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Subject: Bizzare and Outstanding baseball action Posted by: Seattle Zen - [37421017] Thu, May 10, 2012, 18:14 Maybe we need a thread where we could announce, "I won $1 billion dollars because I placed a one dollar bet that Phillip Humber would throw the next Perfect game!!!" or ooh and ahh over Josh Hamilton's 18 total bases. I'll start it off: Today Colby Lewis gave up five hits at Camden Yards... all five were home runs. | |||||||
| 1 | Tree ID: 504371017 Thu, May 10, 2012, 18:44 |
don't forget Daniel Bard's two balks in the same at-bat. we've also had a triple play. and a teenager stealing home. | ||||||
| 2 | Tree ID: 17039238 Thu, May 10, 2012, 23:05 |
Lewis' WHIP dropped from 1.14 to 1.10, while his ERA rose from 2.97 to 3.69. how often does that happen?? | ||||||
| 3 | Khahan ID: 54138190 Fri, May 11, 2012, 01:02 | 6 yr old pulls off unassisted triple play | ||||||
| 4 | blue hen Dude ID: 710321114 Fri, May 11, 2012, 12:55 | Lewis was great for my fantasy team - 12 k's and a whip under 1 in a lot of innings. I'd take that type of performance almost every day, even with the huge ERA. | ||||||
| 5 | Nerfherders ID: 310111515 Fri, May 11, 2012, 13:45 | I agree. Lewis is about the only good thing to happen to the two teams I have him on. | ||||||
| 6 | C1-NRB ID: 451120913 Fri, May 11, 2012, 13:52 |
Colby Lewis is also the first pitcher to strike out more than 10 (he had 12, as noted by blue hen) while giving up 5 HR in the same game. Furthermore, he was the first AL pitcher to give up back-to-back-to-back homeruns to lead off a game. It was a record-setting performance all around! | ||||||
| 7 | Tree ID: 54591114 Fri, May 11, 2012, 15:59 |
and after the back-to-back-to-back, he retired 18 straight batters!!! certainly one of the oddest games ever pitched. | ||||||
| 8 | loki ID: 363291112 Fri, May 11, 2012, 20:29 | I would nominate for the combined most outstanding and bizzare moment in baseball Harvey Haddix's effort on May 26, 1959 when the Pirate pitcher threw 12 innings of perfect baseball only to lose in the 13th. Since Haddix did not record a win, he did not go into the record book as having pitched a perfect game. I make this nomination at the risk of dating myself. | ||||||
| 9 | Perm Dude ID: 3210201915 Fri, May 11, 2012, 21:51 |
If you are a man on the internet you've probably dated yourself at some point in your life. Just sayin'. Good point, though. Haddix' effort will almost certainly never be duplicated. | ||||||
| 10 | Tosh Leader ID: 057721710 Fri, May 11, 2012, 23:37 |
Adam Dunn has struck out in 36 consecutive games, dating back to last season. The previous record for hitters was 26 (Brad Hawpe, Geoff Jenkins and Mike Cameron). The record for pitchers is 37 games (Bill Stoneman). Tonight, Dunn ended his streak at 36 consecutive games. | ||||||
| 11 | Nerfherders ID: 310111515 Sat, May 12, 2012, 13:16 | Speaking of Dunn, how does a player go from being a stud, to having the worst season in baseball history, to right back to being the same stud again? Did he do it on purpose? | ||||||
| 12 | Skidazl ID: 19219420 Wed, May 16, 2012, 17:56 |
@Nerf, It's because I drafted him last year and avoided him this year, same with Pujols, took him first round this year for first time ever... I have that effect on players. Fair warning, I'm going after Hamilton next year to help the Angels win...LOL | ||||||
| 13 | Great One ID: 512531316 Wed, May 16, 2012, 18:52 | I picked Dunn late in every league this year. Figured he owed me after last year. | ||||||
| 14 | Great One ID: 512531316 Wed, May 16, 2012, 18:52 | Every OBP league I should say... not those crazy AVG leagues. | ||||||
| 15 | biliruben ID: 41431323 Mon, May 21, 2012, 02:02 |
I was at the double header at Yankee stadium where Hawkins pitched a shut-out into the 12th, and lost 2-0. This was after he pitched a no-hitter on his previous start, and lost 4-0. | ||||||
| 16 | Perm Dude ID: 3210201915 Tue, May 22, 2012, 12:41 |
