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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Mon Apr 21, 2014, 01:15 PM Apr 2014

Bertha V., do NOT click on this!

Or any other Halos fan.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/angels-commit-three-errors-on-one-play-allowing-ian-kinsler-to-score-from-first-201035840.html

The Los Angeles Angels suffered a defensive meltdown of epic proportions on Sunday afternoon. During one first inning sequence against the Detroit Tigers, they committed not one, not two, but three errors consecutively, allowing base runner Ian Kinsler to score from first base....

Here's how it all went down, beginning with the fact that the entire thing could have been avoided had Angels catcher Hank Conger realized home plate umpire Brian Knight called ball four on Miguel Cabrera. Kinsler was moving from first base on the 3-2 pitch to avoid a potential double play, but that was all moot once Cabrera walked. Still, Conger went ahead with the throw and watched it sail into center field for the first physical error and an unofficial mental error.

With Kinsler moving to third, the second error occurred on a wild throw from center fielder Mike Trout, who was backing up second base. At this point Kinsler rounded third and attempted to score, which sets up the third error by pitcher Héctor Santiago. Santiago's throw home eluded Conger, the man who started the whole mess, allowing Kinsler to score and Cabrera to move up to second....

The most famous three-error play happened on July 27, 1988, when a then 45-year-old Tommy John committed three errors by himself. John bobbled a comebacker by Jeffrey Leonard of the Milwaukee Brewers and then threw wildly past first baseman Don Mattingly. The third error occurred when John cut off the throw back to the infield and then threw wildly to the plate.


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Bertha V., do NOT click on this! (Original Post) KamaAina Apr 2014 OP
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