The unassisted triple play is one of the rarest plays in baseball. So marvelous is this play that it has only been done twelve times in the history of Major League Baseball. And one of our own Mickey Morandini turned one. As I was thumbing through the baseball almanac I came across a quote from Bill Wambsganss the second man to ever turn this play. Yes it was quite a few years ago 1920 to be precise. Well anyway, He said, "Funny thing, I played in the big leagues for thirteen years and the only thing anybody seems to remember is that once I made an unassisted triple play in the world series." BOOM! It hit me. That is why I remember Mickey Morandini.

I will always remember that play, when Mickey turned ONE OF THE RAREST & MOST FABULOUS FEATS IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, the unassisted triple play, not in a world series, but in a game that the Phils lost to the Pirates 3-2...Seven shortstops, three 2nd baseman, and two 1st baseman, are the only players to ever turn the unassisted triple play. I'll end this with a Quote from the eleventh man to ever turn an unassisted triple play, Randy Velarde ss-2003- A's, "I had it played perfectly. Both guys took off, it was a soft liner, I caught it. Tag, tag, thats it."

Info gathered from the Baseball Almanac...