I was rooting around baseball-reference.com, trying to figure out the exact date of a game I saw when I was a kid. I was only 11, but I remember going to the old Municipal Stadium and seeing Hank Aaron play the field, and everyone in the stadium giving him a warm welcoming every time he came to the plate. Here's the box score. Turns out, that last season of Hank Aaron's was also Robin Yount's first. Who knew those guys overlapped at all? I always thought of Aaron as a 60's player, and Yount as an 80's guy. | ||||||
| 17 | Perm Dude ID: 3210201915 Fri, Jun 01, 2012, 21:57 | No-Hahn! | ||||||
| 18 | Skidazl ID: 19219420 Sun, Jun 03, 2012, 02:47 | Angels 3.5 back...Sweet! | ||||||
| 19 | Perm Dude ID: 3210201915 Wed, Jun 13, 2012, 13:17 |
Didn't like Bryce so much before, but *love* the response to the stupid question from the reporter: "That's a clown question, bro." Ha! | ||||||
| 20 | Khahan ID: 54138190 Mon, Jun 18, 2012, 23:16 |
Ok, I'm sure this is an error on the reporting sites part, but it sure looks bizarre: CC Sabathia credited with a win and a save | ||||||
| 21 | Amuz ID: 54612918 Mon, Jul 09, 2012, 19:23 |
zack Greinke will start THREE consecutives games for Milwaukee . that is pretty odd and to be honest I think it has to be first time ever. early this year CJ Wilson started two consecutive games for anaheim. | ||||||
| 22 | Perm Dude ID: 3210201915 Tue, Jul 10, 2012, 15:05 | For you science geeks. | ||||||
| 23 | Khahan ID: 39432178 Tue, Jul 10, 2012, 15:38 | PD, that was great. The caption at the very bottom is the money shot and wraps it all up nicely. | ||||||
| 24 | judy Dude ID: 7771722 Wed, Jul 11, 2012, 13:51 | PD, that was cool! | ||||||
| 25 | Great One ID: 2431114 Mon, Jul 23, 2012, 10:58 |
RHP Matt Cain homered off Phillies LHP Cole Hamels on Saturday, and Hamels returned the favor, homering off Cain. Both came in the third inning, and both were solo shots. It was the first time pitchers homered off each other in the same game since Atlanta's Kevin Millwood and Colorado's Denny Stark did it May 18, 2002. The last time it happened in the same inning: May 14, 1990, when Montreal's Kevin Gross and the Dodgers' Fernando Valenzuela hit third-inning homers. | ||||||
| 26 | Seattle Zen ID: 47630913 Mon, Jul 23, 2012, 20:07 | Ichiro a Yankee? That is most certainly bizarre. | ||||||
| 27 | Tosh Leader ID: 057721710 Mon, Jul 23, 2012, 20:16 | Ichiro + $2.5 million for a couple middle relievers is even more bizarre. | ||||||
| 28 | Perm Dude ID: 3210201915 Mon, Jul 23, 2012, 20:32 | The Yankee's biggest hole has been the lack of a true speed guy. I believe (as usual) the Yankees are getting a short-term pickup with his contract expiring at the end of the season. | ||||||
| 29 | Perm Dude ID: 3210201915 Mon, Jul 23, 2012, 20:45 | I didn't realize that they made the trade while the Yankees are at Safeco Field! Man, that's going to be weird. | ||||||
| 30 | Seattle Zen ID: 47630913 Fri, Aug 03, 2012, 17:42 |
I've got a question about a hypothetical bizarre play. I was looking through a Sports Illustrated - and looked out the window to see if any dinosaurs were wondering by - and saw a photo of one of the many Flying Molina brothers attempting to catch a foul ball that was on the other side of the mesh net. Would the batter be out if he managed to grasp the ball in his mitt yet it remained on the other side of the net? I mean, he wouldn't be able to throw it, he would be prohibited by the mesh. The things that go through my mind after noon on Friday at my desk... | ||||||
| 31 | DWetzel ID: 31111810 Fri, Aug 03, 2012, 17:51 |
I would think the ball would be dead as soon as it hit the mesh, if I'm picturing the scenario (basically, pushing the mesh horizontal and catching the ball with the mesh between it). If he somehow managed to stick a hand/glove through the mesh and caught it, without the ball hitting the mesh, I think it would be a legal catch. | ||||||
| 32 | Perm Dude ID: 3210201915 Fri, Aug 03, 2012, 18:10 |
