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From: gordon@cae780.UUCP (Brian Gordon)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball,net.puzzle
Subject: Re: YA baseball puzzle - unassisted triple play
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Date: Sun, 9-Jun-85 14:59:46 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun  9 14:59:46 1985
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In article <638@digi-g.UUCP> brian@digi-g.UUCP (brian) writes:
>	OK, now that we know how to drive in 5 runs with 1 turn at bat,
>how to make a single handed triple play?  This actually happened around
>the turn of the century, but I forget the guy's name.  Must be totally
>unassisted.  Not as difficult as 5 runs at bat, but...

You mean when, with runners on first and second, the second baseman catches 
the line drive (1), steps on second before the runner gets back (2), and
then tags the runner comming in from first (3)?

FROM:   Brian G. Gordon, CAE Systems
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