Trips#1 (unassisted) Runner's on 1st/2nd, no outs. The batter's team down several runs. Both runner's take very aggresive secondary leads. Sharp LD to 1st, batter out(1)... 1st baseman tags out runner between 1st/2nd base(2)...1st baseman runs the ball to 2nd base bag(3). Happened so fast the MIF's froze also.

Trips#2 Runners on 2nd/3rd, no outs. 1-2 count, LH batter swings and misses a CB in the dirt. Catcher blocks, no time for a quick tag, looks the runner back at third, throws the batter out at 1st(1). The runner at 2nd dances off 2nd base, 1st baseman throws to SS, quick tag on runner(2), runner at 3rd tries to score, SS throws to catcher. Collision at the plate, catcher wins(3).

Gotta love good defense!! GED10DaD

Ok,
Not my son's team.... I actually hit into a triple play many moons ago in varsity high school fastpitch softball. My one claim to fame.

Bases loaded, Full count. I hit a line drive to 3rd (1st out) She steps on 3rd (2nd) and throws to second for the third.

I still wonder how our runner on second didn't get back...

Bases loaded, ground ball to pitcher who throws to home for the first out then throws to first for out number two. The first baseman then threw to second catching the base runner being too aggressive rounding second for out number three. It seemed funny scoring a 1-2-3-4 triple play.

My brother was playing short, with the bases loaded. Humpback liner he lets the ball hit his palm and it drops right in front. He picks it up, tags runner from 2nd, steps on 2nd and throws to first. Nobody what was flying, he had to yell to first baseman to cover the bag. Umpires (terrible terrible terrible) didn't even know what happened, they let a run score, even though batter was thrown out at first.

The umps should have killed the play and only allowed one out. If he traps it or takes it off the chest and it falls then you get your triple play... (umps out there... am i wrong??)

Here's maybe the strangest ever.... and reported to have actually occurred years ago in the Pioneer League.

Runners at 1st and 2nd, both running on the pitch. Batter pops up middle infield, INF Fly rule out #1 (batter). Runner from 1st kept going, and runs right past runner returning to base at 2nd. Out #2. Ball eventually comes down and hits final baserunner who's standing just off the bag at 2nd. Out #3. No defensive player touches the ball and the side is retired.

True or not, how does your scorebook look after this one? I know mine would be a mess.

spizzlepop,

you win.

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Originally posted by Catch43:
spizzlepop,you win.

GED10DaD

I'm sure the coach was furious after that one.
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This one is frustrating for me. I'm pitching the game, and it's tied. We're at bat with runners on 1st, 3rd no outs. Fly ball to LF. The ball is caught, and the runner from 3rd is thrown out at the plate. The runner on 1st is doing god knows what, and gets thrown out going to 2nd.

Spiz - hands down, you win.

I've never seen a triple play!

I remember this one from a ways back. We've got runners at 1st and 2nd, nobody out. Grounder to 3rd; they turn a 5-4-3 doubleplay but the meat-head at 2nd keeps going, rounds third but is out at the plate.... oh, that meat-head was me.

Spizzlepop,

I believe the scoring would be to award put outs to the fielder closest to each out. Probably all the short stop, who was most likely closest to R1 running past R2, the pop up itself and R2 when it hit him. Not having seen the play, I can't say if the second baseman wasn't involved in some way.

The notation I would use is 666-TP, 'cause there is no other way to describe something evil like this. I'd probably put a few stars around it and add some notes so if I ever flipped through that book again (years later) so I could tell the story accurately.

Probably the only case I've ever run across where a batted ball hits a runner and the hitter doesn't get credit for a hit.

Bizare play on many levels...

As a new travel coach, I was catching some flack for not being aggressive enough after my first few tournaments.

So in a pool game, top first, first two batters hit singles (first and second). The count goes 1-1 to the batter. The pitcher is throwing strikes, I have a great contact hitter up (he is my three hole guy), so I call a hit and run. Line drive to the pitcher, turns and goes to second for two, back to first for three.

I turn to the critical parents and say, "And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why I hate the double steal" and went back to my old conservative ways.

Not sure if this was an official triple play. This weekend, runners on first and third. 3-2 count on batter. Next pitch, strike out, the catcher threw the runner out trying to steal second, then the second baseman threw the runner out at home when he tried to score on the play. No batted ball but three outs on one pitch.

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Originally posted by Doughnutman:
Not sure if this was an official triple play. This weekend, runners on first and third. 3-2 count on batter. Next pitch, strike out, the catcher threw the runner out trying to steal second, then the second baseman threw the runner out at home when he tried to score on the play. No batted ball but three outs on one pitch.

triple play