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Mark Vientos catches a Matt Chapman liner and fires to Brett Baty to turn a double play in the bottom of the 1st ...
Negaunee takes on Plymouth Canton at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Saginaw Little League’s south campus at 1200 Augustine. The ...
The match between KIA and Lotte took place at Sajik Stadium in Busan on the 27th. Jeon Sang-hyun, who took the mound in the ...
Jorge Alcala freezes Michael Conforto with a fastball and Andy Pages is caught stealing second as the Red Sox perfectly ...
Turning a double play arguably is more difficult than ever. Although the sliding rules instituted in 2016 made it safer for an infielder to hold his ground at the bag, other changes can make ...
A close play at second base to start a double play no longer involves the take-out slide. It is a free pass to convert, and yet conversions are not increasing in percentage.
The 1980's were a decade of double plays. It started in 1980, when "The Bad News Bears: Double Play" was released, to little fanfare (it was much worse than the original).
Lou Whitaker and Alan Trammell were the Tigers' double-play combination -- that is, the second baseman and shortstop -- for over a decade. They won a World Series ring together while racking up a ...