I"M TORN!
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Sunday, 30 May 2010 02:56 (thirteen years ago) link
thru 8, getting 7-8-9 in the ninth― ok dennis hopper (J0rdan S.), Saturday, May 29, 2010 6:09 PM (3 hours ago)
― ok dennis hopper (J0rdan S.), Saturday, May 29, 2010 6:09 PM (3 hours ago)
uh...
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 30 May 2010 04:27 (thirteen years ago) link
???
― ok dennis hopper (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 30 May 2010 04:28 (thirteen years ago) link
ha yeah i was gonna playfully bust him for that too
― k3vin k., Sunday, 30 May 2010 04:46 (thirteen years ago) link
also while i'm on B-R here's probably the worst tough-luck loss of all time for a pitcherhttp://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
― /\/\ /\ Y ( ) (dyao), Sunday, 30 May 2010 04:49 (thirteen years ago) link
― k3vin k., Saturday, May 29, 2010 11:46 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark
i don't understand
― ok dennis hopper (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 30 May 2010 04:49 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― ok dennis hopper (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 30 May 2010 04:50 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TOR/TOR199809270.shtml
― ok dennis hopper (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 30 May 2010 04:51 (thirteen years ago) link
HR: B Higginson (25, off R Halladay; 9th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep LF).
― ok dennis hopper (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 30 May 2010 04:52 (thirteen years ago) link
(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)
― k3vin k., Sunday, 30 May 2010 04:53 (thirteen years ago) link
oh, right
― ok dennis hopper (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 30 May 2010 04:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Helms' "strikeout" in the 9th was BALLS in every sense. What a disgrace to the record book.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 30 May 2010 05:15 (thirteen years ago) link
there were a few really borderline K calls throughout the game
― ok dennis hopper (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 30 May 2010 05:17 (thirteen years ago) link
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).
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 30 May 2010 05:25 (thirteen years ago) link
i.e. the first batter of the game xp myself
― ok dennis hopper (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 30 May 2010 05:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Being in Toronto, I was watching that game on TV. Little did we know...
― clemenza, Sunday, 30 May 2010 11:43 (thirteen years ago) link
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?
― Daleks in NYC (Leee), Sunday, 30 May 2010 18:40 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― ciderpress, Sunday, 30 May 2010 19:43 (thirteen years ago) link
would just like to note that tomorrow's rockies/giants game features ubaldo vs timmy l
― ok dennis hopper (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 30 May 2010 22:52 (thirteen years ago) link
I enjoyed that :)
(except the last inning where it looked like his ERA would triple and his arm would fall off but but)
― Mark C, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 09:52 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 2 June 2010 06:11 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― Mark C, Wednesday, 2 June 2010 10:03 (thirteen years ago) link
armando gallaraga perfect through 7 2/3
― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:30 (thirteen years ago) link
AUSTIN JACKSON
― Andy K, Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:47 (thirteen years ago) link
AAARGH
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:49 (thirteen years ago) link
haha he was totally out
― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:50 (thirteen years ago) link
JIM JOYCE
― Andy K, Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:50 (thirteen years ago) link
What, they missed that call so hard!
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Miggy is furious.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:51 (thirteen years ago) link
wow
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Miggy should just cold-cock that fucker.
― GM, Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Can they retroactively fix that?
That was one of the biggest mistakes in the history of umpiring.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Rick Suttcliffe is giving Joyce way too much credit right now.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Surely the commish's office has the authority to overturn that bullshit and award the PG.
― Grisly Addams (WmC), Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:54 (thirteen years ago) link
...I hope.
how on earth would they do that?
― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:54 (thirteen years ago) link
MAJOR CREDIT to Galarraga for not losing his shit.
― Andy K, Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Galarraga's just happy that he's earned himself another start.
― Andy K, Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:56 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm honestly kinda pissed off about this.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:56 (thirteen years ago) link
bud selig will unveil the time machine hes built from old pieces he saved from milwaukee county stadium xxp
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:56 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean, I know perfect games are kind of a bullshit thing but come on.
This was a very hollow Indians lineup, too.
― Andy K, Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Three proverbial bags of dicks for Jim Joyce, though.
― Andy K, Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:58 (thirteen years ago) link
game time: 1:44
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:59 (thirteen years ago) link
@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.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:59 (thirteen years ago) link
doesnt any blown call extend a game?
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 3 June 2010 01:01 (thirteen years ago) link
LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL in a parallel universe, it is so.
― sanskrit, Thursday, 3 June 2010 01:03 (thirteen years ago) link
let's play ten
poor guy though
keep yr head up