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Old 07-17-2008, 11:55 AM
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Posted By: anthony

I was wondering if this trio completed the first ever recorded double play in baseball or was it just that the poem was written about the double play that made it famous?

if not the first recorded double play, was there one and by who?

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Old 07-17-2008, 11:59 AM
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Posted By: ali_lapoint

most definitely not the first. it's just a pretty awful poem that somehow took off during the cubs and giants rivalry in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Old 07-17-2008, 12:00 PM
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Posted By: T206Collector

...began playing Major League Baseball in 1902. Of course there were two outs recorded on one play, or a double play, well in advance of that date.
Your follow-up question is harder to answer. The first double play may very well have taken place in the first ever baseball game. But trying to determine the exact date of that is a chicken/egg game.



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Old 07-17-2008, 12:56 PM
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T206- the chicken and egg question is figured out...'twas the chicken that came first...which was in the egg....this definition (below) applies to archeology but it applies to other fields too.....


Any item (or evidence) contained within a deposit must be older than the deposit and the process by which the deposit was laid down.

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Old 07-17-2008, 03:06 PM
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Posted By: S Gross

"Baseball's Sad Lexicon"

Franklin P. Adams

These are the saddest of possible words,
Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance.
Trio of Bear Cubs fleeter than birds,
Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance.
Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble,
Making a Giant hit into a double,
Words that are weighty with nothing but trouble.
Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance.



What a GREAT poem !!!!!

I find myself mumbling it to myself quite often. It made them immortal and got Tinker into the HOF (but that's another thread).

If nothing else, it makes people look up the word "gonfalon."

Funny, in a way, usually (historically and statistically), the team with the highest amount of double plays is usually the worst team (more opposing batters reaching first).


........... and, as far as "chicken/egg" OT: I always thought it was based on Evolution (egg) vs. Creationism (chicken), but that's just me .......

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Old 07-17-2008, 03:21 PM
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i didnt think it was the first double play ever but maybe by chance the first recorded...i just happen to be looking up the first unassisted triple play and that was easier to find... apparently, its a pretty rare feat but if i remember correctly, they were all either short-stops or 2nd basemen.

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Old 07-17-2008, 04:12 PM
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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

An outfielder did it in the PCL, years ago... I'll post the info and a scan of one of his cards, if someone posts his name.

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Old 07-17-2008, 04:36 PM
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Posted By: anthony

i'm correcting myself, there were a couple of first basemen that did it as well.

the first mentioned triple play was by an outfielder but that play was being disputed since the rules have changed since then. center or left fielder caught a line drive and the runner on 2nd and 3rd attempted to score, the outfielder stepped on 3rd and got both guys out (since both past 3rd base) then threw it to 2nd to make sure of the out.

i heard this years ago but just read it about it last week, i didnt have all the details so i'm hoping the internet is correct

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Posted By: Kevin Cummings

In case anyone is interested:

http://tripleplays.sabr.org/

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Posted By: ali_lapoint

i saw randy valarde's unassisted triple play at yankee stadium.

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Posted By: Dan P.

I was at the Vet in Philly in 1991 for Gwynn's triple play.

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Posted By: Ed Ivey

if a chicken and a half can lay an egg and a half in a day and a half how long does it take a grasshopper with a wooden leg to kick all the seeds out of a dill pickle?

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Old 07-19-2008, 07:42 AM
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Posted By: Denny Walsh

Your from the Great Sate of Texas! Surly you know the the correct answer to this question!?

"T206- the chicken and egg question is figured out...'twas the chicken that came first...which was in the egg....this definition (below) applies to archeology but it applies to other fields too.....
Any item (or evidence) contained within a deposit must be older than the deposit and the process by which the deposit was laid down."

It was the Rooster that came first!

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Old 07-19-2008, 07:51 AM
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Posted By: Denny Walsh

Deese are the questions dat me Da use ta ax me,
(& dis is why "Im nut rite in da head"!)

How long does it take for grasshopper with a wooden leg to kick all the seeds out of a dill pickle?

Answer(s) is(are)?

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

I got this email from Mark Macrea this morning...

Frank,
Rosy Carlisle, 1911 Vernon Tigers....If need be, I can probably track down the date for you, but still waiting for the first cup of coffee to kick in this morning...


And he's correct!!!

Carlisle caught a line drive, diving and rolling as he caught it. The bases were loaded. He got up and ran to second, forcing that runner, then ran to first, forcing that one. Unassisted, even by today's rules.

Here's Carlisle's Zee-Nut card, and under that is a newpaper drawing about it all. This is from a really neat book, The Story of Minor League Baseball, a 1953 book, over 700 pages, and well indexed.



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Posted By: Ed Ivey

Afraid I don't know, Denny. I dropped Calculus freshman year.

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