Triple play

[davert]

It was good to see the Horns did not let the triple play impact the way they played yesterday. Tucker really smoked that ball and it was just a perfect set of circumstances that let it happen. But they are rare so those who saw it saw something that won't happen very often.

 

[davert]

I just saw on the Kansas web site it is the first triple play in Big XII history. Pretty amazing.

 

[Son of a Son]

Augie's post-game quote was awesome "Some people wonder why we bunt so much, well, we do it so that can't happen."

 

[ElginHotSausage]

so......... giving up hundreds of outs over the year just to avoid the off chance of giving up 3 on one play? just asking.

 

[Barton Hills]

Small ball is who we are.

 

[davert]

Augie was being facetious when he said that.

 

[Valmy77]

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[bassale47]

He was being facetious, but I don't think he was talking about just triple plays anyway. The same philosophy applies to double plays.

 

[CJHorn]

"Well, they seem to bunt okay...."

----- Augie Garrido, Omaha, 2000, in response to question about the NCAA's recently deadened aluminum bats and how they'd changed the college game. (I think that team set the NCAA record for bunts in a season.)

 

[orangeblack&gold]

Love that 2nd quote, CJ.

It took me straight back to the 3rd base line in Omaha, Nebraska on that warm beautiful night and the those tender summertime thoughts of "What in the Hell is Wheeless doing at the dang plate?!?"

That's a long drought of not bein' to the University of Texas @Omaha Stadium and I'm looking forward to changing that this season.