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crazy timing on that article, I didn't notice when it was posted until I finished reading it
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 4 June 2012 16:16 (fourteen years ago)
Where can I find a ranking of the best pitching game scores (leaguewide) for the season? I couldn't find such a thing at baseball-reference's Pitching Leaders page.
― Trey Imaginary Songz (WmC), Tuesday, 5 June 2012 02:55 (fourteen years ago)
Never mind, found it.
― Trey Imaginary Songz (WmC), Tuesday, 5 June 2012 03:00 (fourteen years ago)
jarrod parker (!) is through seven against the rangers (!)
already at 107 pitches tho
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 04:04 (fourteen years ago)
i mean, he's 23 years old -- they have to pull him, right
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 04:05 (fourteen years ago)
just turned this on
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 04:07 (fourteen years ago)
they'll prob just pray for him to give up a hit
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 5 June 2012 04:07 (fourteen years ago)
also good lord there is nobody in the stands
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 04:08 (fourteen years ago)
all the a's fans were watching the draft tonight
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 5 June 2012 04:08 (fourteen years ago)
man, why is this so easy to do now
― the route is ban (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 5 June 2012 04:10 (fourteen years ago)
107 pitches, 3 walks; we're entering the era of No-Hittin' Ugly.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 04:10 (fourteen years ago)
well that was fun
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 04:19 (fourteen years ago)
a's management breathes a sigh of relief
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 04:19 (fourteen years ago)
:( i had him benched in my other league!
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 5 June 2012 17:58 (fourteen years ago)
Amazingly, they didn't pull him after the leadoff hit--and then he gets out of the inning with two more pitches.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 18:21 (fourteen years ago)
they didn't have anyone warming up! i guess that's part of the rules on jinxing?
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 19:00 (fourteen years ago)
That had never occurred to me...bizarre situation: young pitcher way past his pitch count, huge lead, no-hitter in progress. I would have had someone warming up out of view--in the parking lot, maybe, or way up high in an empty sky-deck section.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 5 June 2012 19:51 (fourteen years ago)
About 18 Seattle pitchers vs. L.A.
― clemenza, Saturday, 9 June 2012 04:39 (fourteen years ago)
Millwood was pitching a super-efficient game until he injured his groin...somehow. And then the entire Seattle bullpen may be used for finishing it.
~Worried~
― Dr. (C-L), Saturday, 9 June 2012 04:43 (fourteen years ago)
Six guys, geez. And maybe another missed call.
― clemenza, Saturday, 9 June 2012 04:59 (fourteen years ago)
Safeco Field: home of the disputed no-hitter
Still, I feel like Millwood was doing well enough to probably have finished it himself if his groin was right, so good for them.
― Dr. (C-L), Saturday, 9 June 2012 05:03 (fourteen years ago)
Congratulations, guy who retired one hitter and walked two hitters during the seventh. You definitely earned the win.
― Grusin' Gang (Andy K), Saturday, 9 June 2012 11:16 (fourteen years ago)
haha I think this game just became Exhibit A in any discussion about why pitcher wins are overrated.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 9 June 2012 12:07 (fourteen years ago)
Cain perfect thru 7 w/ a 10-0 lead
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 June 2012 04:27 (fourteen years ago)
i have been watching this on delay
― Bee OK, Thursday, 14 June 2012 04:30 (fourteen years ago)
turned on the Dodgers game and Vin is saying it's perfect
― Bee OK, Thursday, 14 June 2012 04:31 (fourteen years ago)
so far
thru 8
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 June 2012 04:39 (fourteen years ago)
so fun
― Bee OK, Thursday, 14 June 2012 04:48 (fourteen years ago)
that's one
― Bee OK, Thursday, 14 June 2012 04:49 (fourteen years ago)
and two
― Bee OK, Thursday, 14 June 2012 04:50 (fourteen years ago)
"and that's the Perfect Game"
― Bee OK, Thursday, 14 June 2012 04:52 (fourteen years ago)
wau
― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 June 2012 04:53 (fourteen years ago)
a whole 7 weeks since the last one
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 June 2012 04:54 (fourteen years ago)
what's the game score on this one
― Grimy Little Pimp (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 14 June 2012 04:55 (fourteen years ago)
101!
― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 June 2012 04:56 (fourteen years ago)
101
― Grimy Little Pimp (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 14 June 2012 04:57 (fourteen years ago)
pbp makes it look like the astros didn't hit anything hard
― Grimy Little Pimp (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 14 June 2012 05:08 (fourteen years ago)
Cain has the top two game scores this year (2nd is tied with Humber's PG).
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 14 June 2012 09:27 (fourteen years ago)
Absolutely true: after I calculated Dickey's game score over on the Marquee thread, I started wondering what would get you to a GS of 100--took about 10 seconds to figure out that a perfect game plus 13 strikeouts would do it. That was probably about 11:00 last night.
― clemenza, Thursday, 14 June 2012 10:09 (fourteen years ago)
Nine of the 22 perfect games have been thrown since 1998, and all but 6 sice 1964.
http://mlb.sbnation.com/2012/6/14/3084825/matt-cain-perfect-game-commonplace/in/2848478
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 June 2012 16:14 (fourteen years ago)
so which is more impressive, cain's perfect game against the astros or dickey's almost-perfect game against the rays?
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 14 June 2012 16:16 (fourteen years ago)
Dickey's wasn't quite "almost perfect" -- two runners reached, one on the infield hit that Wright couldn't corral in the 1st, the other on a Wright error in the 9th.
Perfect games are determined by the whole team even moreso than no-hitters... I didn't see the Mets game, so I don't know how many plays were near-hits, like the two outfield catches for Cain.
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 June 2012 16:25 (fourteen years ago)
Even in the 80's, the top pitchers were walking 3-4 batters per 9 IP. K/BB and BB/9IP rates now are completely unlike any other period in baseball history, in some sense every pitcher now is a control pitcher compared to any other era. So it's not so surprising that PG's are happening more often.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 14 June 2012 16:28 (fourteen years ago)
another way to break it down:
11 from the 19th century thru 199311 since '94
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 June 2012 16:33 (fourteen years ago)
plus the galarraga shoulda-been perfecto
― omar little, Thursday, 14 June 2012 17:48 (fourteen years ago)
Just 10 all-time game scores of 100 or more:
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/matt-cains-place-in-history/
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 June 2012 19:14 (fourteen years ago)
For some reason I thought Clemens had a 100 once upon a time.
― Biff Wellington (WmC), Thursday, 14 June 2012 19:18 (fourteen years ago)
oh, those are 9-inning games only, I believe (apples v apples)
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 June 2012 19:52 (fourteen years ago)
Jay Jaffe offers 4 factors in the no-hitter spike:
http://mlb.si.com/2012/06/14/matt-cain-giants-perfect-game/
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 17 June 2012 13:38 (fourteen years ago)