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Subject: OT - Strange, unusual, rare...

  Posted by: Wilmer McLean - [75249] Tue, Apr 27, 2004, 00:00
This thread won't better inform you for your roto team(s), but I thought this would be an interesting season long thread - an accounting of the strange, unusual, rare, out-of-the-ordinary baseball plays, moments, events and such for the 2004 season.

One of the reasons I am a baseball fan is because of the "something new" that seems to pop up every now and then. I believe this differentiates MLB from the other sports in a positive way.

Examples of the strange, unusual, rare, out-of-the-ordinary baseball plays, moments, events and such from a few seasons ago that I remember are:

The New York Yankees in Detroit had three sacrfice flies in one inning. I was watching and George Will was in the TV booth for the inning.

When I put a similiar thread a few seasons ago, someone posted that there were three Benjis in a lineup. Yes, that's strange, unusual, rare and such.

I'm looking for a community accounting for such plays, events and moments that will be a season long thread good for reading and saying to oneself, "interesting, never heard of that, three SF? How is that possible?"

There are a few moments from the 2004 season that I want to start you off with:

Larry Ellison, with a blue kayak, retrieved Barry Bond's 660 homer in McCovey Cove. He gave the ball to Bonds and in return got tickets to the next game. Ellison gave the tickets away and boarded his blue kayak for the next game and retrieved Bond's 661 ball. What are the odds?

Pitt P Kris Benson tied a major league record with four sacrifice bunts on April 18. It has only been done six times and only twice since 1920.

And, I believe when Clemens matched up against Bonds it was the first time a 600+ homer batter faced a 300+ pitcher.

Well, I hope others will contribute with other strange, unusual, rare, out-of-the-ordinary plays, events, moments and such for a long 2004 season thread. Thank you.
 
1Ira
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      Tue, Apr 27, 2004, 00:14 		Wow, worst post ever, definitely getting a 1.
 
2Wilmer McLean
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      Tue, Apr 27, 2004, 01:08 		Ira, this post may not be priceless. In fact, it's worth $85 million.
 
3Skidazl
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      Tue, Apr 27, 2004, 16:52 		how is that possible?
 
4Ender
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      Tue, Apr 27, 2004, 16:56 		This is a fantastic idea for a thread IMO.

It seems to me that I heard another one in the last couple of days involving Bonds along the lines of the 600+/300+ match up. I can't for the life of me remember it right now though. Perhpas someone else will chime in and point me in the right direction.
 
5Wilmer McLean
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      Tue, Apr 27, 2004, 16:57 		04-06-2004 David Aardsma of the San Francisco Giants played in his first ever major league ballgame and as he stepped onto the field, he was booed loudly. Why? Aardsma alphabetically now replaces Hank Aaron at the top of the baseball biographical player list.

04-06-2004 Livan Hernandez of the Expos & Josh Beckett of the Marlins are the first two former World Series Most Valuable Player recipients to start against a fellow winner during an Opening Day game. Ironically, both won the award while pitching with the Florida Marlins who have appeared in exactly two Fall Classics (1997 & 2003).

04-07-2004 Atlanta Braves first-baseman Adam LaRoche became the first National League player to have two hits during one inning in his Major League debut.

04-14-2004 Kevin Brown of the New York Yankees won his 200th career game, one day after Mike Mussina of the New York Yankees won his 200th career game. The Yankees are now the first team to achieve this pitching plateau in the same year and their duo did it in consecutive games


04-06-2004 Kazuo Matsui of the New York Mets hit a homer on his first ever MLB pitch. There are only twenty instances in the history of Major League baseball and ten are in the American League, ten are in the National League and six of them are by pitchers!

The five above are from the Baseball Almanac site.

04-19-2004 When the breakthrough finally came, it was the most unexpected of results. Justin Duchscherer was called for a balk in the bottom of the 14th inning, enabling Quinton McCracken to score and give the Mariners a 2-1 victory.

The walk-off balk was "the first time I'd ever seen that," Mariners' manager Bob Melvin said.
 
6darkside
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      Tue, Apr 27, 2004, 17:04 		Wow, SF (or wherever they were playing) fans are either the most intelligent or they had that factoid on the jumbotron. Nice post, Wilmer!
 
7Wilmer McLean
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      Tue, Apr 27, 2004, 17:07 		About the three sacrifice flies in an inning I found this:

"The most sacrifice flies ever hit during an inning by a team is three: Chicago White Sox (vs Cleveland) in the fifth inning on July 1, 1962, New York Yankees (vs Detroit) in the fourth inning on June 29, 2000 and the New York Yankees (vs Anaheim) in the third inning on August 19, 2000."

"The Yankees set the most impossible record of the year twice. They hit three sacrifice flies in an inning in two different games. Detroit's Bobby Higginson made the first one possible by dropping a fly ball June 29. Anaheim's Ron Gant guided them through the second one by dropping one fly ball on Aug. 19, then catching another one but forgetting the outs, to let Jorge Posada score from second."

espn column on the strange stuff in the 2000 season
 
8beastiemiked
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      Tue, Apr 27, 2004, 17:15 		5/1/03 - B.J. Ryan earned the first win without throwing a pitch after he picked off Omar Infante on first base when he relived Pat Hentgen with two outs in the seventh.
 
9smartone @work
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      Tue, Apr 27, 2004, 17:18 		I think that Aardsma played in Houston, and as far as I can recall, I don't remeber hearing the boo from the crowd though I remember the announcers talking about his name. I assume that many people were watching the NCAA Final, but it was a 20+ points game so I switched to ESPN in order to watch Bonds... but who REALLY cares?
 
10KrazyKoalaBears
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      Tue, Apr 27, 2004, 18:03 		09-29-2002 - Ismael Valdez (SEA) goes 8 innings in the loss to the Anaheim Angels. Valdez was the last starter, other than Freddy Garcia, Jamie Moyer, Ryan Franklin, Gil Meche, or Joel Pineiro, to start a game for the Mariners. The streak is now at 181 games for SEA not using a starter outside of their 5-man rotation.
 
11gibby88
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      Tue, Apr 27, 2004, 18:10 		Sexson hitting his own picture on the diamond
vision for his 200HR and the longest Ever in
AZ stadium.
 
12Sludge
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      Tue, Apr 27, 2004, 18:34 		If he was gonna hit the Diamond Vision screen, who else would have their picture up there but the guy currently at bat?
 
13wiggs
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      Tue, Apr 27, 2004, 20:40 		wilmer, great thread.
 
