Triple Play!

No, I am NOT talking about the video game series that was present in the early '00s. I am talking about one of the rarest feats in a baseball game - the triple play. It is when three outs occur on one play.

The most common of these triple plays is when there is a runner on both first and second base, with no outs, and the batter hits a ground ball to the third baseman. He would pick the ball up, step on third base, pass the ball to the second baseman standing on second base, then pass the ball to the first baseman, who has one foot on first base.

Such an event occurred in the fourth inning between the Oakland Athletics and the Seattle Mariners yesterday:

Click the picture to see how it's done!

Triple plays occur at least once a year, and the Yankees pulled off a similar one against the same Oakland Athletics in the beginning of the season:



Plays like these are fun to watch when you see them in action!