{"id":360,"date":"2009-08-23T16:33:44","date_gmt":"2009-08-23T20:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=360"},"modified":"2009-08-25T11:28:45","modified_gmt":"2009-08-25T15:28:45","slug":"incredible-inning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=360","title":{"rendered":"Incredible Inning!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bruntlettWow, the Phillies just finished up a win over the Mets with one of the craziest half-innings I’ve ever seen.\u00a0 With the Phillies leading 9-6, Brad Lidge came on for the save in the bottom of the 9th.\u00a0 The first Mets batter, Angel Pagan,\u00a0hit a ball down the first-base line and Ryan Howard let it go between his legs, leading to a 3-base error.\u00a0 The next batter, Luis Castillo, hit a ball right at Eric Bruntlett, who was playing second-base, and Bruntlett booted the ball for a second straight error, scoring Pagan to make it 9-7.\u00a0 Daniel Murphy followed with a ground-ball up the middle, and Bruntlett booted it again.\u00a0 It was scored a hit, but Bruntlett should have made the play and at least gotten the out at second.<\/p>\n

So, all of a sudden, after two errors and a “hit”, the tying run was on base and the Mets fans at Citi Field were going crazy.\u00a0 With the way Lidge has pitched this year, the outcome appeared very much in question.\u00a0 I was fearing the worst.\u00a0 Then, on a 2-2 pitch to Jeff Francoeur, the Mets sent both runners on the pitch.\u00a0 Francoeur lined the pitch sharply up the middle, and it looked very much like a single that would put the tying run at third base with no outs.\u00a0 BUT, Bruntlett, the guy who had almost single-handedly created this mess, was standing right on second-base to cover the bag in case of a throw on the steal attempt.\u00a0 He made the catch, stepped on second, and tagged Murphy to complete a game-ending, unassisted triple play!\u00a0 I was stunned.\u00a0 The crowd was stunned.\u00a0 And the silence in Citi Field was music to my ears.<\/p>\n

It was the 12th unassisted triple play in major league history.\u00a0 I remember Mickey Morandini had one in the mid-90’s, but I don’t know how many the Phils have had.\u00a0 I also don’t know how many ended a game.\u00a0 Either way, innings like that are one of the reasons baseball is so great.\u00a0 You just never know what you’re going to see.<\/p>\n

And in closing, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Bruntlett needs to go.\u00a0 The guy is useless.\u00a0 If you’re hitting .155 and can’t play a decent second-base, you have no place on any major league roster, let alone a title contender.\u00a0 He’s got a ring and an unassisted triple-play, let’s send him on his way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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