Posted on 08/22/2011 3:53:28 AM PDT by rawhide
In a week that saw major league triple plays on two consecutive days, the minors have outdone the majors based purely on style points. This isn't exactly how Nashville Sounds center fielder Logan Scafer wanted to jumpstart a triple play, I'm sure, but it worked. After misjudging the line drive, Schafer zeroed in on it in deep center. The ball ended up hitting his glove and his head before he was able to make the catch. The two baserunners were so confused by it, the Sounds were able to turn it into a triple play.
Routine 8-4-3 triple play. They practice that in spring training. (Mike Lowell was recently back a Fenway and was interviewed on radio and TV. On the radio interview, he was asked about coaching in the minors. He said he did not miss his minor league days. The coach would tell them, “We’re here a nine o’clock because you guys are making hundreds of dollars.”)
There’s some real heads-up fielding ...
I love plays like that. Thanks.
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