I hesitate to post this, since its pretty much been the winter of piling on Delmon Young for a lot of Twins fans. And while I haven’t been in love with the production the Twins have gotten out of Young so far, I understood the trade at the time: “Hey Tampa, we’ll trade you this talented guy who bitches about being here (Garza) for the talented guy that bitches about being there! It just might work!” But since about 2 people read this (including me), I’ll make a note of it. I didn’t catch the game this afternoon, but snagged this from rotoworld.
On a day in which he also hit his second homer, Delmon Young grounded into four double plays Wednesday against the Pirates.
The Twins grounded into six double plays in all. Young’s four double-play balls would have tied a major league record. It’s been done just twice during the regular season, first by Goose Goslin in 1933 and later by Joe Torre in 1975. At least that puts Young in pretty good company.
Not exactly a highlight, but situations that are this unique in a game that gets played as often as baseball are always interesting to me. Joe Crede, we don’t need you trying to duplicate it during the regular season.
Twins fans with a good memory may remember this game against the Angels from August of 2004, when Carlos Silva tied an American League record by inducing 6 double plays. (SIX!) Ahh, 2004, when Carlos Silva wasn’t a bad baseball tosser. In that game, a complete game for Silva, he allowed 11 hits and walked 3, but managed to keep the Angels from scoring. Today, the Twins managed a couple more base runners – with 10 hits and 5 walks – but did at least get 3 home. And, well, it was a Spring Training game, so it doesn’t matter anyway.
