Furcal turns unassisted triple play - MLB
		Furcal, Atlanta's shortstop, became the 12th player in major league history to turn an unassisted triple play when he single-handedly snuffed out a fifth inning rally by the St. Louis Cardinals in their 3-2 win over the Braves on Sunday night.
		Furcal's was the first unassisted triple play in the majors since Oakland second baseman Randy Velarde did it against the New York Yankees on May 29, 2000.
		One of the 12 unassisted triple plays in the modern era (since 1900) came in the 1920 World Series, when Indians second baseman Bill Wambsganss did it in the fifth inning of Game 5 against Brooklyn.
	sports.espn.go.com /mlb/story?id=1593632 (561 words)

	What is an unassisted triple play? : Baseball jargon information from Answerbag
		An unassisted triple play occurs when one defensive player manages to record three outs in a half-inning on his own, all during one continuous play.
		Triple plays are fairly rare, but unassisted triple plays are so rare that they have only occurred 12 times in modern Major League Baseball history and once in the 19th century.
		In your "typical" unassisted triple play (there have been only eight or so in major league history), you've got men on first and second.
	www.answerbag.com /q_view.php/5920 (218 words)

	JS Online: JS Online
		Randy Velarde of the Oakland Athletics becomes just the 10th player to record an unassisted triple play in the regular season, turning the trick Monday in the sixth inning at Yankee Stadium.
		While baseball lists 10 unassisted triple plays in the regular season, there was also one in the postseason - and perhaps the most famous ever.
		It is Oakland's seventh triple play and first since April 7, 1996, against Detroit.
	www.jsonline.com /sports/brew/may00/tp052900.asp?format=print (340 words)

	Mickey Morandini - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		He turned an unassisted triple play, which he accomplished by tagging Barry Bonds on September 20, 1992.
		A pivotal player on the Phillies' 1993 National League championship team which lost the World Series, he was named an All-Star in 1995.
		He possessed extra-base power (finishing seventh in the league in doubles in 1995 and 1997, and among the National League leaders in triples from 1992 to 1995), good speed (123 career stolen bases), and had a career fielding percentage of.989 at second base.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Mickey_Morandini (216 words)

	Unassisted Triple Play by Randy Velarde Box Score by Baseball Almanac
		Randy Velarde of the Oakland Ahtletics turned only the eleventh unassisted triple play in the history of Major League Baseball.
		This was the first unassisted triple play ever turned by the Oakland Athletics and the first ever turned against the New York Yankees.
		Did you know that Randy Velarde was the third second baseman to turn an unassisted triple play and the first player to ever turn one on a holiday (Memorial Day)?
	www.baseball-almanac.com /boxscore/05292000.shtml (250 words)

	The Straight Dope: How is an unassisted triple play accomplished in baseball?
		One of the classic unassisted triple plays (and the only one ever to occur during a World Series) happened in 1920, in the fifth game between the Cleveland Indians and the Brooklyn Robins (Brooklyn used this wimpy nickname during the time the team was coached by Wilbert Robinson).
		Then we have assisted triple plays such as the one on September 7, 1935, when Boston Red Sock Joe Cronin hit a line drive toward third.
		The record is seven double plays in a game, which two teams have managed to do: Yankees, August 14, 1942, and Astros, May 4, 1969.
	www.straightdope.com /classics/a2_173.html (458 words)

	ESPN - Pujols homers off Smoltz in eighth to win game - MLB
		Furcal single-handedly snuffed out a Cardinals rally in the fifth for the first unassisted triple play in the majors since Oakland second baseman Randy Velarde did it against the New York Yankees on May 29, 2000.
		Furcal said he was once involved in a triple play in the minors.
		It was the first unassisted triple play in Atlanta history -- Ernie Padgett of the Boston Braves turned one on Oct. 6, 1923.
	sports.espn.go.com /mlb/recap?gameId=230810124 (874 words)