14Wilmer McLean
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      Wed, Apr 28, 2004, 16:08 		04-27-2004 Catcher "Chad Moeller is the 5th Brewer (and 1st to do it at home) to hit for the cycle."

04-27-2004 In front of the Dodger fans Mike Piazza hit his 351st homer as a catcher tying Carlton Fisk's record.

04-27-2004 Mariano Rivera worked a scoreless ninth for his sixth save. It was his 523rd appearance with the Yankees, breaking Dave Righetti's club record.

 
15Great One@ Work
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      Wed, Apr 28, 2004, 16:41 		I do actually think this is a cool thread... I am learning useless info, I always like that.
 
16Guru
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      Wed, Apr 28, 2004, 18:00 		Father and son each pitch a perfect game, exactly 22 years apart, as a senior in high school, against the same team.

story
 
17JeffG
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      Wed, Apr 28, 2004, 23:36 		4/27/2004 In the top of the 4th, Barry Bonds was intentionally walked for the 500th time in his career. Second place all time is 295 (Aaron). Joe Morgan on ESPN said, that most players get about 500 plate appearances in a season (I think it's more), but that means he has been intentionally walked for the equivelent of one season.

We all recall that several years ago, Bonds was once intentionally walked with the bases loaded (vs Diamonbacks). It was the 9th inning, there were two out, and the Giants were down 3 runs. After Bonds intentional walk RBI, the next batter hit a hard line out to RF to end the game, making Buck Showalter's move look right.
 
18Tim G
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      Wed, Apr 28, 2004, 23:54 		"When I put a similiar thread a few seasons
ago, someone posted that there were three
Benjis in a lineup. Yes, that's strange,
unusual, rare and such. "

I remember two Benji's hitting a homerun in
the same inning for the Angels a few years
ago. Molina and Gil, not sure if that's a record.
 
19JeffG
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      Thu, Apr 29, 2004, 00:08 		My favorite all time trivial rare amazing baseball feat.

On May 13, 1952, Bristol (VA) Twins pitcher Ron Necciai, at age 19, accomplished a feat that may never be equaled. He not only threw a no-hitter, but he also struck out 27 batters in an Appalachian League (Class D) contest against the Welch (WV) Miners. Four Miners reached base (walk, error, HBP, dropped third strike) and one batter grounded out to the second baseman in the second inning, in the 7-0 victory. The other two infielders and the three outfielders never had to make a play.

Necciai's stuck out 24 in his next start. His minor league stats that season 4-0 42IP 109K 10H 0.42 ERA. He did play in the majors that season with the Pirates where he had a 1-6 record 7.08 ERA. Then a after year of military service, he never returned to the majors because of sore arm problems.
 
20ukula
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      Thu, Apr 29, 2004, 00:10 		4/26/04 - ukula adds a pitcher to his ultimate baseball team that proceeds to score positive points the first night. This remarkable achievement was preceded by abyssmal opening night performances by Vogelsong, Graves, Riley, and Acevedo.
 
21Khahan
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      Thu, Apr 29, 2004, 09:38 		4/28/04 - Steve Finley hit 3 home runs in a single game. Despite his 3 HR performance, his team still loses 4-3.

Which is more amazing: That you can have a single player belt 3 HR and still lose 4-3, or that Steve Finley was that player?
 
22KrazyKoalaBears
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      Thu, Apr 29, 2004, 10:29 		With the idea of losing 4-3 despite hitting 3 HR's, what's the likelihood of a player hitting 3 SOLO HR's in a game, no matter what the final score is?
 
23Chris
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      Thu, Apr 29, 2004, 16:10 		I'd imagine Finley's hit 3 home runs in a game quite a few times...he's a VERY streaky player.
 
24Wilmer McLean
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      Thu, Apr 29, 2004, 23:43 		Here one from Sports Weekly:

"Coincidence, we hope - Barry Bonds hit career homer No. 666 off David Wells, whose father figures during his adolescence were hell's Angels."

And more about the Balkoff - "According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it was just the sixth game-ending balk in the past 24 seasons, and the first since John Rocker's on May 8, 2000"

One from my fuzzy memory (and maybe other Met fans can help me with this one) -- I do believe a certain "SF Left Fielder" who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 20th Century was "fooled" (caught stealing) twice in one game by the pitcher's fake-to-third-check-first move.

 
25KrazyKoalaBears
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      Fri, Apr 30, 2004, 11:25 		04/29/2004 - Despite winning the game 12-3, every Anaheim Angel with an official AB had at least one strikeout and left at least one man on base.

04/29/2004 - All Defense, No Offense. The Montreal Expos have given up just 85 total runs in 23 games (3.69/game) this year, good enough for 4th best in MLB. However, they have only scored 41 total runs (1.78/game), bad enough for last place in MLB by 29 runs! Not only have they lost 4.13 runs/game on the 1st place Detroit, they've also lost 1.26 runs/game on 29th place, Tampa Bay!

 
26StLCards
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      Fri, Apr 30, 2004, 12:03 		With his team's 13-inning, 5-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies, Tony La Russa joined Sparky Anderson as the only managers in the game's history to win 700 games with two teams.
link
 
27Khahan
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      Fri, Apr 30, 2004, 16:56 		From Jayson Stark's Useless info (every now and again he's got somewhat interesting useless info). The last sentence really drives home the 'strange and unusual' aspect:

Here's proof that Bonds can literally do the impossible: He just set an NL record by hitting eight home runs during a streak of homers in seven consecutive games. But what was really tough was that he appeared in eight games during that streak of seven consecutive games.


OK, so it's a technicality. (He was intentionally walked in the eighth game, so it counted as a game appeared in but not as a game played for homer-streak purposes.) But it's still supremely Barry-esque that he averaged more than one game per game.





 
28wolfer
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      Fri, Apr 30, 2004, 21:17 		I was going to talk about Brooks Kiechnick and all his exploits, but I have got a better one: Never heard about a delay like this:
 
29Chuck
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      Sat, May 01, 2004, 00:37 		wolfer- I got just as much of a kick out of the article title:

"Bong shuts down Tribe"
 
30Slackjawed Yokel
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      Sat, May 01, 2004, 00:47 		Headline should've been: Tribe Gets Five Hits Off Bong
 
31smartone
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      Sat, May 01, 2004, 19:35 		May 1: Bonds matched his career-high with four intentional walks, which he also did April 23 this year in a 12-inning game at Los Angeles. The four are a major league record for a nine-inning game

source: CBSSportsline
 
32KrazyKoalaBears
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      Sun, May 02, 2004, 00:03 		05/01/2004 - Frank Catalanatto goes 6-for-6 in a 9 inning game.
 
