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Oeditpus Rex

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5. And in 1927

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #4)

Wed Aug 13, 2025, 10:12 PM

Aug 13

-- May 30 and 31, I think --

they happened on consecutive days.

I forget who was invoved, but what are the chances of that? I'd guess smaller than Johnny Vandermeer's two consecutive no-hitters in 193...8?

Btw -- was Wamby's in the World Series? Somebody's was.

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The Angels just turned a triple play [View all] Oeditpus Rex Aug 12 OP

A bit off-topic, but I remember the unassisted triple play of 1968, the first such event in over forty years. John1956PA Aug 13 #1

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