April 20, 2014
ABRUPTNESS:
Three at a Time (Roger Angell, 4/19/14, The New Yorker)
I wasn't on hand on August 23, 2009, when Phillies second baseman Eric Bruntlett grabbed a low liner, tagged a nearby runner, and almost dazedly stepped on second for a game-ending unassisted triple play, becoming the first player to pull off this caper since 1927. The abruptly losing team against Bruntlett's play was the Mets, which simultaneously and perfectly illustrated the opposite of unexpected.
Posted by Orrin Judd at April 20, 2014 6:24 PM
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