33Wilmer McLean
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      Sun, May 02, 2004, 18:25 		list of players who had six hits in a nine-inning game (one went 7 for 7)

The last player to have six hits in a nine-inning game was LA's Shawn Green on May 23, 2002 with a single, double and four homers.



 
34Wilmer McLean
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      Sun, May 02, 2004, 18:33 		*The last player before Frank Catalanatto's feat to have six hits in a nine-inning game was LA's Shawn Green on May 23, 2002 with a single, double and four homers.
 
35TaRhEElKiD
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      Sun, May 02, 2004, 19:02 		Randy Wolf, SP just came on to PR in the bottom of the 14th inning. He hasn't pitched in the game nor is he in line to come in if the game goes another inning. Seems very odd to me!!

THK
 
36Filthy Rich
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      Sun, May 02, 2004, 19:51 		I think the Braves do that with Hampton all the time. Sometimes to even pinch hit I believe.
 
37Chuck
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      Sun, May 02, 2004, 20:35 		I'd have no clue where to look for this, but there are 4 extra inning games in the National League today. Could that be close to a record of some sort?
 
38Wilmer McLean
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      Sun, May 02, 2004, 20:48 		"... the Colorado Rockies took advantage of seven errors by the Atlanta Braves -- including four by third baseman Mark DeRosa -- in a 13-4 win Sunday.

The Braves tied a franchise record with their seven miscues, which included two by second baseman Marcus Giles and one by shortstop Jesse Garcia and led to eight unearned runs by the Rockies.

Atlanta also had seven errors on July 22, 1973, in the second game of a doubleheader against Philadelphia."

"DeRosa tied an Atlanta single-game record with his four errors, tying Darrell Evans' mark, done Sept. 20, 1975."
 
39wolfer
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      Mon, May 03, 2004, 00:17 		DeRosa joins some exclusive company. 3rd base fielding records

 
40LiLPeeper
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      Mon, May 03, 2004, 15:08 		5-3: maddux swipes a bag off marquis.....marquis swipes a bag off maddux.....hmmm
 
41GolfFreak
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      Mon, May 03, 2004, 19:37 		The Brewers are 4-0 when the Brat wins the The sausage race this year.
Due to Union rules. The brats after race drug test results wont be public info.
 
42Ira
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      Tue, May 04, 2004, 20:01 		RE: Post #1

Get a life jackass
 
43Ender
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      Tue, May 04, 2004, 20:13 		Re: 40
On Baseball Tonight they said it was the first time since 1950 (51?) that 2 starting pitchers had both stolen a base. I was surprised it had been that long. I knew it couldn't have happened too often, but 50+ years? Wow.
 
44KrazyKoalaBears
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      Tue, May 04, 2004, 21:29 		05/04/2004 - It's not THAT unusual anymore, but Bobby Abreu, Jim Thome, and Pat Burrell hit back-to-back-to-back HR's in the bottom of the 5th off Chris Carpenter.
 
45StLCards
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      Wed, May 05, 2004, 12:23 		Unusual ending in last nights Cards/Phillies game.

Bases loaded, 2 outs, Burrell strikes out swinging, but the ball goes off Matheny's glove and goes all the way to the wall, but takes a big bounce, and Matheny throws out Burrell running to first to end the inning and preserve the win (the runner from 3rd had already crossed the plate).
 
46smartone @work
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      Wed, May 05, 2004, 15:13 		few threads had double-digit "Ratings" -- this one has 144 (most of them bogus by someone, most likely rates it as a "1") and counting. I find this thread very interesting.
 
47TaRhEElKiD
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      Wed, May 05, 2004, 16:44 		Agreed 46.

Re: 45-
That is very odd, wish I could have seen that highlight!

THK
 
48KrazyKoalaBears
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      Wed, May 05, 2004, 21:15 		05/05/2004 - Mike Piazza´s solo home run in the bottom of the 1st inning gave him the most career home runs by a catcher in Major League history.

The game is currently in a rain delay, but is considered official.

 
49KrazyKoalaBears
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      Wed, May 05, 2004, 22:00 		05/05/2004 - Piazza's counterpart, Roger Clemens, passes Steve Carlton for 2nd place on the all-time Strikeout list.
 
50KrazyKoalaBears
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      Wed, May 05, 2004, 23:44 		I think this certainly falls under "strange" or "unusual."

As I was listening to Roger Clemens's press conference, I realized that the top 2 pitchers in career strikeouts both pitched for the Houston Astros at some point in their career. Then they showed the current top 5 and it included Randy Johnson, who was traded to Houston for a playoff run in 1998. If Johnson can throw 215 more strikeouts, the top 3 players on the Career Strikeouts list will have played for the Houston Astros at some point in their career.

 
51KrazyKoalaBears
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      Wed, May 05, 2004, 23:53 		05/05/2004 - In the 6th inning, David Wells hit Marcus Giles with a pitch. Normally, this would not be a strange or unusual play, but...

To start the Braves 6th, Rafael Furcal reached first on a bunt single and moved to second on a throwing error. He was then sacrificed to third. With Furcal at third, Wells hit his cap during his windup to pitch to Giles. As his arms were coming back down to throw the pitch, Wells' cap fell in front of his face, completely blocking his view of home plate (or anything for that matter). Wells still threw the pitch! and subsequently hit Giles. Why did he throw the pitch? Had he not, he would have balked and that would have brought Furcal home to score. Up just 1-0 at that point, Wells saved a game-tying run by throwing the ball with his view completely obstructed. To be able to know that and understand what needed to be done while this was all happening is insane. That he hit Giles was a minor consequence.

 
52Wilmer McLean
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      Thu, May 06, 2004, 16:45 		RE: 51

Hilarious. Great post.

05-06-2004 "The Atlanta Braves turned a triple play in the top of the eighth inning. San Diego's Kerry Robinson hit a ground ball to third baseman Mike Hessman, who stepped on third, then threw to second baseman Jesse Garcia, who stepped on second and then threw over to first baseman Adam LaRoche to complete the triple play."
 
53Chuck
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      Sat, May 08, 2004, 15:30 		Hernandez' line as a starting pitcher vs. the Mets today:

Hernandez
4.1 IP
79 P
0 H
2 ER
7 BB
4 K

It's not quite as amazing as it could have been. He easily could be in line for the win, but was struggling so much with control they had to pull him.

Kinney gave up the no-hitter on the first pitch he threw after he came in the game.
 
