the ball was struck by the bat, landed in foul territory, and then, untouched by any player, proceeded to roll fair.
by rule, that is a fair ball. the triple play was legitimate.
Looked like a good play to me. Confusion over the ump hand gestures, but it hit the bat like a bunt. Went fair.
this is why you ALWAYS run out a foul ball.
What does 2-5-6-3 represent??
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Certainly a strange looking play. I think the fact that the batter bailed out would have made the runners think it either hit the batter or was a foul ball.
Reminds me of Game 4 of the 1980 NLCS when pitcher Vern Ruhle trapped a short bloop and the Phillies didn’t know whether to run or not so they moved halfway off the bases. Ruhle, of the Astros, threw to first to double off that runner and, after a small delay, the first baseman threw down to second to double off that runner for a triple play while the Phillies were beginning to argue with the umpires.
The NL president was in attendance and he decided that two of the Phillies were out but the runner on second could stay. Here’s the audio of that moment:
http://www.astrosdaily.com/audio/80gm4a.mp3
The ump that was right there stuck BOTH his hands up in the air, then actually raised BOTH of them higher. Harold Reynolds on MLB network had them freeze it. Unless he was fending off a bee, I would have thought dead ball. It was an umpire assist, which is bound to happen sometimes I guess. I think even Vin Scully said it was a no play signal from the ump.
Freegards
This was it. You’ve got to see it.
Because I’m cubicle bound I cannot see the video. The strangest part of this is the SS covering 2nd base and receiving a throw from the 3rd baseman. I guess the “bunt” must have been towards 1st base to draw the SS to 2nd base with the 2nd baseman covering 1st?
Highly unusual.