A Thread For Starting Pitchers That Are Doing Really Well

a's management breathes a sigh of relief

:( i had him benched in my other league!

Amazingly, they didn't pull him after the leadoff hit--and then he gets out of the inning with two more pitches.

they didn't have anyone warming up! i guess that's part of the rules on jinxing?

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.

About 18 Seattle pitchers vs. L.A.

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~

Six guys, geez. And maybe another missed call.

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.

Congratulations, guy who retired one hitter and walked two hitters during the seventh. You definitely earned the win.

haha I think this game just became Exhibit A in any discussion about why pitcher wins are overrated.

Cain perfect thru 7 w/ a 10-0 lead

i have been watching this on delay

turned on the Dodgers game and Vin is saying it's perfect

so far

thru 8

so fun

that's one

and two

"and that's the Perfect Game"

wau

a whole 7 weeks since the last one

what's the game score on this one

101!

101

pbp makes it look like the astros didn't hit anything hard

Cain has the top two game scores this year (2nd is tied with Humber's PG).

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.

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

so which is more impressive, cain's perfect game against the astros or dickey's almost-perfect game against the rays?

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.

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.

another way to break it down:

11 from the 19th century thru 1993
11 since '94

plus the galarraga shoulda-been perfecto

Just 10 all-time game scores of 100 or more:

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/matt-cains-place-in-history/

For some reason I thought Clemens had a 100 once upon a time.

oh, those are 9-inning games only, I believe (apples v apples)

Jay Jaffe offers 4 factors in the no-hitter spike:

http://mlb.si.com/2012/06/14/matt-cain-giants-perfect-game/

http://content8.flixster.com/movie/10/91/37/10913734_det.jpg

Baltimore game...

no. look who they're playing.

It's shocking I know.

plenty of good seats still available

>casper<

lol aj is through five at wrigley

I just came here to post...

far too early; i just wanted to say it

he's been a great addition tbh; mentoring the youngsters and all that shit

From his time with the Jays, I remember A.J. as never being someone to let his emotions get the better of him. This one's pretty much a sure thing.

he'll be fine as long as he avoids punching the ivy

thru 6.1, my cousin and his wife are at the game