54KrazyKoalaBears
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      Sat, May 08, 2004, 15:52 		Reminiscent of Burnett's 9-walk no-hitter. Amazing that a pitcher can throw a no-hitter and still end up with a 1.00 WHIP. Another interesting fact of that no-hitter (from the linked page) is that Burnett threw 129 pitches and only 65 strikes.
 
55smartone
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      Sat, May 08, 2004, 20:07 		Pokey Reese hit today 2 HRs (yeah, Pokey!), one of them inside the park. The last Red Sox player to hit a conventional homer and an inside-the-park homer in the same game was Tony Armas on Sept. 24, 1983, at Detroit.
 
56Filthy Rich
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      Sat, May 08, 2004, 20:47 		I remember some old baseball cards commemorating no hitters, and there were 1 or 2 of them that ended up as losses due to errors and walks. Totally can't remember who though.
 
57Ender
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      Sat, May 08, 2004, 22:28 		Joe Cowley of the White Sox took a loss on a no-hitter a while back
 
58Ender
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      Sat, May 08, 2004, 22:38 		Oops, Cowley won, but he gave up a run.

April 30, 1967, Steve Barber (8.2) and Stu Miller (.1) of Detroit lost to Baltimore 2 - 1 despite combining to throw a no-hitter.

 
59azdbacker
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      Sat, May 08, 2004, 22:42 		This offensive display in the 5th inning of the Detroit/Texas game has to be pretty rare. Detroit scored 8 in the top and Texas has come back with 10 so far.
 
60Ender
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      Sat, May 08, 2004, 22:42 		April 23, 1964 Ken Johnson Of Houston lost 1 - 0 to Cincinnati despite pitching a no hitter.

Those are the only two no-hitters that resulted in a loss according to Baseball-Almanac.com
 
61Ender
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      Sat, May 08, 2004, 22:49 		Texas and Detroit combined to fall just 1 shy of the record in the 5th inning tonight.

April 10, 1977 Cleveland (13) and Boston (6) combined to score 19 runs in the 8th inning. Again, courtesy of Baseball-Almanac.com
 
62Ender
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      Sat, May 08, 2004, 22:51 		FWIW, it is the most runs ever scored by 2 teams combined in the 5th inning. The old record was 14. That record stood for 84 years.
 
63TaRhEElKiD
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      Sun, May 09, 2004, 01:25 		The 18 R inning part has been mentioned already, but nobody has discussed the time it took to play just 1 inning! UNBELIEVABLE!

"The Tigers and Rangers combined for a record 18 runs in a 5th inning that took a record 1hour and 8 minutes to play." -CBS

Also Soriano join Frank C. by going 6-6.

THK
 
64KrazyKoalaBears
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      Sun, May 09, 2004, 01:36 		A couple other things about that game...

Rondell White, who went 0-for-6, was the only starter for either team to not score a run. Lance Nix and Brad Fullmer, both pinch hit and were the only other 2 hitters to not score a run in the game.

I don't know where you would find the information, but 31 runs with just 3 HR's would seem to be an unusual ratio.

Lastly, Danny Patterson, Al Levine, Ugueth Urbina, Doug Brocail, and Ron Mahay all combined to pitch 1.2 innings of "relief" and gave up 10 hits, 9 BB, and 14 ER's for a 75.60 ERA and a 11.40 WHIP. Um, WHOA!!!

 
65Chuck
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      Sun, May 09, 2004, 01:39 		ESPN said it was the first game in history with both teams scoring 8+ runs each in the same inning.
 
66Wilmer McLean
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      Sun, May 09, 2004, 16:19 		05-08-2004 "Craig Biggio became the first Astros player and the 80th in major-league history to record 2,500 hits when he hit a single off Atlanta's Horacio Ramirez in his first at bat."

05-08-2004 "Sammy Sosa struck out three times, which put him at second all-time in the Major Leagues with 2,002, behind Reggie Jackson's 2,597. Sosa passed Andres Galarraga (2,000) on the list."

"Sunday will be the 1,000th game in Devil Rays history. They have finished last in the AL East in each of their previous six seasons, and entered Saturday night's game tied for the worst start in franchise history at 9-19. Their overall record going into Saturday night's game was 390-608, and 1B coach Billy Hatcher is the only one who has been in uniform for every one."

"By virtue of Saturday night's 1-0 loss at Anaheim, the Devil Rays assured themselves of going at least 29 games from the start of the season without consecutive victories. Since 1900, the longest drought from the start of a season without back-to-back wins is 43, by the 1932 Boston Red Sox."

"The Cubs have hit back-to-back homers five times this season and Moises Alou has been involved in each set."


 
67TaRhEElKiD
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      Mon, May 10, 2004, 20:18 		Wilmer your thread is famous now! ;-)

THK
 
68TaRhEElKiD
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      Tue, May 11, 2004, 01:07 		This may not be officially strange, which is the way we have been leaning...however I think it classifies!

Steven Finley has 10 HRs already!!!

Luiz E. Gonzo also hit 3 HRS in his first 3 ABs tonight.

THK
 
69KrazyKoalaBears
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      Tue, May 11, 2004, 12:58 		05/10/2004 - Both starting pitchers out of a job?

After last night's poor performances, it looks like both starting pitchers in the CLE @ BOS game, Jeff D'Amico and Byung-Hyun Kim, will be removed from their respective starting rotations. (Sportsline story)

I wonder what the odds are that BOTH starting pitchers in a game would lose their spot in the rotation as a result of the same game. Strange, for sure.

 
70Tastethewaste
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      Tue, May 11, 2004, 16:41 		Re Post 60

Andy Hawkins lost a no hitter 4-0 in 1990 or 1991. I believe a bases loaded 3 run error and a sac fly got all 4 runs across. Hawkins went on to pitch the 8 inning no hitter and the yankees lost 4-0.

They might have taken it off the books because it was only an 8 inning no hitter and that was the year of all the no hitters so i wonder if it is still considered a no hitter.
 
71R9
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      Tue, May 11, 2004, 16:46 		It should be. They refer to 8 IP efforts from losing pitchers as a 'complete game loss', and it counts as a CG.
 
72Chuck
      Sustainer
      ID: 169212110
      Tue, May 11, 2004, 23:43 		Through 11 inning against the Twins, Seattle has 18 hits, and 17 of them are singles.
 
73Ender
      ID: 53422922
      Wed, May 12, 2004, 00:59 		Andy Hawkins
07-01-1990 New York 0 at Chicago 4 8 IP

Matt Young
04-12-1992 Boston 1 at Cleveland 2 8 IP

I didn't scroll down far enough on this page.

It is worth noting that these are not official no-hitters because they do not meet the criteria set forth by MLB (9 IP).
 
