i.e. the first batter of the game xp myself
― ok dennis hopper (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 30 May 2010 05:27 (thirteen years ago) link
the marlins TV guy tonight said that in his second start ever in the majors in 98, halladay had a no hitter with two out in the ninth and he gave up a homer
Being in Toronto, I was watching that game on TV. Little did we know...
― clemenza, Sunday, 30 May 2010 11:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Seriously though, the number of near-no-hitters and PGs is way up this year, innit? Is it just a contingent statistical anomaly, or are pitchers finally eating their Wheaties or what?
― Daleks in NYC (Leee), Sunday, 30 May 2010 18:40 (thirteen years ago) link
it's mostly an anomaly. 4-homer games are about as rare as perfect games historically, and there were 2 of those in 2002 and another in 2003 and people were like 'oh maybe these aren't gonna be as rare anymore' and there's been none since.
the only empirical explanation i can think of is strikeouts are continuing to go up league-wide which means fewer balls in play and thus fewer chances for bloopy/seeing eye hits to break up dominant pitching performances
― ciderpress, Sunday, 30 May 2010 19:43 (thirteen years ago) link
would just like to note that tomorrow's rockies/giants game features ubaldo vs timmy l
― ok dennis hopper (J0rdan S.), Sunday, 30 May 2010 22:52 (thirteen years ago) link
I enjoyed that :)
(except the last inning where it looked like his ERA would triple and his arm would fall off but but)
― Mark C, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 09:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Timmy has been off for the last four starts. i thought they were going to get to Ubaldo in the ninth but it didn't happen despite he giving them the chance.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 2 June 2010 06:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Here's the pitch described by (I think) the SF commentators as "the best pitch ever" - a 99mph 2-seamer, apparently:
http://i45.tinypic.com/ok2w53.jpg
― Mark C, Wednesday, 2 June 2010 10:03 (thirteen years ago) link
armando gallaraga perfect through 7 2/3
― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:30 (thirteen years ago) link
AUSTIN JACKSON
― Andy K, Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:47 (thirteen years ago) link
AAARGH
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:49 (thirteen years ago) link
haha he was totally out
― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:50 (thirteen years ago) link
JIM JOYCE
― Andy K, Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:50 (thirteen years ago) link
What, they missed that call so hard!
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Miggy is furious.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:51 (thirteen years ago) link
wow
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Miggy should just cold-cock that fucker.
― GM, Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Can they retroactively fix that?
That was one of the biggest mistakes in the history of umpiring.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Rick Suttcliffe is giving Joyce way too much credit right now.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Surely the commish's office has the authority to overturn that bullshit and award the PG.
― Grisly Addams (WmC), Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:54 (thirteen years ago) link
...I hope.
how on earth would they do that?
― mookieproof, Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:54 (thirteen years ago) link
MAJOR CREDIT to Galarraga for not losing his shit.
― Andy K, Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Galarraga's just happy that he's earned himself another start.
― Andy K, Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:56 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm honestly kinda pissed off about this.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:56 (thirteen years ago) link
bud selig will unveil the time machine hes built from old pieces he saved from milwaukee county stadium xxp
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:56 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean, I know perfect games are kind of a bullshit thing but come on.
This was a very hollow Indians lineup, too.
― Andy K, Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Three proverbial bags of dicks for Jim Joyce, though.
― Andy K, Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:58 (thirteen years ago) link
game time: 1:44
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:59 (thirteen years ago) link
@JoeWestPR Jim Joyce is an embarrassment to baseball. Not because he blew a call but because he extended a game by doing so. That is just bad umpiring.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 3 June 2010 00:59 (thirteen years ago) link
doesnt any blown call extend a game?
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 3 June 2010 01:01 (thirteen years ago) link
LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL in a parallel universe, it is so.
