doing it in an 8-0 game for this dumbass trivia is a crime
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 10 May 2014 12:55 (nine years ago) link
doing it in an 8-0 game for this dumbass trivia is a crime --images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius)
a crime against whom though? it's his arm and his career and his trivia. as mentioned above he's got experience throwing above 100 (both in the mlb and in japan) so it's not like this is a totally unique experience for the guy
― building a desert (art), Saturday, 10 May 2014 13:21 (nine years ago) link
Always nice to see Dave Stieb's name come up in the news.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 10 May 2014 13:24 (nine years ago) link
Johnny Cueto has been excellent so far this year a bit in the shadow of Fernandez, but really better.
1.43 ERA0.73 WHIP.138 BAA
― earlnash, Saturday, 10 May 2014 14:41 (nine years ago) link
That reds bullpen tho. 6-11 in one run games. That would make me lose my mind.
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Saturday, 10 May 2014 15:48 (nine years ago) link
The ESPN panel blamed Ortiz's hit on the shift:
http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/47086/yu-darvish-falls-just-short-of-making-history
Freeze the clip at 1:07 to get a good wide shot. I guess playing normally, the second baseman's a few steps back and towards first and would have had it?
― clemenza, Saturday, 10 May 2014 16:16 (nine years ago) link
welp - Fernandez got knocked around last night by the Padres pretty good... Cueto now stands alone!
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 10 May 2014 16:19 (nine years ago) link
poor dave stieb. that dude was an incredible pitcher, though. he was the guy that during his era, he really felt like one of the five best pitchers in the game pretty consistently. he always seemed to be impressive out on the mound. it's funny how diminished his rep is (in large part due to the win/loss record) but he's kinda the poor man's blyleven and he was miles better than jack morris.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Saturday, 10 May 2014 17:38 (nine years ago) link
I think his reputation's largely been restored the past few years thanks to newer metrics. He's one of a floating group of pitchers who regularly get mentioned as the best pitchers not in the HOF: him, Kevin Brown, Rick Reuschel, David Cone, a few others.
If you want a strange season, look at Stieb's 1985. Division winner, leads the league in ERA, 14-13.
― clemenza, Saturday, 10 May 2014 17:52 (nine years ago) link
there were a lot of pitchers from this era who were almost all exceptionally good but for a brief period of time, mostly early to mid-'80s, and they're almost all forgotten now except by baseball heads. mario soto, john candelaria, steve rogers, a few others. i think a lot of the dudes who came to prominence in the latter part of the '80s really stole their thunder either through being so much better or just being on bigger teams (gooden, clemens, hershiser, saberhagen, viola, dave stewart, even bob welch with that ridic 27-6 season he had.) stieb and those others were pretty much the best in the game during their time but their time and their results and their teams were not really as thrilling, i guess.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Saturday, 10 May 2014 18:02 (nine years ago) link
Almost none of the great pitchers from the late-70's and early-80's had long careers (Jack Morris is an exception, of course), for reasons that I don't think are clear. Their reputations have been hurt by some of the really embarrassing Cy Young votes in that time -- Stieb, Tanana, and Reuschel all probably should have won at some point in their careers.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 10 May 2014 18:29 (nine years ago) link
hometown bullshit reversed
http://espn.go.com/dallas/mlb/story/_/id/10931361/major-league-baseball-changes-david-ortiz-play-error-hit-yu-darvish-no-hit-bid
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 May 2014 01:42 (nine years ago) link
That Josh Beckett fellow
― polyphonic, Sunday, 25 May 2014 19:56 (nine years ago) link
These Phillies broadcasters are saying "no hitter" a lot.
― polyphonic, Sunday, 25 May 2014 20:01 (nine years ago) link
One out to go...
― polyphonic, Sunday, 25 May 2014 20:12 (nine years ago) link
walked hiiiim
― polyphonic, Sunday, 25 May 2014 20:15 (nine years ago) link
I don't know about that one...anyway, way to go.