74darkside
      Dude
      ID: 3590317
      Wed, May 12, 2004, 10:45 		5/12/2004 From Rotowire:

"[Randy] Johnson is still scheduled to start for Arizona against Tom Glavine and the Mets on Wednesday; it's reportedly the first matchup in MLB history between two left-handers who both have 230 or more career wins."
 
75wolfer
      Sustainer
      ID: 18639422
      Wed, May 12, 2004, 21:21 		One last one from last night:
Livan Hernandez made is 8th start of the year last night - all in EIGHT DIFFERENT BALLPARKS.

@Fla,Mets in Puerto Rico,@Phi,@NY,@SDG,@LA,Colorado in Montreal,@Milwaukee

With his start in Arizona this weekend, he will go 9-9
 
76JeffG
      ID: 53239160
      Thu, May 13, 2004, 00:14 		5/12/2004 - Kaz Matsui led off the game for the Mets vs the D-Backs with a solo home run. All zeros after that, it was the only run in a 1-0 game. All 3 of Matsui's homers this season were to lead off the game.
 
77Chuck
      Sustainer
      ID: 169212110
      Thu, May 13, 2004, 00:26 		5/12/04-- On the 18th pitch of the at bat, Alex Cora hits a 2 run shot to put the Dodgers up 4-0.
 
78azdbacker
      ID: 5747520
      Thu, May 13, 2004, 02:03 		Matsui became the first player since 1993 to lead off a game with a homerun and have that be the only run of the game.
 
79azdbacker
      ID: 5747520
      Thu, May 13, 2004, 02:16 		Rich Harden, in an otherwise brilliant game, threw 11 straight balls to Tigers #9 hitter Omar (He's no Lindy) Infante.
 
80rockafellerskank
      Dude
      ID: 27652109
      Sun, May 16, 2004, 12:56 		Derek Jeter has 129 career HRs. Jeter has 0 Grand Slams. I wonder if there is any active player with more HRs, yet no GSs?
 
81rockafellerskank
      Dude
      ID: 27652109
      Sun, May 16, 2004, 13:12 		So, i'll stop being lazy and look for myself. ;)

Jeter has now gone 4957+ and still counting ABs without a GS. Fear not, Eric Young holds the active record at 5536 and still counting (but only 73 career HRs).

Most 40 HRs season with no GS

I was suprised that 94 times this has occured including Sammy with 63 in 1999.

I also found that Sammy holds the record for the most HRs (246) before hitting his first GS. I guess those Cubs are never on base? Bob Horner has previously held the record at 210. Of course Bob Hoirner is one of a very few # of playess to hit 4 HRs ina single game, so perhaps he has a "cycle slam?"





 
82Ender
      ID: 314241420
      Sun, May 16, 2004, 13:55 		Just checked, no one has hit for the HR cycle in a single game.
 
83Razor
      ID: 174441519
      Sun, May 16, 2004, 14:25 		Marshall MacDougal did it for Florida State...and hit 2 more homers.
 
84Ender
      ID: 314241420
      Sun, May 16, 2004, 14:57 		OK, no one has done it in MLB history ;)

I do have to qualify that by saying that I couldn't find the box from Delgado's 4 HR game, so perhaps he did it.
 
85Khahan
      ID: 153241812
      Sun, May 16, 2004, 16:07 		Delgado did not do it. I had him on my team last year when that happened (I also had Mike Cameron on my team the year before for his 4 HR game. ;)
He did not hit for the HR cycle.
 
86Da Bomb
      ID: 22411422
      Sun, May 16, 2004, 16:54 		Ben Sheets struck out 18 Braves. The previous Brewer record was held by Moos Haas, who had 14 versus the Yanks in 1978.
 
87Wilmer McLean
      ID: 75249
      Mon, May 17, 2004, 20:44 		Talking about four home runs and cycles, check this box score Gehrig hits 4 HR's and Lazzeri hits for the cycle.

I believe Lazzeri's home run was a grand slam, too. Oh, and he had a stolen base.

The Yanks also broke their record for errors in one game with five.

---------------------------

Anyone heard of Brad Thompson, a St. Louis Cardinals farmhand?
Brad Thompson and the minor league consecutive scoreless innings pitched
 
88KrazyKoalaBears
      Leader
      ID: 517553018
      Mon, May 17, 2004, 20:57 		I heard this on ESPN, but haven't fact-checked it.

Tonight is the first time in MLB history that two teams coming off double-digit shutouts are facing each other the next night. CLE shutout TAM 10-0 and CWS shutout MIN 11-0 yesterday and the two teams are playing tonight in CLE.

 
89KrazyKoalaBears
      Leader
      ID: 517553018
      Tue, May 18, 2004, 20:46 		Check #44...

05/18/2004 - Bobby Abreu, Pat Burrell and Jim Thome of the Phillies hit back-to-back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the 4th inning.

 
90j o s h
      ID: 134251811
      Tue, May 18, 2004, 20:50 		89- that's two weeks to the day...
 
91beastiemiked
      ID: 262411016
      Tue, May 18, 2004, 21:53 		Best individual game of all time

Pretty sure Mark Whiten topped the homerun cycle by hitting 2 3-run shots, a grand slam, and a 2 run-shot.
 
92yankeeh8tr
      ID: 213222415
      Tue, May 18, 2004, 21:53 		The Big Unit just threw the rare and beautiful perfect game
 
93wolfer
      Sustainer
      ID: 18639422
      Tue, May 18, 2004, 22:04 		Randy also makes another interesting list. NOTICE WHO WAS THE LOSING PITCHER IN THIS GAME. HOW MANY OTHER PITCHERS HAVE WON AND LOST A NO -HIT GAME.
 
94KrazyKoalaBears
      Leader
      ID: 517553018
      Tue, May 18, 2004, 22:17 		05/18-2004 - Randy Johnson becomes the oldes player to throw a perfect game (40 years, 251 days). It was the first no-hitter and first perfect game in the short history of the Arizona Diamondbacks (1000+ games). In a testament to his dominance in the game, Johnson struck out 11 batters and threw 87 strikes out of 117 pitches. Each batter averaged 3.22 strikes and 1.11 balls.
 
95KrazyKoalaBears
      Leader
      ID: 517553018
      Tue, May 18, 2004, 22:23 		If this isn't strange, I don't know what is...

05/18/2004 - Sosa will likely make just his 5th career trip to the DL because of a sprained ligament in his back that was the result of two violent sneezes. I couldn't make it up if I tried.