	::: The Official Site of Cal Poly Athletics - Men's Baseball ::: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Anderson played in all 60 games last season, tied for No. 5 all-time for games played in a season at Cal Poly, and his 227 at-bats last season is No. 11.
		And this year Anderson was the lone Mustang to play the first 38 games before he was sidelined five weeks ago with a skin infection in his left ankle.
		Other schools who played in the 2002 NCAA Tournament and are on Cal PolyÕs schedule this spring are Brigham Young, San Jose State, the University of San Diego and Big West Conference members Cal State Northridge, Cal State Fullerton and Long Beach State.
	www.gopoly.com /baseball/mens/2003/News/advance5-27.htm (4185 words)

	An Unassisted Triple Play
		One of the rarest feats in baseball is the unassisted triple play, in which one fielder gets three players out in a single play without any assistance.
		So rare is this feat, in fact, that according to the Baseball Almanac, unassisted triple plays have happened only 12 times in the history of the major leagues.
		While an unassisted triple play is enough to land a player in baseball's record books, no major-leaguer worth his salt would expect one such event to put him on easy street for the rest of his life.
	www.fool.com /investing/value/2005/11/29/an-unassisted-triple-play.aspx (929 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Unassisted Triple Plays in Baseball
		The first recorded Unassisted Triple Play was done by Providence Outfielder Paul Hines on May 8, 1878 against Boston.
		This is largely unrecorded, but it was an Unassisted Triple Play- and a spectatular one too.
		Pittsburgh Shortstop Glenn Wright accomplished an Unassisted Triple Play at the last possible moment in a May 7, 1925 game against the St Louis Cardinals.
	tickers.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A1157582 (1152 words)

	Quinones Records Unassisted Triple Play! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		And, according to Major League Baseball’s history books, there have been only 12 unassisted triple plays.
		The runner at second, who had broke for third when the ball was hit, is tagged out by Quinones (Out #3!) trying to go back to second.
		Triple plays are rare, but the unassisted variety are more rare than a three-dollar bill.
	www.midvalleynews.com /e-news/LITTLE-LEAGUE/apr9200386829.shtml (328 words)

	UNASSISTED TRIPLE PLAY » Outside The Beltway \| OTB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		When I played ball at the 12 year old level I made the exact play that was made last night save that jump.
		I thought I had made a double play and only tagged the runner because it was just the thing to do.
		While the play requires little skill it was one of the highlights of my young life.
	www.outsidethebeltway.com /archives/2886 (389 words)

	World Series \| BaseballLibrary.com
		There was ample precedent for postseason play in the unofficial contests arranged by the winners of the NL and the American Association from 1882 to 1891.
		The Indians' Elmer Smith hit the first WS grand slam in the first inning, Cleveland's Jim Bagby became the first pitcher to hit a WS home run in the fourth inning, and the only unassisted triple play in Series history was turned by Indians second baseman Bill Wambsganss in the fifth.
		The quality of play in the World Series, won by the Cardinals, was still fair, featuring a Game Five pitchers' duel between Mort Cooper (12 strikeouts) and the Browns' Denny Galehouse (10 strikeouts).
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/S/Series_World.stm (12234 words)

	Minor League Baseball: History: Top 100 Teams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		He is also one of only two men who played for three major league teams in the same city in the 20th century.
		Dutch played for the Chicago White Sox in 1910, the Chicago Whales in the Federal League in 1914-15 and the Cubs in 1916.
		Wamby had played ten years with Cleveland, two with the Red Sox and one with the Athletics (1913-26) with a.259 career average.
	www.minorleaguebaseball.com /app/milb/history/top100.jsp?idx=28 (2689 words)

	Springdale girl records unassisted triple play in recent game - PittsburghLIVE.com
		Mager, a girl playing on the boys' Lower Valley Pirates baseball team, recently pulled off one of baseball's rarest feats during a Lower Valley Minors' coach-pitch game, recording an unassisted triple play.
		The unassisted triple play is very rare in junior baseball, and hardly ever happens at the professional level.
		Only 12 unassisted triple plays have been recorded in Major League Baseball since Cleveland shortstop Neal Ball first accomplished the feat in 1909.
	pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/trib/newssummary/s_337469.html (489 words)

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