Was poking around on FanGraphs and caught this:
Sunday afternoon in Oakland, Mike Zunino and Felix Hernandez of the Mariners turned a 2-1 double play (video).
Sunday afternoon in Oakland, Mike Zunino and Felix Hernandez of the Mariners turned a 2-1 double play (video).
"You’re having trouble picturing what this looked like. This is what this looked like. It is, unfortunately, not yet available to embed, but it’s pretty easy for you to click a link. Many of you, probably, have already seen the highlight, if you weren’t watching live, but for those of you to whom this is new, spend some minutes mulling this over before you watch the clip. Make a game of it. Imagine what happened. Just how wrong were you?
Very obviously, a 2-1 double play is unusual. It passes the broadcaster test:
....Sims: I dare you to say you’ve seen that before.
....Blowers: Can’t say that I have. Can’t say that I have.
It passes the Google test:
...M. Richards hits into a 2,1 double play as the Lady Rattlers escape the top half of the inning and avoid giving up another score to Italy.
And most importantly, it passes the history test:
...According to STATS INC, today's 2-1 double play was the first in their data going back to 1987.