A Thread For Starting Pitchers That Are Doing Really Well

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

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

STAY AWAY FROM MCCUTCHEN

He's only thrown 80 pitches through 7.

is he tripping on lsd y/n

No, just pitching against the Cubs.

barmes doing his part to keep everything normal by going 0-for-4

i accidentally domed ur barney

A.J. = adrenalin squared...that one got away. (MLB.com good with the live feed.)

boo

Cursing out the umpire--they should take him out right now.

nah, the bullpen has been ripped the last two days

I heard about the hit on the Mets' game 30 seconds before I saw it

That third ball was so close--if the umpire had given to him, I don't think there would have been much protest.

Uhhh, Mike Fiers?

i appreciate him, thank u

he's even trending on twitter!!

jason fucking marquis is through six in pittsburgh

F. Hernandez Seattle Mariners
6 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 7 K
vs TB | Bot 6th

0 BB, 0 HB, 0 errors, too...

Maddon just got tossed.

21 up, 21 down

why did maddon get ejected?

Arguing balls and strikes

Six outs to go. 85 pitches so far.

Yeah, he argued the first called strike to Joyce. Fernandez has been working so fast, it seemed to be tactical as much as anything else.

Uh, Hernandez...

Bernandez

Shows how closely I follow the Jays these days: "Eric Thames? He's on our team."

felix is dealing

He just made Longoria, Zobrist, and Pena look like fools.

Wow! Struck out the side in the eighth.

This is what he has to face in the ninth: .228/.331/.309, .245/.312/.340, .207/.272/.321.

Sean Rodriguez strikes me as a bunt candidate.

From a week ago:

http://mlb.sbnation.com/2012/8/6/3223963/felix-hernandez-mariners-shutout-Yankees-greatest-starts

The big finish:

"One thing Félix Hernández has never done? Pitched a no-hitter. But the way things are going, that now seems just a matter of time."

That's the thing I hate about the score being 1-0--he can justifiably do that, doubly so playing for a team in a pennant race. 5-0, he wouldn't think of it. (xpost)

dayum, felix

Awesome. Could not believe those two breaking balls on 2-0 to the last hitter.

Yes!

(and what is it with TB and getting no-hit or almost no-hit)?

When the eighth-place hitter grounded to short, it occurred to me that had that been me, I'd have calmly thrown it 30 feet over the first baseman's head.

FUCK YA KING FELIX!

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Awesome game.

i like how postgame he was like "yeah i was thinking about it in like the third inning"

I was looking at the list of perfect games:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_game

Of the 21 post-1900, Felix's was the sixth 1-0 score; four have been 2-0. Obvious, but no long waits between innings is an advantage. Also, six of the 21 have come in the last three years now. Based on what I know of probability, 15 in 109 years followed by 6 in three years doesn't compute. I assume the biggest factor is the increase in batters striking out.

damn, ppl w/ free afternoons have all the fun.

6 in last 3 years is kinda odd, eh?

replace the mound with a trench, I say.

jeremy guthrie has a one-hitter through seven, but the hit was pretty iffy, could easily have been an error

gave up two legit singles with two outs in the eighth, then two runs score on a hosmer error lol

matt harrison thru 6 (88 pitches)