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Originally Posted by Dyzalot
When "one in a million" plays happen, the pbp should really make note of it with some kind of explanation. I'm watching a game in the MLB standard QS I started. The team has runners on 1st & 3rd with no outs. The score is 5-1. Batter hits a grounder to the pitcher which results in a 1-6-3 double play, with the runner holding on 3rd. I've never seen that happen in over 40 years of watching real MLB. I can imagine some ways it could happen. I just don't think I should be the one having to imagine the batter tripping and falling down coming out of the batter's box or the runner on third being blinded momentarily by a laser pointer aimed from the stands or whatever other fantastic scenario I can think of. Please in the future make it a point to provide appropriate pbp dialogue to explain some of these extremely rare plays when they actually do happen.
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Well it is possible the pitcher looked off the runner at third before throwing to 2nd base for the first out of the double play. I guess it depends where the ball was hit on the in-field? Still a description as such would be nice.
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