My google machine gives me the definition of weird as "very strange and unusual, unexpected, or not natural". With that as my guide, I have to say that Fernando Tatis on April 23, 1999 hitting two grand slams in the same inning is the weirdest thing to ever happen in baseball. It's nigh impossible to be repeated and it's almost certainly never going to be broken.
There are plenty of records that make my head spin but truly one of the most bizarre is some guy in a lower tier Belgian soccer league recorded 3 own goals in a single game!
My favourite baseball stat: Tom Paciorek's older brother, John, went three for three in his one game as a player. He then got hurt and never played again. As such, he is the record-holder for most career at bats without making an out!
Not a record, but the weirdest sports fact I know is that here in Inver Grove Heights, MN, there was a small race track in the 50s and 60s and it's biggest claim to fame during it crash-filled history was that it was the site of the only person ever to be killed at a race track in the U. S. while sitting on the toilet (a driver apparently lost control
How about that no NFC East division winner has repeated in the last 19 years. (I consider that a “record”.) You’d think some team would have been good/lucky enough to stumble into a second straight division crown.
The weirdest record in sports is unlikely to be beaten. The highest number of NHL points by two brothers. 3755 points by the Gretzky brothers. The weird part, of course, is that one brother, Brent, contributed 4 points to the total. Wayne did the rest.
Had to rely on Google (actually Duck Duck Go) to find this one. I would have never thought it was possible but there was a triple play executed without a ball being hit. This happened to the Seattle Mariners on Sep 2, 2008, in a game against Tampa Bay. Raul Ibanez was called out on strikes for the first out. Adrian Beltre got nailed stealing second for the second out. Then Jose Lopez bolted for the plate and got thrown out at home for the third out.
5 Strikeouts in the same frame! It has never been done in the Majors and only twice in the Minors. This is extremely difficult to accomplish. The first 2 batters must strike out. The third batter must also strike out, but the catcher must miss or drop the ball and the batter must make it to first without getting called out. The forth batter must strike out as well. This has happened in the majors quite a few times. But to set the MLB record, the catcher must let the ball go on the forth batter with him reaching first safely and they would have to strikeout the fifth batter all together in a single frame!
My google machine gives me the definition of weird as "very strange and unusual, unexpected, or not natural". With that as my guide, I have to say that Fernando Tatis on April 23, 1999 hitting two grand slams in the same inning is the weirdest thing to ever happen in baseball. It's nigh impossible to be repeated and it's almost certainly never going to be broken.
There are plenty of records that make my head spin but truly one of the most bizarre is some guy in a lower tier Belgian soccer league recorded 3 own goals in a single game!
This also happened when the U.S. women played New Zealand!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE5IAJ4vegY
My favourite baseball stat: Tom Paciorek's older brother, John, went three for three in his one game as a player. He then got hurt and never played again. As such, he is the record-holder for most career at bats without making an out!
Not a record, but the weirdest sports fact I know is that here in Inver Grove Heights, MN, there was a small race track in the 50s and 60s and it's biggest claim to fame during it crash-filled history was that it was the site of the only person ever to be killed at a race track in the U. S. while sitting on the toilet (a driver apparently lost control
of his car and drove it into a bathroom)
How about that no NFC East division winner has repeated in the last 19 years. (I consider that a “record”.) You’d think some team would have been good/lucky enough to stumble into a second straight division crown.
The weirdest record in sports is unlikely to be beaten. The highest number of NHL points by two brothers. 3755 points by the Gretzky brothers. The weird part, of course, is that one brother, Brent, contributed 4 points to the total. Wayne did the rest.
Had to rely on Google (actually Duck Duck Go) to find this one. I would have never thought it was possible but there was a triple play executed without a ball being hit. This happened to the Seattle Mariners on Sep 2, 2008, in a game against Tampa Bay. Raul Ibanez was called out on strikes for the first out. Adrian Beltre got nailed stealing second for the second out. Then Jose Lopez bolted for the plate and got thrown out at home for the third out.
5 Strikeouts in the same frame! It has never been done in the Majors and only twice in the Minors. This is extremely difficult to accomplish. The first 2 batters must strike out. The third batter must also strike out, but the catcher must miss or drop the ball and the batter must make it to first without getting called out. The forth batter must strike out as well. This has happened in the majors quite a few times. But to set the MLB record, the catcher must let the ball go on the forth batter with him reaching first safely and they would have to strikeout the fifth batter all together in a single frame!