one of the better pitched games you’ll see, yes oakland sucks but german really didn’t make any mistakes. all in all it looked relatively easy for him lol
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Thursday, 29 June 2023 04:37 (eleven months ago) link
he gave up 17 runs in his 5 1/3 innings pitched before tonight lol
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Thursday, 29 June 2023 04:38 (eleven months ago) link
This was on TV here, I could have watched it (saw Stanton's HR). Obviously, though, what possible reason would there be for doing so? So I continued with my approximately 24th re-watch of Mad Men, one for every perfect game ever pitched. Well played.
― clemenza, Thursday, 29 June 2023 06:16 (eleven months ago) link
not the easiest guy to root for
― mookieproof, Thursday, 29 June 2023 07:34 (eleven months ago) link
Perfect games are news: golfed with two people today who weren't baseball fans, but they'd heard about Germán.
Posnanski has a column up, not shareable. "But, again, what are we supposed to feel? German is, to say the least, a difficult guy to root for, sort of the opposite of King Félix"--just rewording things enough to dodge plagiarism.
― clemenza, Thursday, 29 June 2023 18:48 (eleven months ago) link
My son and I went to the Twins-Braves game on Monday night. Both starting pitchers (Sonny Gray and Spencer Strider) were outstanding. It was a true pitching duel through seven innings.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 29 June 2023 18:52 (eleven months ago) link
I’m really glad Strider regained his form, I love watching that little guy pitch!
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Thursday, 29 June 2023 18:57 (eleven months ago) link
He's a huge fan favorite here in ATL.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 29 June 2023 18:59 (eleven months ago) link
He is fantastic to watch when he’s dealing and he seems like a great person as well.
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Thursday, 29 June 2023 19:07 (eleven months ago) link
Plus the porn stache.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 29 June 2023 19:07 (eleven months ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FdTSe5_XoAI0nEI?format=jpg&name=large genuinely love him.
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Thursday, 29 June 2023 19:31 (eleven months ago) link
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― mookieproof, Thursday, June 29, 2023 12:34 AM (twelve hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Don Draper is flawed but still, I really wanted to see him find peace at the end
― omar little, Thursday, 29 June 2023 20:32 (eleven months ago) link
He’s also not a real person.
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Thursday, 29 June 2023 20:34 (eleven months ago) link
lmao, sorry obvious joke went over my head, apologies, coverage of this cunt’s sportswashing has been rough to see all day.
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Thursday, 29 June 2023 20:35 (eleven months ago) link
Not sure if I knew this or not; Ron Hassey caught two of the 24 perfect games. He has some significance in Blue Jay history as the guy who made the last Yankee out in the division-clinching game of '85.
― clemenza, Friday, 30 June 2023 01:05 (eleven months ago) link
Bello took a no-hitter into the 8th last night
Boston lost 2-0 obviously
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 30 June 2023 07:09 (eleven months ago) link
He’s so special. They need to extend him yesterday.
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Friday, 30 June 2023 07:17 (eleven months ago) link
A.J. Finch just removed Manning 7 outs from a no-hitter. I'm usually the old-school complainer in these situations, but it was an easy call--third start ofr the IL, 90+ pitches, 2-0 lead, just walked a guy and looked bad on ball four.
― clemenza, Saturday, 8 July 2023 20:19 (ten months ago) link
Tiger fans have had so little to root for this year, that was nice. If Belt had gotten a bunt down to break it up--1000% defensible in context--I think he would have needed a police escort out of town.
― clemenza, Saturday, 8 July 2023 20:59 (ten months ago) link
Guess I should have tuned in.
― Andy K, Saturday, 8 July 2023 22:32 (ten months ago) link
Was happy for the tigers really. Good for them.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 8 July 2023 23:04 (ten months ago) link
Valdez has completed 8, only 81 pitches.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 2 August 2023 02:12 (ten months ago) link
Did it! (And got to see it on TSN.)
You know what I'm going to say...infinitely more impressive than last year's WS no-hitter. (I couldn't even remember if it was Valdez who contributed five innings or someone else--it was Javier.) Seven strikeouts, one walk, 93 pitches, 65 strikes.
Does the franchise that got caught cheating deserve a no-hitter and the return of Verlander in the same day?
