I was recently listening to the Baseball Today podcast on ESPN when I heard them talking about something that, to anyone's knowledge, had never happened before in the history of baseball. On Thursday, August 24th, 2011 the Arizona Diamondbacks trotted out an infield against the Washington Nationals of Ryan Roberts at 3B, John McDonald at SS, Aaron Hill at 2B, and Lyle Overbay at 1B. This might not seem odd, except for the fact that the Toronto Blue Jays put out the exact same infield on May 27th, 2007 against the Minnesota Twins. How crazy is that? How often do 4 guys play for 2 different teams at the same time in their careers and start a game together? The odds of this happening are ridiculous! You can find the box scores here courtesy of retrosheet.org and here courtesy of espn.com.
This is another reason why I love baseball. Not only are watching the games fun because of the action, but the stats and weird little quirks about the game are endlessly fascinating and interesting. I can't wait to see what memorable statistics this season and post-season will give us.