 
96KrazyKoalaBears
      Leader
      ID: 517553018
      Tue, May 18, 2004, 22:42 		Another interesting note about RJ. He has now thrown the first no-hitter in the history of 2 teams: Seattle Mariners and Arizona Diamondbacks.
 
97Wilmer McLean
      ID: 75249
      Wed, May 19, 2004, 17:46 		"...the 15th perfect game in modern Major League Baseball history and the first since David Cone did it for the New York Yankees on July 18, 1999 against Montreal."

Heard on the radio that of the 15 this was the first pitched on a Tuesday.

list of perfect games * there were two unlucky pitchers who lost their perfect games in extra innings.

Not sure here, but did Randy 'bowl a perfect game' in that Nike crossover commercial?

 
98KrazyKoalaBears
      Leader
      ID: 517553018
      Wed, May 19, 2004, 17:55 		05/19/2004 - Matthew LeCroy hit a pinch-hit Grand Slam for Minnesota in the top of the 9th inning against Toronto. It was the first pinch-hit GS for Minnesota since Greg Colbrunn hit one on 08/04/1999; also against Toronto.
 
99russelldl
      ID: 46272820
      Sat, May 22, 2004, 22:15 		According to the O's/Angel's pregame there are currently 9 guys tied for the American League RBI lead.
 
100KrazyKoalaBears
      Leader
      ID: 517553018
      Sun, May 23, 2004, 00:34 		05/23/2004 - Ben Sheets ties the record (3 K's) for fewest K's in the game following an 18+ K game.
 
101KrazyKoalaBears
      Leader
      ID: 517553018
      Sun, May 23, 2004, 00:45

- 8 different players scored the total 9 runs for MIN in their 9-1 win over CWS.

- 42 games into the season, the Texas Rangers (25-17) are 1 game up on the New York Yankees (24-18).

From the Game Recaps...

- Reggie Jackson's #9 was retired by the Oakland A's before their game today.

- The A's recorded their 3,000th win in Oakland history and now have a record of 3,000-2,744 since coming to the area in 1968

- Manny Ramirez's homer was his 358th, tying Yogi Berra on the career list.

... and my favorite...

- Fans booed the Florida Marlins at the end of the eighth inning because the team had 11 hits, one short of a promotion with Krispy Kreme that would have given ticket holders free donuts.

 
102Wilmer McLean
      ID: 75249
      Sun, May 23, 2004, 13:22 		05-23-2004 Kazuo Matsui of the New York Mets set the club record for most leadoff home runs in a season with five. He only has five home runs this season.
 
103Wilmer McLean
      ID: 75249
      Wed, May 26, 2004, 20:31 		05-25-04 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- "Nobody on either team could remember a game ending like this.

Second base umpire C.B. Bucknor called interference on Carlos Guillen in the ninth inning, nullifying the tying run and giving the Kansas City Royals a 4-3 victory Tuesday night over the Detroit Tigers.

Detroit trailed 4-3 with runners at the corners and one out in the ninth. Ivan Rodriguez hit a grounder to shortstop Angel Berroa, who flipped to second baseman Desi Relaford for the force.

As Guillen came crashing in, Relaford threw to first, trying for a game-saving double play. But Rodriguez beat the throw, allowing Alex Sanchez to score the tying run from third.

Or so it seemed.

Right after first base umpire Chuck Meriwether called Rodriguez safe on a close play, Bucknor signaled interference on Guillen and an automatic double play, ending the game."


05/18/2004 - On the same date Bobby Abreu, Pat Burrell and Jim Thome of the Phillies hit back-to-back-to-back home runs, "Colorado's jeromy Burnitz and Matt Holliday hit back-to-back homers twice in an 8-3 win against the Reds. Although Holliday is a rookie, he and Burnitz go way back. Burnitz played for Holliday's father at Oklahoma State. 'In spring training, I realized I had baby-sit that kid when I was in school,' Burnitz says."
 
104Skidazl
      Leader
      ID: 379312323
      Wed, May 26, 2004, 21:08 		First of all, great thread idea wilmer....

Here's one from today -
"Manager Bobby Cox of the Braves was ejected from the game in the top of the 3rd inning by home plate umpire Bill Welke for arguing balls and strikes."

;-) ;-) ;-)
 
105KrazyKoalaBears
      Leader
      ID: 517553018
      Thu, May 27, 2004, 13:31 		05/26/2004 - Daryle Ward joins his father Gary Ward in hitting for the cycle. The Ward's become the only father-son team to accomplish this feat. Story
 
106KrazyKoalaBears
      Leader
      ID: 517553018
      Thu, May 27, 2004, 22:08 		05/27/2004 - With a strikeout thrown in the 9th inning, pitcher John Smoltz of the Braves passed Early Wynn for 37th on the Major League Career Strikeout List with 2,335 career strikeouts.
 
107KnicksFan
      ID: 51411222
      Fri, May 28, 2004, 00:11 		The Yankees had 7 hits in a row tonight. What's the record for consecutive hits?
 
108Tastethewaste
      ID: 249352813
      Fri, May 28, 2004, 14:06 		When Carlos Pena went 6 for 6, it was the 1st time in American League History that 3 guys got 6 hits in a game in one season.

Soriano Catalanato and Pena
 
109Wilmer McLean
      ID: 75249
      Sat, May 29, 2004, 04:54 		05-28 2004 Mariano Rivera earned his 300th career save Friday night,
becoming the first Yankee and the 18th pitcher in history
to reach the milestone.

He is the fourth pitcher to get 300 with one team, joining
Trevor Hoffman, Dennis Eckersley and Jeff Montgomery.
 
110KrazyKoalaBears
      Leader
      ID: 517553018
      Sat, May 29, 2004, 09:52 		05/28/2004 - The home run by Cincinnati's Ken Griffey, Jr. was the 493rd of his major league career, tying him with Lou Gehrig for 20th place on the all-time list.

05/28/2004 - I wonder if the baby weighed nine pounds... Hours after his wife, Jennifer, gave birth to their first son, Rob Mackowiak hit his first career grand slam with two outs in the bottom of the ninth Friday to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 9-5 win over the Chicago Cubs in the first game of a doubleheader. In the nightcap, he hit a two-run homer to tie the game in the ninth inning.

 
111rockafellerskank
      Dude
      ID: 27652109
      Sat, May 29, 2004, 10:02 		Yesterday was the first time in MLB history that 5 games ended with walk off HRs and 7 games ended in any sort of walk off.

(according to ESPN SportsCenter)
 
112KrazyKoalaBears
      Leader
      ID: 517553018
      Mon, May 31, 2004, 10:21 		05/30/2004 - Jim Thome's homer was the Phillies' 37th in the month of May, breaking a franchise record set in 1999.

