Worked the Bats game last night, and Chris Richard, of your Durham Bulls, hit three (3) ground rule doubles in one game! No way that's ever happened before, right? We were sure in his last 2 at bats he was swinging for the warning track and not the fences, but no such luck.
What's even stranger is that each of them happened in a different manner. In the first inning he hit your typical, vanilla GR2B. Hard fly to left center, one bounce, and over the fence. In the third he slices a fly ball down the left field line, the Bats left fielder hustles and makes a good effort at a sliding catch, but can't quite get there. The ball bounces (either off the field or the player or both) and bounces over the wall along the left field line in foul territory. But wait there's more. In the fifth he hits a screamer into deep right center. A fan reaches out with his glove, leans slightly over the fence, and plucks it. GR2B on fan interference.
I looked for a couple of minutes and couldn't find any GR2B records - I don't think MLB counts them differently than a normal double. But 3 in one game? Crazy.
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I believe the record for most ground rule doubles is held by Ronald Peterson of the 1917 Massapequa Mud Hens.
*points at Dunnski*
GEEEEEEEEEK! GEEEEEEEEEEK!
Too bad you didn't post about the out of the park homerun you made after the game. ;-*
Dave - Peterson's record is highly suspect due to his well-documented fondness of Doc Whipplesnort's Muscle Elixir & Hair Tonic.
Twinkie - umm...shut up! I got nothin'.
Charmed - Next time I should use less pine tar.
I have to assume Charmed's commentary was sexual in nature cuz I don't see Dunnski Love hitting any kind of actual homer.
Dave,
Your assumption would be correct. Dunnski has a perfect batting average in my scorebook. ;-)
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