LEE YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SAY ANYTHING WHICH IS THE POINT OF THE THREAD HINT HINT
― David R., Sunday, 13 April 2008 03:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Off-topic but on-topic in the "taking thread title literally" sense: SCOTT OLSEN (!?!?!?)
Not surprising: Jair Mothjerrfjuckjing Jurrjens. What is surprising, though, is his 7.46 K/9.
― Andy K, Monday, 21 April 2008 13:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, after yesterday's start I grabbed him in the fantasy league. He looked good in an "I don't give a fuck about ANY of these chumps" way.
― Rock Hardy, Monday, 21 April 2008 13:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Ponson wtf.
― Andy K, Thursday, 1 May 2008 22:15 (fifteen years ago) link
every year there's always one or two dudes like this guy was in '00:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithch07.shtml
― omar little, Thursday, 1 May 2008 22:24 (fifteen years ago) link
joe saunders
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 1 May 2008 22:25 (fifteen years ago) link
scott olson, tho he got rocked last night
Jon Lester is pitching really well so far today.
― mattbot, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 01:08 (fifteen years ago) link
: D
― omar little, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 01:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Man I sure picked the right meaningless Royals game to go to. Never thought I'd see a no-hitter.
― govern yourself accordingly, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 01:42 (fifteen years ago) link
well they are often worse pitched than some one or two hit games.
― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 15:07 (fifteen years ago) link
well, you know, it takes a tremendous amount of luck to achieve a one or two hitter.
― j.q higgins, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 15:28 (fifteen years ago) link
they are often worse pitched than three or four hitters.
― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 15:29 (fifteen years ago) link
haha, fuck you :)
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 15:42 (fifteen years ago) link
(METS HAVE DONE FINE W/OUT ONE IN 46 YEARS)
best pitched game i ever saw live was when pedro struck out 15 and lost. to tampa. completely wtf.
― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 15:52 (fifteen years ago) link
excuse me, retrosheet.org tells me he struck out 17 and lost.
― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 15:58 (fifteen years ago) link
PITCHINGTampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO HR Trachsel W(2-2) 9 3 0 0 3 11 0Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR P. Martinez L(5-1) 9 6 1 1 1 17 0
Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO HR Trachsel W(2-2) 9 3 0 0 3 11 0
Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR P. Martinez L(5-1) 9 6 1 1 1 17 0
― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 15:59 (fifteen years ago) link
but Trachsel pitched better! HE GAVE UP HALF AS MANY HITS!
anyone see WGN rerun the 9th of Jim Maloney's no hitter vs the Cubs in '65, a few weeks ago during a rain delay? The guy walked TEN and threw something like 190 pitches!
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 16:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Back when the game was played by MEN
― Andy K, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 16:06 (fifteen years ago) link
pretty sure while w/ montreal pedro threw 9 perfect innings & ended up losing
― deeznuts, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 16:07 (fifteen years ago) link
that's not too impressive, a lot of bad luck involved there.
― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 16:08 (fifteen years ago) link
xp to Andy: MEN whose arms were dead at 31!
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 16:17 (fifteen years ago) link
so what? all the hitters were either boozed up or hungover. EVEN PLAYING FIELD.
― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 16:23 (fifteen years ago) link
xp to Andy: MEN whose arms were dead at 31!-- Dr Morbius, Tuesday, May 20, 2008 4:17 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link
-- Dr Morbius, Tuesday, May 20, 2008 4:17 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link
Back then, you didn't know whether you'd HAVE your throwing arm the next day -- lost to the combine out on the back forty, or combat, or what have you. You just threw like hell, left everything out there on the mound.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 00:12 (fifteen years ago) link
I once left my watch out on the mound, but that was not on purpose.
― G00blar, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 00:25 (fifteen years ago) link
daniel cabrera, the consecutive reigning AL walks champion, pitched his third game WITHOUT issuing a walk this season last night. his three-peat is in peril as he has now tumbled out of the top ten on the heels of his 8th straight quality start.
― j.q higgins, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 13:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Following Daver's stinging rebukes, I'd like to known if it's now OK to say that Lester pitched a NH.
― Leee, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 21:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Dana Eveland is pitching very nicely.
― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 21:45 (fifteen years ago) link
http://static.flickr.com/72/175995087_edd1f77f57_o.jpg
― zaxxon25, Thursday, 22 May 2008 20:52 (fifteen years ago) link
i saw andrew miller strike out 9 the other night, but i originally thought it was 13 or so, so i couldn't even imagine seeing 17
joe saunders is 8-1 w/ a 2.31 era right now
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 24 May 2008 05:53 (fifteen years ago) link
JUSTIN DUCHSCHERER
― Andy K, Sunday, 25 May 2008 02:38 (fifteen years ago) link
n/m
― Andy K, Sunday, 25 May 2008 02:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Cueto through five
― Andy K, Sunday, 1 June 2008 18:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Last Play: G. Blanco reached on bunt single to third
>:O
― Steve Shasta, Sunday, 1 June 2008 18:40 (fifteen years ago) link
BRETTY MYERS OH MY THRU 6
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 5 June 2008 00:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh well
― Andy K, Thursday, 5 June 2008 01:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Greg Maddux still has it. He's perfect so far . . .
― felicity, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Ladies and Gentlemen, Bitter Cubsfan
― deeznuts, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:31 (fifteen years ago) link
I guess it's all part of what they call . . . gowring up.
― felicity, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:32 (fifteen years ago) link
you, f, hit the gowrs.
poor form.
― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 5 June 2008 03:06 (fifteen years ago) link
was he perfect? i watched a bar fight at the home of the arts in the ukrainian village. never noticed.
― chicago kevin, Thursday, 5 June 2008 03:48 (fifteen years ago) link
felicity thought it would be 'funny' to post that after he'd pitched 1 inning & has now given herself a temp ban, assuming she has any honor left
― deeznuts, Thursday, 5 June 2008 03:52 (fifteen years ago) link
I will give him to you for Rich Hill and Matt Murton, whaddayasay.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 5 June 2008 07:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Haha temp ban = 5 days vacation from ILX.
― Leee, Thursday, 5 June 2008 18:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Todd Wellemeyer is on the verge of 7-1 w/ an era under 3. thank you, kc royals.
― bnw, Thursday, 5 June 2008 19:09 (fifteen years ago) link
DAVE BUSH
― David R., Thursday, 19 June 2008 20:00 (fifteen years ago) link
The same Dave Bush recently knocked out of the first inning by my ranked-30th-in-offense MLB 2K8 team?
― Andy K, Thursday, 19 June 2008 20:02 (fifteen years ago) link
It takes a village. Containing the same person. Doing stuff.
― David R., Thursday, 19 June 2008 20:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Cranky Toronto fans jinxing the hell out of DB on the BJ thread need not spread their poor sportsmanship here.
― David R., Thursday, 19 June 2008 20:04 (fifteen years 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 (eight months ago) link
He’s so special. They need to extend him yesterday.
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Friday, 30 June 2023 07:17 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight months ago) link
Guess I should have tuned in.
― Andy K, Saturday, 8 July 2023 22:32 (eight 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 (eight months ago) link
Valdez has completed 8, only 81 pitches.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 2 August 2023 02:12 (seven 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 (seven months ago) link
No they don’t. A pox upon them
― hrep (H.P), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 03:08 (seven 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 (seven months ago) link
Framber is such a fave, delighted for him
― a love song for connor wong (gyac), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 04:49 (seven 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 (seven months ago) link
The strike zone got pretty generous at the end there.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 10 August 2023 02:09 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven months ago) link
Another slight against the DH. LET LORENZEN HIT
― hrep (H.P), Thursday, 10 August 2023 07:12 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven months ago) link
not great imo
― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 August 2023 00:43 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven months ago) link
I was wrong too! Roy Halladay had two in 2010 as well
― H.P, Saturday, 26 August 2023 01:02 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven 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 (seven months ago) link
SF's Cobb nearly* perfect through 7IP. *0H, 6K, 0BB, 1ERR
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 03:29 (six months ago) link
Justin Steele, now 15-3 with a 2.69 ERA
― The Yellow Kid, Wednesday, 30 August 2023 03:39 (six months ago) link
dodgers' ryan pepiot is perfect through 6.1 and at 75 pitches
― mookieproof, Friday, 8 September 2023 00:44 (six months ago) link
Merrill Kelly.
― clemenza, Sunday, 29 October 2023 00:47 (five months ago) link
Living on the edge
― #1 García Fan (H.P), Sunday, 29 October 2023 02:38 (five months ago) link
Zac Gallen. (Announcer has no sense of decorum.)
― clemenza, Thursday, 2 November 2023 01:25 (four months ago) link
Always sucks when such a great run of innings turns into being down 1-0
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 2 November 2023 02:31 (four months ago) link
LOSS - Z. Gallen
― 龜, Thursday, 2 November 2023 03:03 (four months ago) link