A Thread For Starting Pitchers That Are Doing Really Well

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)

wash praying he gives up a hit soon

Plouffed

liriano through 5

oof plouffe

Plouffed

and now...
anibal sanchez through 5

60 pitches

Infante just made an incredible play to finish the sixth.

Not ready to take this seriously just yet. (Might not be able to take it seriously if it HAPPENS. Look at the lineup.)

i wish i could watch it. even though i'm paying $100+ for MLB.tv, this is yet another game that is blacked out because it's on TV (which I don't have)

sigh

same here

so ridiculous. and every year i think "fuck that, next year i'm not paying for this". then the season starts and i really want to watch baseball and there goes another $100

otoh it's just another fucking no-hitter

I have the rsdio feed on, let us know if mlb.com puts the 9th inning up (if relevant)

Santana tripled.

Homer Bailey through seven.

so why is PNC full when the Bucs are out of it?

AJ Burnett

MLB feed for the ninth, as always.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/ron-cook/cook-pirates-should-ship-management-655259

it's live on espn

has anyone tried to bunt?

man the reds announcer who isn't thom brenneman kinda sucks some balls

yeah that was an atrocious call of that

the marlins announcer had more enthusiasm when roy halladay threw a no hitter