Texas freshman turns triple play, losing a cleat in the process
Turning a triple play is impressive on its own. How about doing it while losing a cleat?
Kameron Lindsey, a freshman who plays shortstop at Colmesneil (Texas) High, was playing right next to second base, trying to hold the runner to a short lead. He was closer to the bag than the runner. When the batter sliced a line drive right at the pitcher, the runners at first and second took off.
The ball bounced high off the pitcher's glove, straight to a diving Lindsey. He made a clean catch and beat the baserunner back to second. That's two outs. Then he sent a clean throw to the first baseman to catch the runner there. Three outs.
It's hard to see in the video, but there was a fourth element to the play: Lindsey lost his shoe as he tagged second base.
He non-chalantly picks up the shoe as everyone starts cheering and running towards third base to celebrate.
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Danielle Elliot is a writer for Yahoo Sports. Contact her at delliot@yahoo-inc.com or find her on Twitter and Facebook.