― sanskrit, Thursday, 3 June 2010 01:03 (thirteen years ago) link
let's play ten
poor guy though
keep yr head up
That call was Jim's worst effort since Finnegan's Wake.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 3 June 2010 01:09 (thirteen years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi
― sanskrit, Thursday, 3 June 2010 01:11 (thirteen years ago) link
this is on some jonathong williamsmong real time wikipedia editing:
Origin of the officeThe unique title commissioner, which is a title now applied to the heads of several other major sports leagues as well as baseball, derives from its predecessor office, the National Commission. The National Commission was the ruling body of professional baseball starting with the National Agreement of 1903, which made peace between the National League and the American League (see History of baseball in the United States). It consisted of three members: the two League presidents and a Commission chairman, whose primary responsibilities were to preside at meetings and to mediate disputes. Following the Black Sox Scandal, team owners decided in 1920 to reform the National Commission with a membership of non-baseball men. However, their pick for chairman, former federal judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, would only accept an appointment as sole commissioner. He also demanded unlimited authority over all aspects of organized baseball. The owners agreed, in order to combat the perception of the sport being controlled by gambling interests.If Bud Selig cares about baseball even slightly, he will overturn that abomination of a call made at the end of the tigers/indians game on June 2 2010 and give Galarraga his perfect game. I dont care what the official rules are on overturning a call after the game is over, and i dont think the rest of baseball fans care either. It just absolutely has to be done. I have never seen a worse call in my life with so much at stake in a baseball game, and i think most people would agree. If it isnt changed i will lose all my respect for Bud Selig.
The unique title commissioner, which is a title now applied to the heads of several other major sports leagues as well as baseball, derives from its predecessor office, the National Commission. The National Commission was the ruling body of professional baseball starting with the National Agreement of 1903, which made peace between the National League and the American League (see History of baseball in the United States). It consisted of three members: the two League presidents and a Commission chairman, whose primary responsibilities were to preside at meetings and to mediate disputes. Following the Black Sox Scandal, team owners decided in 1920 to reform the National Commission with a membership of non-baseball men. However, their pick for chairman, former federal judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, would only accept an appointment as sole commissioner. He also demanded unlimited authority over all aspects of organized baseball. The owners agreed, in order to combat the perception of the sport being controlled by gambling interests.
If Bud Selig cares about baseball even slightly, he will overturn that abomination of a call made at the end of the tigers/indians game on June 2 2010 and give Galarraga his perfect game. I dont care what the official rules are on overturning a call after the game is over, and i dont think the rest of baseball fans care either. It just absolutely has to be done. I have never seen a worse call in my life with so much at stake in a baseball game, and i think most people would agree. If it isnt changed i will lose all my respect for Bud Selig.
― sanskrit, Thursday, 3 June 2010 01:29 (thirteen years ago) link
lol who let bill plaschke near a computer
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 3 June 2010 01:30 (thirteen years ago) link
http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/4278/hewasout.gif
― Andy K, Thursday, 3 June 2010 02:27 (thirteen years ago) link
cabrera signaling deeznuts
― |8 l) u_u (bnw), Thursday, 3 June 2010 02:51 (thirteen years ago) link
this is an atrocity, just seeing this now...wow
― fman29.5 (k3vin k.), Thursday, 3 June 2010 02:53 (thirteen years ago) link
i mean, if it's anywhere near close, how is it not an automatic out call?
just heard about this right now, wow. we almost had three perfect games in one year, unbelievable.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 June 2010 03:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Yoou mean compared to the WS titles awarded to the 1985 Royals and the 1996 Jeffrey M*ier Yankees?
Still, as Joe Sheehan has said of umpires, "Bring on the robots."
if it's anywhere near close, how is it not an automatic out call?
Oh, so we're playing Suck Halladay Off every time there's a chance in the 9th?
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 June 2010 03:31 (thirteen years ago) link
One of the != the
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 3 June 2010 04:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Quote of the Day: "Nobody is perfect." --Armando Galarraga
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Thursday, 3 June 2010 04:29 (thirteen years ago) link
classic, still this sucks for him.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 June 2010 04:39 (thirteen years ago) link
i actually agree with morbs that it's bullshit to start handing pitchers calls when a game is on the line, but the call tonight was fucking horrible, seriously one of the worst calls i've ever seen considering the situation -- jeffery maier was bad, probably worse since it was the play offs, but jim joyce was 1 foot away!! and it didn't even look close on tv
― gonjasufi smacker (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 3 June 2010 06:53 (thirteen years ago) link
i almost drove off I-40 somewhere in kentucky fielding texts trying to impart on me how bad this call was