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Top 25In-Person Baseball Rarities

Gwreck Jun 13 2014 08:09 PM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Jun 13 2014 08:37 PM

Was challenged (elsewhere) to come up with the [crossout]20[/crossout] 25 best "rarities" as a bingo-card sort of thing to see how many you've seen in person at a game. Looking for feedback. Any rare events that should be on the list but aren't? PITCHING RARITIES Four strikeouts in one half-inning No-hitter Perfect Game PITCHERS OUT OF POSITION Relief pitcher batting Pitcher pinch-hitting and getting hit Pitcher home run Pitcher playing positions PLAYERS OUT OF POSITION Position player pitching Emergency catcher 5-man infield or 4-man outfield HITTING RARITIES Cycle Steal of home (not failed suicide squeeze) Inside-the-park home run 5+ hits in nine-inning game Three home runs in one game (by one player) Four home runs in one game (by one player) FIELDING RARITIES 9-3 putout Triple play Unassisted triple play IDIOCY Passing runner on bases Batting out of turn Interference call on bases Accidentally (not overthrow) throwing live ball in stands INFRACTIONS Player caught with doctored bat/ball Benches-clearing brawl (actual punches, not just standing around and posturing)

d'Kong76 Jun 13 2014 08:21 PM Re: Top 20 In-Person Baseball Rarities

That's a pretty comprehensive list.

Frayed Knot Jun 13 2014 08:22 PM Re: Top 20 In-Person Baseball Rarities Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 13 2014 08:25 PM

[crossout:vw9n67qb]Batting out of order[/crossout:vw9n67qb] -- oops, you had that one Getting called for Interference/Obstruction on the base paths Throwing/handing live ball out of play 5 or more hits in a game (one player)

Gwreck Jun 13 2014 08:25 PM Re: Top 20 In-Person Baseball Rarities

The obstruction call is a good one. Think I would dump "3 home runs in one game" for that. I was tempted to include something with pitching "game scores" (ie. Game score of >95) but I think it should be limited to more tangible things.

Frayed Knot Jun 13 2014 08:29 PM Re: Top 20 In-Person Baseball Rarities

Five-man infield / four-man outfield alignments

Gwreck Jun 13 2014 08:36 PM Re: Top 20 In-Person Baseball Rarities

Can't believe I forgot inside-the-park home run. Updated the list above with thanks to FK.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 13 2014 08:42 PM Re: Top 25In-Person Baseball Rarities

Bat thrown/wielded as weapon?

Frayed Knot Jun 13 2014 08:45 PM Re: Top 25In-Person Baseball Rarities

Not sure how exact your wording has to be for this thing, but ... [u:k12ub4dr]Obstruction[/u:k12ub4dr] is what fielders do to runners, [u:k12ub4dr]Interference[/u:k12ub4dr] is what runners do to fielders. They're essentially two sides of the same coin but could be considered separate things if being picky since one is on the offense vs the other on the defense.

Edgy MD Jun 13 2014 09:52 PM Re: Top 25In-Person Baseball Rarities

I'd add a successful hidden-ball trick. Is a homerun pullback still exotic enough to work on this list? What used to be a once-every-few-years rarity that hasn't happened in about 50 years: the courtesy runner. Don't know if the rules still allow for it. Probably not.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 13 2014 10:38 PM Re: Top 25In-Person Baseball Rarities

2 or more runners struck by same batted ball. Never seen that but could happen.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 14 2014 04:45 AM Re: Top 25In-Person Baseball Rarities

I've seen an inside-the-park homer in person, although I don't recall whether it was Darryl Strawberry or Howard Johnson who did it. And I've seen at least one pitcher hit a home run: Kris Benson, as an Oriole, homered off (I think) Pedro Martinez. I've also seen an 18-inning game, a pigeon struck by a fly ball, a player grounding into four double plays in the same game, and a game interrupted by a parachutist.

TheOldMole Jun 14 2014 05:25 AM Re: Top 25In-Person Baseball Rarities

Batter killed by pitched ball. Pitcher killed by line drive. Never happened, but could. Almost happened to Herb Score.

themetfairy Jun 14 2014 07:18 AM Re: Top 25In-Person Baseball Rarities

Two runners called out at home plate on the same play (Game 1 of the 2006 NLDS).

Ceetar Jun 14 2014 07:27 AM Re: Top 25In-Person Baseball Rarities

team losing the DH And having the pitcher bat in the AL? starting pitcher pitching in relief? 14th inning stretch? More than 23 players in one game?

Edgy MD Jun 14 2014 08:51 AM Re: Top 25In-Person Baseball Rarities

Been a while since the ol' pinch-hitting manager trick. Oooooh, lefthanded catcher/lefthanded infielder.

themetfairy Jun 14 2014 10:32 AM Re: Top 25In-Person Baseball Rarities

Bird killed by a batted ball.

Frayed Knot Jun 15 2014 03:43 PM Re: Top 25In-Person Baseball Rarities

I suppose these days you'd have to include a replay review that results in either a game-ending reversal (has happened) or even a game-result-changing one (don't believe it has yet).

Edgy MD Jun 15 2014 05:29 PM Re: Top 25In-Person Baseball Rarities

Let's just say I'm in no hurry to cross witnessing the violent death of a pitcher off my personal bucket list. [list:u39f2ozk][*:u39f2ozk]Last lefthanded catcher: Benny Distefano, August 18, 1989.[/*:m:u39f2ozk] [*:u39f2ozk]Last lefthanded thirdbaseman: Mario Valdez, July 2, 1997.[/*:m:u39f2ozk] [*:u39f2ozk]Last lefthanded secondbaseman: Don Mattingly, July 24, 1983 (the continuation of the pine tar game, I believe).[/*:m:u39f2ozk] [*:u39f2ozk]Last lefthanded shortstop: Mark Ryal, September 4, 1987.[/*:m:u39f2ozk][/list:u:u39f2ozk]

metirish Jun 15 2014 07:43 PM Re: Top 25In-Person Baseball Rarities

A Chris Young HR