The Most Exciting Play in Baseball

Troy Tulowitzki turned a triple play in 2010.

     Ever think about the triple play? Or better yet, the unassisted triple play? You might say oh, triple plays are really rare. Well actually, there have been 666 triple plays recorded by Major League Baseball but only thirteen of those have been unassisted (Troy Tulowitzki's being the last.) So when you think about it, the triple play is rare, but the unassisted triple play is almost nonexistent: only thirteen in 135 years of professional baseball.
     Also on the topic of rare baseball plays, the inside-the-park home run. How rare?  Well it has happened 975 times (out of 154,483 home runs from  1951 to 2000), so about one in every 158 home runs is an inside the park homer.  Tony Campana of the Cubs hit the most recent one.
     I say those two plays are two of the most exciting plays in baseball.

     This weekend's battle for first in the AL East ended with the Red Sox on top, up by one game after winning 3-2 in ten innings last night.  To me this race isn't as important as it might be because whichever team doesn't win the division will probably win the wild card by about seven games.  But I still want the Red Sox to win the East, and then I want the Tigers to beat them after winning the Central.  

     Thanks for reading, and go Tigers!

Tony Campana