A Thread For Starting Pitchers That Are Doing Really Well

he is having a good game

what a horribly formed "hit"

yay

that's a pretty shitty way to get your no hitter broken up

no-hitters are a dumb stat

that's a statement only a true mets fan could make

lol

having been no-hit by legends like Ed Halicki, yeah

i'm with morbs on this one actually... never understood why walks allowed are more notable than base hits allowed.

teams perpetrate no-hitters, not pitchers, w/ great catches etc.

yeah, like, ubaldo's no hitter felt kinda cheap, what with 6 walks and all

Also, they're an excuse to leave your pitcher in the game too long for no reason.

But they're fun so fuck it.

i was at the phil hughes game. throat is real sore from heckles of:

"triple a sweeney"
"billy beane sucks"
"ben sheets sucks" (it wasn't til the 4th i found out he was actually starting, convenient)

thugged out dudes did not appreciate "san jose"

maybe cuz oakland's aaa affiliate is sacramento, not san jose (giants).

San Jose might steal the A's from Oakland one day.

First MLB start of the season for our best/second best pitching prospect: 7IP, 1H, 3BB, 0R. We badly needed that after all our recent injuries.

yes but how do you pronounce his name?

speaking of banged up rotations, this crew of brewers pitching coming into la is full of shit.

shaw-sin, i think.

brett see-suhl

welp

Yu-lees Sha-seen, I think.

shin-soo not shin-shoo

scott olsen (?!)

Matt Cain's got a 1-hitter through 6

i spot started olsen in ilx fantasy tonight

oh, the nats

weaver hasnt even given up any mini-tacos yet

junior says no

a-rod foe dallas braden is through seven against the rays

perfecto thru 8

Have there been a crazy number of near no-hitters this season or is it just me?

i was thinking that today too -- it's like once a week now someone gets into the 7th

oh shit

jaso just ripped a ball but it was right at the LF

ALL THAT STANDS BETWEEN ME AND HISTORY IS

....

gabe kapler?

crazy

i hope a-rod calls to congratulate him

yeah right

"I made him"

http://cdn.newsone.com/files/2009/08/a-rod.jpg

I guess his 15 minutes of fame are going to be stretched out a little bit. kudos.

This is amazing, he threw a perfect game against the 2nd best offense in the league (2nd by just one run to the Yankees at the start of the day), the team with by far the best record in baseball that had one of the best W-L starts on the road in the history of the game. This might have been the "toughest" PG ever thrown!

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.