Why so many unassisted triple plays, all of a sudden?

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What's with all the unassisted triple plays lately?
Published 5/13/2008 at Big League Stew
In the wake of Asdrubal Cabrera's unassisted triple play last night, Nick Kapur from UmpBump asks a good question: Why have there been so many triple plays lately? Consider the following ... • There have been 14 unassisted triple plays in baseball's history. • Six of them happened between 1920 and 1927. • There were no triple plays between 1876-1909 and 1927-1968. • Ron Hansen (who was coincidentally at Monday's game, working as a scout) turned an UA triple play for the Washington Senators in 1968, ...

Have Some Porkchops, Gentlemen [Blogdome]
Published 5/13/2008 by Leitch at Deadspin
... Curry run. [Basketball Nonsense] • Favre in a box! [Pittsburgh Sports And Mini Ponies] • Can you really call Kevin Garnett clutch right now? [Waiting For Next Year] • Which teams are for real? Yes to the Rays and Cardinals, no to the Twins, A's and Marlins. [The Sports Scribbler] • Dead baseball traditions that should return. [Epic Carnival] • The increase of unassisted triple plays, out of nowhere. [UmpBump] • Is Pat Forde overreacting to the O.J. Mayo business? [Rumors And ...

Increase of Unassisted Triple Plays Attributed to Rampant Fist Pumping
Published 5/14/2008 by Fernando Alejandro (noreply@blogger.com) at Respect Jeter's Gangster
I read this article on Umpbump.com where the author addresses the dramatic increase of unassisted triple plays in major league baseball. The author questions why we have had so many, relatively speaking, when whole generations of baseball fans have lived without seeing one. The only way to fully understand this phenomenon is to look at environmental causes. In other words, what in the evironment of baseball is different now, than it was in the past? The only viable answer is the fist pump. ...