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From: 45223wc@mtuxo.UUCP (w.cambre)
Newsgroups: net.puzzle
Subject: re: Triple play without the ball
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Date: Thu, 13-Jun-85 19:47:47 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 13 19:47:47 1985
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How can you get someone out when you don't have the ball?
Being the batter and striking out doesn't count since you
can't be credited with a triple play that way.  You have to be
one of the fielders.  
  How about if you are chasing a baserunner, (he thinks you have
the ball, but you really don't), and he passes the runner in front
of him?  That's against the rules, but I don't know what the penalty
is. If the runner is automatically out, does the fielder who did the
chasing get credited with the out?  If so then you could get a triple play
if you chased three runners past the runner at third.

 Not likely, huh?

 - Bill Cambre