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To: Jolla

I was there to watch McGwire tie Maris’ 61 home runs in a season, but that must have been incredible to see Aaron live!

Hard to believe a first baseman not touching the ball for an entire game.


6 posted on 04/27/2018 1:40:22 PM PDT by fugazi
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To: fugazi; Jolla
A full game with no putouts or assists by the first baseman is a rarity indeed.

Here's something that might be even more rare: Toby Harrah once played shortstop for the Texas Rangers and never touched a ball in play -- during both games of a doubleheader!

I love those peculiar scenarios in baseball history -- like the extremely rare unassisted triple play.

I was surprised to see how many times a pitcher has struck out more than three batters in an inning -- which means he struck out three batters but then one of them got to first base on a wild pitch or passed ball on strike three, then he struck out a fourth batter. It's happened more than 80 times in MLB history. I would have thought it was more rare than that.

Chuck Finley actually did it THREE TIMES!

12 posted on 04/27/2018 2:12:07 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.")
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