Strange, Unusual or Funny Plays

Post one in this thread that you either know, seen or heard...

Here's one:

On 8/28/1969 playing for Pittsburgh in Forbes Field, Bruce DalCanton entered the game with 3 Braves on base and Hank Aaron batting. As Bruce tells the story, Aaron hit the ball over the clock on top of the scoreboard and his shortstop came in to the mound with his glove covering his laughter. The only comment was "Way to get out of the jam in a hurry!"

 

Another..

In the game of July 20, 1965, the Braves won 7-1, scoring all 7 in the 7th inning, the last two on a home run by Henry Aaron off Larry Miller. "After the game, Stengel is quoted after being asked why he'd bring in a mediocre lefty to face Hank Aaron: 'You don't bring in the best surgeon when the patient is already dead."

 

one of my favorite quotes

If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base. ~Dave Barry

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson


I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it. ~Rogers Hornsby

You don't save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain. ~Leo Durocher, in New York Times, 16 May 1965

 

We were playing in an AAU tournament at Fred T Foard a few years ago and one of our base runners got snookered. He had just stole second when the shortstop walked over and said "foul ball" as the guy was brushing himself off. I was coaching first and was now concentrating on the batter when I look up and my base runner is trotting back to first. At that time the pitcher threw to first and he just ran into the tag, totally unaware. I said "what are you doing?" and then he told me that it was a foul tip, the shortstop told him. Well....the other team was laughing as was their coaches (and us too) and my base runner (the catcher) was all tore up about it. We won anyways but I bet he'll never fall for that one again.

 

..great story