05/30/2004 - SP Tomo Ohka batted 8th in the MON lineup. The last time a MON pitcher batted higher than 9th was 08/23/73 when Steve Renko batted 8th against SDG.

 
113KrazyKoalaBears
      Leader
      ID: 517553018
      Mon, May 31, 2004, 22:59

05/31/2004

- Ken Griffey, Jr. hit his 494th career HR, moving ahead of Lou Gehrig for sole possession of 20th place on the all-time HR list.

- The Red Sox have sold out 91 consecutive games, the third-longest streak in baseball history.

- Pirates 1B Daryle Ward hit into a rare 6-5-3 double play in the third, after the Cardinals shifted their defense against the left-handed pull hitter.

 
114JeffG
      Leader
      ID: 1584348
      Tue, Jun 01, 2004, 09:08 		Seattle Mariners OF Ichiro Suzuki went 3-for-4 Monday, May 31, against the Toronto Blue Jays, bringing his hit total over 50 for the entire month. Suzuki became the first player since Pete Rose to have two 50-plus hit months in his career. He had 51 in August of 2001. Rose had 52 in July of 1973 and 51 in September of 1979.
 
115C1-NRB
      ID: 104102811
      Tue, Jun 01, 2004, 16:39 		Post 108: All three have spent time in the Rangers organization.
 
116Tastethewaste
      ID: 249352813
      Tue, Jun 01, 2004, 16:42 		yeah youre right!
 
117Khahan
      ID: 364131722
      Tue, Jun 01, 2004, 22:40 		News and Notes on Armando Benitez from espn:




In the first 15 pitches of his outings, Benitez's opponents are batting .106 with 21 strikeouts.

To me it sounds as if 21 batters have struck out on the first pitch 15 times!
Now that is both strange, unusual and rare.
 
118KrazyKoalaBears
      Leader
      ID: 517553018
      Fri, Jun 04, 2004, 09:42 		It looks like #10 is likely to end on 06/08.
 
119KrazyKoalaBears
      Leader
      ID: 517553018
      Fri, Jun 04, 2004, 09:53 		The Yankees currently have 33 wins and 22 come-from-behind wins. Kind of odd given their payroll.

It was a family affair in Anaheim... "Kelvim Escobar pitched to his cousin, Alex Escobar, for the first time in the majors. Alex was 0-for-3 against him... Bengie and Jose Molina, the only brother catching combination in the majors, got to see brother Yadier's big league debut with St. Louis Cardinals on the video board while doing their pregame stretching. Yadier had two hits and scored a run."

Ty Wigginton's triple in the second inning gave him an extra base hit for an eighth straight game, a Mets record. Steve Henderson (1977) and Tommie Agee (1969) each had streaks of seven straight. Wigginton's 8-game extra base hit streak has also given him the longest hitting streak for his career.

 
120KrazyKoalaBears
      Leader
      ID: 517553018
      Sun, Jun 06, 2004, 23:32 		06/06/2004
- In blowing his 3rd save of the season tonight, Billy Koch allowed 3 H, 3 R, 3 BB, and 3 SB. He also threw 30 pitches and pitched just 1/3 of an inning.

- With his 7th strikeout thrown in today's game, Mike Mussina of the Yankees passed Vida Blue on the all-time major league strikeout list with 2,176 career strikeouts.

- Scott Dohmann became the 399th pitcher to give up a homer to Barry Bonds.

 
121Skidazl
      Leader
      ID: 379312323
      Mon, Jun 07, 2004, 00:17 		KKB, the M's actually stole 4 bases off koch tonight, ichiro->2nd, winn->3rd and the boone/bloomquist double steal...

but nonetheless, that's a lot of 3's...
 
122KrazyKoalaBears
      Leader
      ID: 517553018
      Mon, Jun 07, 2004, 09:36 		Ah ha! Missed the double steal. So why don't we say 3 SB events? ;)
 
123Skidazl
      Leader
      ID: 379312323
      Mon, Jun 07, 2004, 18:27 		works for me... ;-)
 
124Skidazl
      Leader
      ID: 379312323
      Mon, Jun 07, 2004, 19:13 		BTW, didn't mean to be picky, but My M's need all the positives they can get this year...
 
125Wilmer McLean
      ID: 75249
      Thu, Jun 10, 2004, 19:48 		These are from Sports Weekly.

06-03-04 "At 45, Julio Franco became the oldest major leaguer to hit a grand slam, leading the Braves to an 8-4 victory at Philadelphis."

06-02-04 "Pittsburgh Jason Kendall scored from second base on a sacrifice fly." (wow, how?)

And, from their "Superlatives for the first third of 2004" piece...

"Strangest Relief Appearance - David Weathers, Mets - Weathers was warming up in the pen when he was summoned into the game. No big deal. Yet, it was in the middle of an at-bat, with Mike Stanton on the mound. Odd, but it's been done before.
But with two strikes on hitter Mike Lowell?
Weathers, brought in because Lowell was hitting .484 against lefties, inherited a 2-2 count. 'I Was totally off kilter. I guess you can't assume anything as a reliever.'
Weathers promptly gave up a game-tying double, and the Mets lost to the Marlins."
 
126Tree
      Donor
      ID: 599393013
      Fri, Jun 11, 2004, 13:31 		i don't think it's been mentioned in this thread, but doesn't Toby Harrah posess what is quite possibly the most unique and nearly difficult to reproduce record in baseball - that being his "do nothing" record?

June 25, 1976, saw Harrah play an entire Doubleheader at shortstop, and not handle a single chance in the field.

interesting, in September of 1977, just over a year later, Harrah played an entire 17-inning game at 3B without recording an assist.

bio of Toby Harrah
 
127Mikel
      ID: 811112016
      Fri, Jun 11, 2004, 15:24 		According to Earnie Harwells book "Diamond Gems", Early 1970's New York Yankee First baseman, Ron Blomberg, could consume 28 hamburgers at one sitting.
 
128Sludge
      ID: 523482015
      Fri, Jun 11, 2004, 15:49 		White Castle, McDonald's, or something a bit on the larger side?
 
129J
      Leader
      ID: 49346417
      Fri, Jun 11, 2004, 16:07 		mmmmmm White Castle. We only have Krystals down south :(

Not quite the same. Even 28 White Castle burgers is quite an accomplishment.
 
130Tree
      Donor
      ID: 599393013
      Fri, Jun 11, 2004, 16:08 		if you're consuming 28 White Castle burgers in one sitting, you're doing that one sitting on the can.
 