I agree with DW but don't find anything to verify this. Here are the official rules (pdf) if anyone else wants to take a look: Official MLB Rules 2012 (pdf) | ||||||
| 33 | DWetzel ID: 31111810 Fri, Aug 03, 2012, 18:27 | My best shot at defining it initially would be that it is a "foul ball" when it, "while on or over foul territory, touches the person of an umpire or player, or any object foreign to the natural ground" -- the fence being "foreign to the natural ground". | ||||||
| 34 | Seattle Zen ID: 3603123 Fri, Aug 03, 2012, 23:42 | That's probably it, Dwetz | ||||||
| 35 | Perm Dude ID: 3210201915 Sat, Aug 04, 2012, 01:03 | Which MLB Teams had their FB and Twitter accounts hacked? | ||||||
| 36 | C1-NRB ID: 30718515 Fri, Aug 24, 2012, 23:44 |
Texas Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre hit for the cycle tonight for the second time in his career. The first time he did it was against the Rangers in Rangers Ballpark when he was with the Mariners. He's only the second player to hit for the cycle both against a team and for that team; some old-timer did it back in the '20s. Half the hits in his first cycle, the homerun and the single, were against Ranger pitcher Matt Harrison. For a few innings I thought something very special was going to happen: Matt Harrison started the game tonight for the Rangers and had a no-hitter through 6 2/3 innings. Has a player hit for the cycle and a pitcher had a no-hitter in the same game? | ||||||
| 37 | Kyle Sustainer ID: 052753312 Sat, Aug 25, 2012, 01:09 |
 The Paul Konerko double was caused by the picture below.  | ||||||
| 38 | Great One ID: 2431114 Fri, Sep 28, 2012, 10:06 |
SS Everth Cabrera has hit safely in 13 of his last 17 games, hitting .323 (21-for-65) with 123 steals. But he has also made eight errors in those 17 games. (Yahoo! Sports) | ||||||
| 39 | holt Donor ID: 308491916 Tue, Oct 02, 2012, 15:58 | re 36, I don't think a no-hitter and a cycle have ever occurred in the same game. Googled it and couldn't turn up anything. I did discover that no player has ever hit for the cycle in the MLB All-Star Game or the postseason. That one surprised me. | ||||||
| 40 | Perm Dude ID: 577543120 Tue, Oct 02, 2012, 21:31 |
This date in history, in the heat of 1908 pennant race, came Addie Joss' perfect game for the Cleveland Naps against the Chicago White Sox. Considered by many to be one of the best perfect games ever, it was only the second AL perfect game at the time. A few things jump at you from the box score: -he needed only 74 (!) pitches (fewer than 3 pitches/batter) -his opponent (Big Ed Walsh) was going for his 40th win. -Walsh, who was a Hall of Famer, struck out 15 in the loss. A nice recollection of the game is here. Joss also pitched a regular old no-hitter for the Naps, the only pitcher (to my knowledge) to pitch a perfect game and a no-hitter for the same team. The opponent for both? Chicago. Joss died at age 31 of meningitis about 3 years after that game. He played 9 years, with 234 complete games. He was ineligible for the Hall since he didn't have 10 years of service. Luckily the Veteran's Committee voted him in, in 1978. His 1.89 ERA and .968 WHIP probably helped a bit. A couple of other things: For his funeral, the Cleveland team wanted to attend but were told by the AL president that they could not--that they had to play the game that day. They threatened to strike, and when Ty Cobb and the Detroit Tigers (their opponents) supported them, the league relented and they went to the funeral in Toledo. Later that season, the Naps held a benefit game for Joss' widow and every American League team sent a representative. This was a precursor to the All Star Game. On the way to the game Ty Cobb lost his jersey, so the shot of all the players include Ty Cobb wearing a Cleveland jersey: Panoramic photo of 1908 benefit | ||||||
| 41 | holt Donor ID: 308491916 Thu, Oct 04, 2012, 22:28 | Wow - I didn't know that Joss died so young like that. Pretty interesting fact about that benefit game. Have to research this some more. | ||||||
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