Eric Bruntlett’s unassisted triple play against the Mets in 2009 is still the most recent in the MLB and 1 of only 15 MLB history
July 8, 2023
Eric Bruntlett’s unassisted triple play against the Mets in 2009 is still the most recent in the MLB and 1 of only 15 MLB history
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Unassisted triple plays are awesome, but there’s just something so satisfying about 5-4-3 triple plays.
I’ve mentioned it before but I was at this one. As a Phillies fan it was really starting to feel like they were going to blow it, then all the sudden there’s a line drive to second and then the Phillies are all running off the field. I think we could tell it was a double play but it happened so fast that it was hard to comprehend in real time what actually happened. Super cool moment where every single thing had to line up exactly perfect in order for the unassisted triple play to go down. I bet Chase Utley wishes he didn’t have the day off that day, though if I’m remembering correctly Brunlett made a bad play in the field before this to help set up the two on, nobody out situation.
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Unassisted triple plays are awesome, but there’s just something so satisfying about 5-4-3 triple plays.
I’ve mentioned it before but I was at this one. As a Phillies fan it was really starting to feel like they were going to blow it, then all the sudden there’s a line drive to second and then the Phillies are all running off the field. I think we could tell it was a double play but it happened so fast that it was hard to comprehend in real time what actually happened. Super cool moment where every single thing had to line up exactly perfect in order for the unassisted triple play to go down. I bet Chase Utley wishes he didn’t have the day off that day, though if I’m remembering correctly Brunlett made a bad play in the field before this to help set up the two on, nobody out situation.