131beastiemiked
      Sustainer
      ID: 3531815
      Fri, Jun 11, 2004, 16:13 		I wouldn't want to share an apartment with that guy unless we had one helluva air freshner.
 
132Mikel
      ID: 811112016
      Fri, Jun 11, 2004, 16:22 		Ironically enough, Ron Blomberg was the first designated hitter to appear in a regular-season game. April 6, 1973.
 
133Mikel
      ID: 811112016
      Fri, Jun 11, 2004, 16:27 		Ron admits that his 28 hamburger sitting was during a contest held in Atlanta. So if J says no white castles in ATL then we have confirmed that Ron did infact NOT eat 28 white castle hamburgers.
 
134biliruben
      ID: 441182916
      Fri, Jun 11, 2004, 16:30 		Krystal's "hamburgers" (sliders?) are almost identically small and intestine damaging as White Castle's "product."
 
135Skidazl
      Leader
      ID: 379312323
      Fri, Jun 11, 2004, 17:55 		I noticed this one in the Angel-Milwaukee game last night, seemed odd to me...

Milwaukee P Jeff Bennett pitched to Milwaukee C Gary Bennett...

or maybe not... ;-)
 
136KrazyKoalaBears
      Leader
      ID: 517553018
      Sat, Jun 12, 2004, 22:14 		A couple I saw in the recent issue of SI...

06/03/2004 - After calling every game on radio in franchise history, Toronto Blue Jays announcer Tom Cheek's streak ended at 27-1/2 seasons Thursday because of his father's death. Cheek had called 4,306 consecutive regular-season games, plus 41 more in the post-season, since the Blue Jays began playing in 1977. Full story.

06/05/2004 - Tim Hudson's win over TOR broke a record-tying 7-game streak of no-decisions for Oakland's starters. Of interest is the fact that during that stretch, Oakland's starters posted a 1.84 ERA.

 
137Chuck
      Sustainer
      ID: 169212110
      Sat, Jul 03, 2004, 01:07 		Can't believe this thread fell so far. 85 million gets butted more than this... sad.

7/3/04
Tonight´s game was the longest game in the history of the Baltimore Orioles franchise. The previous longest game was 5 hours, 49 minutes against the Toronto Blue Jays in 1998.

7/3/04
Pirates played in their 5th DH of the season on Friday. This was the last time a team played 5 DH's in a season since the 1990 Cubs.
 
138Catfish
      ID: 30510218
      Sat, Jul 03, 2004, 08:41 		#135 Skidazl, a couple of seasons ago in interleague play (Jays v Rockies), Walker walked Walker.

(Pete/Larry)
 
139KrazyKoalaBears
      Leader
      ID: 517553018
      Sat, Jul 03, 2004, 15:15 		In the 7th inning of HOU's game @CHC on 06/29/2004, Carlos Beltran hit a HR off of Francis Beltran. They are the only two Beltran's in MLB currently on a 40-man roster.
 
140Tosh
      Sustainer
      ID: 57721710
      Sun, Jul 04, 2004, 19:21 		Barry Bonds' second walk today gave him 2,191 for his career, breaking Rickey Henderson's all-time record.
 
141wolfer
      Sustainer
      ID: 18639422
      Sun, Jul 04, 2004, 22:23 		2 things:

The no-hitter that Adam Eaton took into the eigth inning last night was the third time a Padre pitcher took a no-hitter into the eigth inning ON JULY 3rd!

Re 135:
If memory serves me correctly, didn't Jeremy Gonzalez of Tampa Bay hit Juan Gonzalez with a pitch a year or two ago?
 
142Wilmer McLean
      ID: 75249
      Mon, Jul 05, 2004, 23:46 		07-05-04 Richard Hidalgo, who only had four home runs for Houston before being trade, became the first Met to hit a home run in five consecutive games. (The Mets fell one home run short of becoming the first NL team with at least 3 home runs in five consecutive games)

07-03-04 An uninjured Contreras was replaced by Paul Quantrill during Shane Spencer's at-bat with no outs in the sixth inning with a 2-1 count.
 
143StLCards
      Leader
      ID: 31010716
      Wed, Jul 28, 2004, 10:52 		LANCASTER, Calif. -- Lancaster JetHawks right-hander Mike Schultz struck out five batters in one inning Thursday night in a 19-4 loss to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes on Thursday night.

link
 
144biliruben
      ID: 406171015
      Wed, Jul 28, 2004, 11:22 		I Saw that. I was born in Lancaster - and have never been back. When did they get enough population to support a baseball team?
 
145darkside
      Dude
      ID: 3590317
      Thu, Jul 29, 2004, 14:38 		Anyone notice that on Saturday Pit's 2B (J. Castillo) went 1-4 with no walks yet managed to score 4 runs?!?!

Here's the box score. I assume it was either errors or fielder's choice, but that's some bad luck!
 
146beastiemiked
      Sustainer
      ID: 3531815
      Thu, Jul 29, 2004, 14:44 		2 FC's and 1 error.
 
147darkside
      Dude
      ID: 3590317
      Thu, Jul 29, 2004, 14:58 		Well, I guess in that case it was his good luck. I was just surprised to see that sort of box score.
 
148j o s h
      ID: 2758215
      Mon, Aug 02, 2004, 18:54 		Roger Clemens Ejected
 
149Wilmer McLean
      ID: 75249
      Fri, Aug 06, 2004, 05:18 		Cardinals Fan Gets Hit Twice By Foul Ball In One Game

Woman OK After Baseball Hits Her In Head, Neck On Sunday

POSTED: 1:25 pm EDT July 7, 2004
UPDATED: 1:34 pm EDT July 7, 2004

ST. LOUIS -- The next time Sara Denoyer attends a St. Louis Cardinals game, she might want to sit way, way out in the bleachers.

Denoyer and her boyfriend sat down the first-base line at Busch Stadium, watching a game the Cards eventually won against the Seattle Mariners 2-1 on Sunday.

Early in the game, a foul ball struck Denoyer in the neck. Then in the ninth inning, Seattle's Scott Spiezio hit a foul that also struck Denoyer -- this time in the head.

Denoyer was admitted to a hospital for one night for the blow to the head. She chalked it up to bad luck and said she still loves the Cardinals.

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But, is this the first time a fan is hit twice by two foul balls?...

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August 17, 1957 After breaking her nose with a foul ball, Richie Ashburn hits Alice Roth again as she is being put onto a stretcher. The injured woman is the wife of the Philadelphia Bulletin's sports editor, Earl Roth.

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