#john valentin

[this-day-in-baseball]

July 8, 1994

Red Sox shortstop John Valentin snares Marc Newfield’s sixth inning line drive, steps on second retiring Mike Blowers and then tags the runner coming from first, Kevin Mitchell, to turn an unassisted triple play. After completing the rare feat, accomplishing a play that has occurred only ten times in major league history, the infielder begins a three-homer outburst by Boston in the bottom of the inning, helping the team defeat the Seattle at Fenway Park, 4-3.

[this-day-in-baseball]

July 8, 1994 Red Sox shortstop John Valentin snares Marc Newfield’s sixth inning line drive, steps on second retiring Mike Blowers and then tags Kevin Mitchell coming from first to turn an unassisted triple play. After completing the rare feat, accomplishing a play that has occurred only ten times in major league history, the infielder begins a three-homer outburst by Boston in the bottom of the inning, helping the team beat the Mariners at Fenway Park, 4-3.

[this-day-in-baseball]

July 8, 1994 Red Sox shortstop John Valentin snags Marc Newfield's sixth inning line drive, steps on second retiring Mike Blowers and then tags the Kevin Mitchell, coming from first, to turn an unassisted triple play against the Mariners.

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John Valentin's unassisted triple play

This randomly came up as a "recommended" video on YouTube. I remember being 12 years old and watching this in 1994, and it's still awesome. Valentin just nonchalantly tags the runner for the third out, Chris Nabholz (who was terrible) is on the mound and has no idea what happened, the announcers are totally confused, no one knows what just happened except for Valentin, who just smiles and trots back to the dugout. It's beautiful.

[shescaughtinarundown]

Today in Red Sox history: July 8

1994: John Valentin, the Red Sox short stop, snagged Marc Newfield’s line drive in the 6th inning. After catching it, he stepped on 2nd base to knock out Mike Blowers, and then tagged Kevin Mitchell, who was running into first, turning an unassisted…

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[life-is-around-you-and-in-you]

I can't stop daydreaming about who might be at opening day!

I hope my first favorite player will be there!

John Valentin