― clemenza, Wednesday, 2 August 2023 02:25 (ten months ago) link
No they don’t. A pox upon them
― hrep (H.P), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 03:08 (ten months ago) link
regardless, 93 pitches (and ya, zero hits) is impressive af
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 04:45 (ten months ago) link
Framber is such a fave, delighted for him
― a love song for connor wong (gyac), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 04:49 (ten months ago) link
Lorenzen doing well, had picked him up for a minute for fantasy and then dropped him to pick up somebody else... I initially saw it after three innings and thought haha it would serve me right if he "did well" today
― omar little, Thursday, 10 August 2023 00:51 (nine months ago) link
The strike zone got pretty generous at the end there.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 10 August 2023 02:09 (nine months ago) link
I'll have you know Lorenzen's OPS as a hitter is .710. We may be looking at the wish.com Ohtani here, folks
― frogbs, Thursday, 10 August 2023 02:15 (nine months ago) link
Honestly, I'm surprised there are still CG no-hitters every now and again. I thought they were pretty much history.
― clemenza, Thursday, 10 August 2023 02:23 (nine months ago) link
Wow I saw his name in the notifications and thought I was going mad misremembering the name of the two-way reliever for the reds like 5 years ago but no! It’s him! Wish.com ohtani? I don’t remember ohtani throwing a no-hitter!
Honestly, just as cool seeing him move from reliever to starter, quite a distinct big-league journey this guy has made. Very very happy for him
― hrep (H.P), Thursday, 10 August 2023 07:05 (nine months ago) link
Just watching the 9th inning now, very sweet to see his family and teams responses. They gave him a very long leash! Good on the manager, love to see it
― hrep (H.P), Thursday, 10 August 2023 07:08 (nine months ago) link
Another slight against the DH. LET LORENZEN HIT
― hrep (H.P), Thursday, 10 August 2023 07:12 (nine months ago) link
He was wearing custom cleats made from Vans Old School uppers...
https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fum4se2sg07hb1.jpg
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 10 August 2023 15:37 (nine months ago) link
I had the same thought H.P., I remember him being a very cool player from the Reds but often very cool players don’t pan out. I was also surprised to find out it was that guy, and now that he’s not a Red anymore I can cheer for him so it all works out
― frogbs, Thursday, 10 August 2023 15:49 (nine months ago) link
Framber Valdez (again) is out there to start the 8th...I don't know: 114 pitches.
― clemenza, Saturday, 26 August 2023 00:42 (nine months ago) link
not great imo
― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 August 2023 00:43 (nine months ago) link
Actually, maybe not--a call was overturned and the 7th extended...Will know in a minute.
― clemenza, Saturday, 26 August 2023 00:45 (nine months ago) link
They took him out (which even I agree with).
who *was* the last pitcher with two no-hitters in the same month (or even season)?
― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 August 2023 00:58 (nine months ago) link
Steve Busby had two in the same year, I think, but surely must have been done since.
― clemenza, Saturday, 26 August 2023 00:59 (nine months ago) link
Scherzer’s two in 2015 was the first (and only) time it happened this century
― H.P, Saturday, 26 August 2023 01:00 (nine months ago) link
I was wrong. Busby is the only pitcher to throw no-hitters in his first two seasons; here are two in the same season (article goes back to 2021).
https://www.mlb.com/news/pitchers-with-two-no-hitters-in-the-same-season
― clemenza, Saturday, 26 August 2023 01:01 (nine months ago) link
I was wrong too! Roy Halladay had two in 2010 as well
― H.P, Saturday, 26 August 2023 01:02 (nine months ago) link
How can we forget Johnny Vander Meer’s 1938 seasons where he had two back to back no hitters (very impressive)
― H.P, Saturday, 26 August 2023 01:04 (nine months ago) link
I figured Steve Busby would be excellent Immaculate Grid Fodder. No--eight seasons, all with K.C. (And, if you could check the pitch count on those two no-hitters, quite possibly a good example of why that's not a good idea.)
Busby subsequently became the first baseball player to undergo rotator cuff surgery. In an effort to help his arm recover from the surgery, his doctor recommended that Busby be placed on a pitch count. He is often believed to be the first baseball player to be placed on a pitch count, something that Busby has stated is a myth. Before his injury, he is alleged to have thrown close to 200 pitches in a game, which Busby also says is untrue.
― clemenza, Saturday, 26 August 2023 01:08 (nine months ago) link
Well that no hitter game went sideways
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 26 August 2023 01:28 (nine months ago) link
SF's Cobb nearly* perfect through 7IP. *0H, 6K, 0BB, 1ERR
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 03:29 (nine months ago) link
Justin Steele, now 15-3 with a 2.69 ERA
― The Yellow Kid, Wednesday, 30 August 2023 03:39 (nine months ago) link
dodgers' ryan pepiot is perfect through 6.1 and at 75 pitches
― mookieproof, Friday, 8 September 2023 00:44 (eight months ago) link