The Orioles legend joined a strange corner of baseball history during a crucial pennant race doubleheader.
On August 6, 1967, Brooks Robinson chopped a sharp grounder down the third-base line that instantly etched his name into baseball history for all the wrong reasons. The Orioles star became the first player ever to hit into four career triple plays, surpassing Hall of Famer George Sisler, though Baltimore still swept its doubleheader against the first-place White Sox in the middle of a tightening American League pennant race. For Robinson, the unwanted record stood in sharp contrast to the dazzling defense and consistency that made him one of baseball’s greatest third basemen.
🕵️ Inside The Original Newspaper Coverage:
The White Sox left Baltimore with shrinking breathing room
Elsewhere on the page: A rain-shortened pitching performance was nothing short of perfection
🕵️ Replay Today: May 13, 1976
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After 10 straight losses, the Red Sox finally won again — and the game story credits an actual “witch” for changing the team’s luck.
Reggie Jackson made a grand appearance as an Oriole.
The Yankees scored two runs on one of the strangest defensive breakdowns of 1976 — a play involving dropped fly balls, missed outs, and total confusion on the field.
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