Last week, Jayson Stark wrote that Jones is currently on pace for the WORST OFFENSIVE SEASON EVER. Yes, ever...of all time.
I remember when Stark took major flack for calling Jones thee most overrated player in MLB a couple years back.
...And his defense is not Gold Glove material like it used to be...in the game against Zona (I believe on Friday?) he mis-played three flyballs.
The two things that I find amusing...pitchers still tend to walk Jones AND Joe Torre was still batting him 5th for a good stretch of the season.
I remember when Stark took major flack for calling Jones thee most overrated player in MLB a couple years back.
...And his defense is not Gold Glove material like it used to be...in the game against Zona (I believe on Friday?) he mis-played three flyballs.
The two things that I find amusing...pitchers still tend to walk Jones AND Joe Torre was still batting him 5th for a good stretch of the season.
I wondered the same thing... googled and saw this so far:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080610173040AAzZZf6
"Best Answer - Chosen by Asker"
"I cannot find the box score but the only team that could have had that happen was Boston when they sent 23 men to the plate in one inning on June 18, 1953. Highly doubtful but the only time probable"
"Other Answers"
"nope, never. that would be mighty embarassing if that were to happen. that means that there would be 19 at bats and 16 ppl reach and u go 0-3. sucks. yea 3 AB in one inning is rare enough. i have only seen that once before."
* CalvinTy
One cool story:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_MLB_players_have_had_three_unassisted_put_outs_in_an_inning
"As a side note, I saw a game once (a college game) in which one player very nearly GOT put out 3 times in an inning. That, if it had occurred, would have probably been unique in all of baseball. First of all, you have to come up to the plate 3 times in the same inning. That is very rare, as it requires everyone else to come up to the plate at least twice, which means a total of at least 19 batters in the inning, and also at least 13 runs scored. Second, you have to be hitting so badly that you can't get on base, when EVERYONE ELSE ON YOUR TEAM CAN, TWICE. The player in question (Warren Morris, LSU) was the first batter of the inning, and grounded out. The next 8 batters reached base safely, and Morris came up again, and struck out. Again, all 8 other batters reached base safely and Morris came up again. He got a hit this time. He didn't get another chance to accomplish this "feat". LSU scored 18 runs in that inning. Ironically, Morris was probably the best hitter on that team. He got a hit in every game he played in that season (though he missed the majority of it due to a wrist injury). He was, in fact, the hero of the most dramatic finish ever in any baseball championship game, hitting a homer with 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth of the final game of the college world series."
* CalvinTy
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_MLB_players_have_had_three_unassisted_put_outs_in_an_inning
"As a side note, I saw a game once (a college game) in which one player very nearly GOT put out 3 times in an inning. That, if it had occurred, would have probably been unique in all of baseball. First of all, you have to come up to the plate 3 times in the same inning. That is very rare, as it requires everyone else to come up to the plate at least twice, which means a total of at least 19 batters in the inning, and also at least 13 runs scored. Second, you have to be hitting so badly that you can't get on base, when EVERYONE ELSE ON YOUR TEAM CAN, TWICE. The player in question (Warren Morris, LSU) was the first batter of the inning, and grounded out. The next 8 batters reached base safely, and Morris came up again, and struck out. Again, all 8 other batters reached base safely and Morris came up again. He got a hit this time. He didn't get another chance to accomplish this "feat". LSU scored 18 runs in that inning. Ironically, Morris was probably the best hitter on that team. He got a hit in every game he played in that season (though he missed the majority of it due to a wrist injury). He was, in fact, the hero of the most dramatic finish ever in any baseball championship game, hitting a homer with 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth of the final game of the college world series."
* CalvinTy
I was curious about the game above (on June 18, 1953) so I saw that it was Boston who won 23-3 against Detroit, getting 17 runs in the 7th inning. Darn, someone was retired twice, but not all 3 outs. I found the box score below:
http://www.baseballtoddsdugout.com/61853box.html
* CalvinTy
