What major factors attributed to the death of the triple in Major League baseball?
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The main reason for the "death" has to be that Baseball stadiums are consistantly getting smaller to promote the "long-ball" which most fans pay to see.  For instance the Polo Grounds in New York used to be almost 500 ft. in center field...hit it past the center fielder or to the gap and it doesn't not only go to the wall, but, IT KEEPS ROLLING! allowing the baserunner to easily get to third.
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It does help out the batter in that he can hit it farther, but he does have to actually hit the ball.\n\nI think that as much as the batters were helped, the pitchers who used were helped more.  \n\nIt sucks that the cheating went on, but technically, it wasn't banned by baseball at the time.  That's baseball's fault.  I see it as just another era of baseball, just like the dead ball era, the live ball era, etc.
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triple is a real pain in the ***
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1-both players just leave for some stupid reason,\n2-2nd base ppl dont touch home plate or 3rd base, \n3-the batter doesnt touch one of the plate, \n4-batter passes the 2nd base ppl. \n5-cant think of one,,, umm,,, they all die!
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Injuries, age and pitching. Also don't underestimate the loss of Leo Mazzone. He was a constant during the Braves run, and coincidentally, the Braves had annually the best pitching staff in baseball for many of those years. But don't count them out...I just have this feeling about the Mets collapsing.
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The strike of 1994 really hurt MLB and it's attendance. In 1998 when McGwire and Sosa were chasing Maris's single season HR record,  it brought fans back to the game. MLB commissioner Bud "The DUD" Selig didn't want to upset the flow of $$$$$ generated by the long ball, therefore, even though he knew what was happening, he decided to do nothing. It's only because of recent publications of books like "Juiced" and "Game of Shadows" Selig was forced to finally take a stand.
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The security at potentially clinching games is overwhelming now.  I think the turning point game was the final game of the 1976 ALCS when the Yankee fans totallly trashed the field after Chris Chambliss won the pennant for the Yankees on a 9th inning walk off homer.  It was not a new development for the home town crowd to jump onto the field for a pennant or World Series winning moment.  I have seen films of the Bill Mazeroski walk off home run in 1960 and he had trouble crossing the plate because of the number of fans who had run onto the field in celebration.   In the 2004 ALCS, when A-Rod was called out after limp wristedly slapping at Bronson Arroyo's glove, dozens of mounted New York policeman had to surround the field as a preventative.  They did not just show up, they were obviously at the Stadium and ready to go in case of just such an emergency.
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It is the same as in baseball i think.   You take the total of bases from your hits.  1 for a single 2 for a double 3 for a triple and 4 for a homerun and divide it by the number of at bats.
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Not enough pitching, hitting or fielding.  But probably the worst is that a lot of times they just aren't playing good baseball.  Awhile back there was a runner on their and the pitcher decided to try to pick him off..problem was no one told the 3rd baseman and the ball went into the stands.  They are constantly missing curofff's and making poor baserunning decisions.
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Try finding the answer here.\nhttp://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/features/experts/11_15_00.stm
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1. Football\n2. Baseball\n3. Basketball\n\nsoccer sucks
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The numbers refer to the players involved in the play.\n(e.g. 6-4-3 double play, would be a ball hit to the shortstop (6), thrown to the second baseman (4) for the first out, and then to the first baseman (3) for the second out.)\n\nThe complete list:\n1 - pitcher\n2 - catcher\n3 - 1st base\n4 - 2nd base\n5 - 3rd base\n6 - shortstop\n7 - left field\n8 - center field\n9 - right field
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probably the pinch hitter...only because he was the one who made the homerun that broke the tie.  its not fair, but thats how the distribution of credit usually goes in the sports world.
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Try here:\n\nhttp://www.gasolinealleyantiques.com/sports/baseball.htm
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I think you mean shortstop, not third base. Ripken replaced Bob Bonner, and was in turn replaced by Ryan Minor.
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It may have been Ken Caminitti. He played briefly for the Rangers, and I think he went back to the National League. He did die from a heart attack a few years ago, probably caused by his years of alcohol, drug, and steroid abuse. Sad.
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3 is the most by both teams.  It's happened twice, once in each league.\n\nAL: Baltimore (2) vs. Texas (1) on August 6, 1986 in Baltimore\n\nOrioles hit 2 grand slams (one by Larry Sheets and one by Jim Dwyer, both in the 4th inning) and still lost 13-11 to Texas, who got one from Toby Harrah in the 2nd\n\nNL: Chicago (2) vs. Houston (1) on June 3, 1987 in Chicago (obviously the wind was blowing out at Wrigley)\n\nCubs won this game 22-7, with grand slams from Bryan Dayett in the first and Keith Moreland in the sixth (Moreland also had a solo shot in the first and had 7 RBI's total) vs. one for Houston from Billy Hatcher in the fifth