A Thread For Starting Pitchers That Are Doing Really Well

HR: B Higginson (25, off R Halladay; 9th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep LF).

(jordy it was that you said 7-8-9 was coming up - obv in a game in which no batters have reached base these are the only possible batters due up in the 9th)

oh, right

Helms' "strikeout" in the 9th was BALLS in every sense. What a disgrace to the record book.

there were a few really borderline K calls throughout the game

yeah, which is why PGs aren't really that big a deal (I wonder how many more we'll get before the BP oil leak is plugged).

i.e. the first batter of the game xp myself

the marlins TV guy tonight said that in his second start ever in the majors in 98, halladay had a no hitter with two out in the ninth and he gave up a homer

Being in Toronto, I was watching that game on TV. Little did we know...

Seriously though, the number of near-no-hitters and PGs is way up this year, innit? Is it just a contingent statistical anomaly, or are pitchers finally eating their Wheaties or what?

it's mostly an anomaly. 4-homer games are about as rare as perfect games historically, and there were 2 of those in 2002 and another in 2003 and people were like 'oh maybe these aren't gonna be as rare anymore' and there's been none since.

the only empirical explanation i can think of is strikeouts are continuing to go up league-wide which means fewer balls in play and thus fewer chances for bloopy/seeing eye hits to break up dominant pitching performances

would just like to note that tomorrow's rockies/giants game features ubaldo vs timmy l

I enjoyed that :)

(except the last inning where it looked like his ERA would triple and his arm would fall off but but)

Timmy has been off for the last four starts. i thought they were going to get to Ubaldo in the ninth but it didn't happen despite he giving them the chance.

Here's the pitch described by (I think) the SF commentators as "the best pitch ever" - a 99mph 2-seamer, apparently:

http://i45.tinypic.com/ok2w53.jpg

armando gallaraga perfect through 7 2/3

AUSTIN JACKSON

AAARGH

haha he was totally out

JIM JOYCE

What, they missed that call so hard!

Miggy is furious.

wow

Miggy should just cold-cock that fucker.

Can they retroactively fix that?

That was one of the biggest mistakes in the history of umpiring.

Rick Suttcliffe is giving Joyce way too much credit right now.

Surely the commish's office has the authority to overturn that bullshit and award the PG.

...I hope.

how on earth would they do that?

MAJOR CREDIT to Galarraga for not losing his shit.

Galarraga's just happy that he's earned himself another start.

I'm honestly kinda pissed off about this.

bud selig will unveil the time machine hes built from old pieces he saved from milwaukee county stadium xxp

I mean, I know perfect games are kind of a bullshit thing but come on.

This was a very hollow Indians lineup, too.

Three proverbial bags of dicks for Jim Joyce, though.

game time: 1:44

@JoeWestPR Jim Joyce is an embarrassment to baseball. Not because he blew a call but because he extended a game by doing so. That is just bad umpiring.

doesnt any blown call extend a game?

Surely the commish's office has the authority to overturn that bullshit and award the PG.

LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL in a parallel universe, it is so.

let's play ten

poor guy though

keep yr head up

That call was Jim's worst effort since Finnegan's Wake.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi

this is on some jonathong williamsmong real time wikipedia editing:

Origin of the office

The unique title commissioner, which is a title now applied to the heads of several other major sports leagues as well as baseball, derives from its predecessor office, the National Commission. The National Commission was the ruling body of professional baseball starting with the National Agreement of 1903, which made peace between the National League and the American League (see History of baseball in the United States). It consisted of three members: the two League presidents and a Commission chairman, whose primary responsibilities were to preside at meetings and to mediate disputes. Following the Black Sox Scandal, team owners decided in 1920 to reform the National Commission with a membership of non-baseball men. However, their pick for chairman, former federal judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, would only accept an appointment as sole commissioner. He also demanded unlimited authority over all aspects of organized baseball. The owners agreed, in order to combat the perception of the sport being controlled by gambling interests.

If Bud Selig cares about baseball even slightly, he will overturn that abomination of a call made at the end of the tigers/indians game on June 2 2010 and give Galarraga his perfect game. I dont care what the official rules are on overturning a call after the game is over, and i dont think the rest of baseball fans care either. It just absolutely has to be done. I have never seen a worse call in my life with so much at stake in a baseball game, and i think most people would agree. If it isnt changed i will lose all my respect for Bud Selig.

lol who let bill plaschke near a computer

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/4278/hewasout.gif

cabrera signaling deeznuts

this is an atrocity, just seeing this now...wow

i mean, if it's anywhere near close, how is it not an automatic out call?

just heard about this right now, wow. we almost had three perfect games in one year, unbelievable.