― clemenza, Sunday, 25 May 2014 20:19 (nine years ago) link
Yeah that last strike seemed low
― polyphonic, Sunday, 25 May 2014 20:25 (nine years ago) link
ryu
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 27 May 2014 01:49 (nine years ago) link
Wouldn't it be the first back to back no-no?
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 27 May 2014 01:56 (nine years ago) link
Double in the 8th.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 27 May 2014 02:25 (nine years ago) link
Pitching no-hit ball through five innings, Tim Lincecum was lifted after 96 pitches and the Giants went on to beat the Cubs 5-0.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 29 May 2014 01:23 (nine years ago) link
not sure that 96 pitches/52 strikes/4 walks over five innings is 'doing really well'
― mookieproof, Thursday, 29 May 2014 01:27 (nine years ago) link
yeah true, but it was a no hitter but Bochy took him out and should have.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 29 May 2014 01:43 (nine years ago) link
wish more managers did it after 7
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 29 May 2014 02:06 (nine years ago) link
chris sale has given up four hits in his last 25 innings
― mookieproof, Monday, 2 June 2014 00:38 (nine years ago) link
15 strikeouts for felix through seven
― mookieproof, Sunday, 8 June 2014 20:04 (nine years ago) link
why did they take him out after 7 with only 100 pitches?
Also, this is a thread for in-progress no-hitters.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, June 10, 2009 1:43 PM (1 month ago)
― k3vin k., Sunday, 8 June 2014 20:36 (nine years ago) link
I went looking back through the thread for the first half of that quote--thought someone had undergone a life-changing conversion.
― clemenza, Sunday, 8 June 2014 20:52 (nine years ago) link
hahaha
― k3vin k., Sunday, 8 June 2014 22:07 (nine years ago) link
i mean i think even morbs would have been ok with leaving him in there -- it was a 1 run game at the time and it's not like he was chasing a no hitter
― k3vin k., Sunday, 8 June 2014 22:08 (nine years ago) link
Kershaw thru 6 vs Rockies
much more psyched that my HACKING MASS pitcher De La Rosa got rocked
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 June 2014 04:22 (nine years ago) link
kershaw lol xp
i hilariously forgot to start kershaw in one of my leagues today, along with sonny gray (7ip 2 ER)
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Thursday, 19 June 2014 04:22 (nine years ago) link
Vin was anticipating this after 4
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 June 2014 05:12 (nine years ago) link
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-most-perfect-non-perfect-game/
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 19 June 2014 11:19 (nine years ago) link
Second highest 9-inning Game Score after Kerry Wood's 20 K game.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 19 June 2014 12:17 (nine years ago) link
Park-adjust for Coors and it's a 67.
― Andy K, Thursday, 19 June 2014 13:42 (nine years ago) link
those last 3 hitters -- i don't think I'd heard of any of em?
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 19 June 2014 13:59 (nine years ago) link
guy with great seat sees 56 of the 107 pitches
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=23940
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 June 2014 10:51 (nine years ago) link
A Facebook friend got invited along by a friend the day of. Not bad timing--sees one of the handful of greatest-pitched games ever.
― clemenza, Friday, 20 June 2014 12:20 (nine years ago) link
― Andy K, Thursday, June 19, 2014 9:42 AM (Yesterday)
you mean for dodger stadium?
― k3vin k., Friday, 20 June 2014 12:21 (nine years ago) link
timmy through seven
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 21:31 (nine years ago) link
just hit a rope to left field too
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 25 June 2014 21:35 (nine years ago) link
and w/out the advantage of facing Gyorko and Alonso
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 21:51 (nine years ago) link
game is streaming for free on mlb.com btw
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 25 June 2014 21:52 (nine years ago) link
through 8
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 25 June 2014 22:07 (nine years ago) link
timmy trying to no hit the shittiest offense ever assembled in the modern era
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 22:15 (nine years ago) link
lol, at petco park, no less
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 25 June 2014 22:16 (nine years ago) link
just got a strike call at the letters
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 25 June 2014 22:18 (nine years ago) link
man, remember when this guy used to be really good?
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 25 June 2014 22:19 (nine years ago) link