It seems 2016 is turning into the Year of the Triple Play.
The Nationals were the latest team to accomplish the rare(ish) feat when they got three outs at once Friday night against the Giants in San Francisco.
Though triple plays are always cool, no matter how they come, this one was part heads-up play, part bad baserunning.
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Zimmerman starts a triple play
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With the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth, the Giants' Brandon Crawford smacked a low liner toward Washington first baseman Ryan Zimmerman, who caught it inches off the ground for the first out, then quickly doubled off Buster Posey at first base for the second out, then threw to third base to force Denard Span, who apparently didn't realize Crawford's liner had been caught on the fly, for the third out.