A Thread For Starting Pitchers That Are Doing Really Well

by "toughest" I mean "degree of difficulty"

also, being dallas braden and all

he didn't have a full count after the 4th inning

that was a 3-1 pitch that kapler broke his bat on

Not a perfect game today, although he had a no-hitter through six, but Mike Leake held on and got another win today for the Reds. He has been the Reds best starter by far so far this year.

The guy looks really good and very polished. While he has a decent fastball, Leake seems to really know how to pitch.

Not sure what's more bizarre: Braden today or Juan Uribe drawing four walks.

haha what the fuck

i benched the dude in ilx fantasy today cause i was expecting the rays to murder him

So his mom died when he was in high school, and his grandmother raised him in Stockton.

And so he throws a perfect game at home in front of his grandmother and a lot of Stockton people on Mother's Day.

Bet Tim's got some Kirk-gems lined up.

what's exactly is the deal with him and a-rod?

oh, nevermind. the game recap just mentioned it.

hilar perfect game--braden was never above 90 and got 4 swinging strikes. but that's how they do in the 209

Mat Latos for SD... he's thrown 98 pitches through 8, only 2 baserunners allowed (1 hit, 1 error)

## also he drove in the game's only run scored today ##

Game Time 2:06

nice job mat -- ur name is still short a t fyi

.719: Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester’s winning percentage, the highest for a pitcher with at least 100 starts

http://images.ucomics.com/comics/db/2010/db100521.gif

that is excellent

dicek is hard 2 figure out (thru 5)

thru 6 now, though his pitch count is getting a bit high for someone who's only a few starts removed from a DL stint

Doc through seven.

http://blog.soliant.com/wp-content/uploads/doctor-picture.jpg

man I always forget halladay is on the phillies

cantu just smoked a ball, third basemen made a great play tho

thru 8, getting 7-8-9 in the ninth

if he fucks this up he should get the blown save

funny thing about this is, it would be 0-0 right now but cameron maybin dropped a fly ball -- would've been interesting to see him take it into the tenth

daaamn

xp yeah that would be interesting...whens the last time that happened?

damn son

WILL PAULINO EXTEND HIS IMPRESSIVE HITTING STREAK

crazy

All he did was pound his fist into his glove!

So happy for him.

i assume that you have to throw a complete game to get credit for a perfect game/no hitter, even if you throw 9+ innings?

idk i know someone did 12 innings back in the day, and iirc his team lost the game. when i was 13 I coulda told you all this

seriously happy for halladay tho

j0rdan i'm not sure, that time that oswalt got hurt and then the astros bullpen no-hit the yankees counts as a no-hitter, though it's not credited to any single one of them

i guess i'm more interested/unsure of the implications of a guy throwing 10 perfect innings, getting pulled, and his team winning in the 11th, which was a very real possibility tonight

in that scenario obv someone else would've pitched in the 11th

here's a game where that happened
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PIT/PIT199707120.shtml

it's on the no-hitter list for sure, but i'm not sure if Cordova gets credit for a no-hitter by the book. he should though!

also while i'm on B-R here's probably the worst tough-luck loss of all time for a pitcher
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MLN/MLN195905260.shtml

ha, wow

OMG

i'm like happy for him - but why couldn't this have happened in T.?

I"M TORN!

thru 8, getting 7-8-9 in the ninth

― ok dennis hopper (J0rdan S.), Saturday, May 29, 2010 6:09 PM (3 hours ago)

uh...

???

ha yeah i was gonna playfully bust him for that too

also while i'm on B-R here's probably the worst tough-luck loss of all time for a pitcher
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MLN/MLN195905260.shtml

― ciderpress, Saturday, May 29, 2010 10:23 PM (Yesterday)

harvey haddix! that was the name

I would feel really shitty if I were the guy who batted in the winning run for that game

ha yeah i was gonna playfully bust him for that too

― k3vin k., Saturday, May 29, 2010 11:46 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

i don't understand