Like Gavin Floyd against the Tigers today through 7.
Not that anything needs to be said about it HINT HINT.
― David R., Saturday, 12 April 2008 18:49 (seventeen years ago)
good job
― deeznuts, Saturday, 12 April 2008 18:51 (seventeen years ago)
Renteria really sucks.
― David R., Saturday, 12 April 2008 18:53 (seventeen years ago)
Ryan Dempster has been shockingly effective in his two starts. 13 IP, 4 hits, 4 BB, 2R (1 ER), 10 K. Kudos.
― felicity, Saturday, 12 April 2008 19:26 (seventeen years ago)
not really shocked cuz dempster showed #3-type stuff in relief last year, mixing in a lot of above avg pitches but nothing super-special; having him in the bp was kind of confounding to me. havent seen him yet this year but my guess is that he'll be a quality starter
― deeznuts, Saturday, 12 April 2008 19:32 (seventeen years ago)
Yeah the shock is from years of mis-having him as a closer.
― felicity, Saturday, 12 April 2008 19:45 (seventeen years ago)
edgar "i stretch a lot in the batters box" renteria provided half their offense!
Kyle Lo(h)se deserves a place here
― bnw, Saturday, 12 April 2008 19:56 (seventeen years ago)
Cain just dingered.
― Leee, Saturday, 12 April 2008 21:28 (seventeen years ago)
And has 6 no-hit innings.
― Leee, Saturday, 12 April 2008 21:42 (seventeen years ago)
it is now 6.2 3-hit innings.
can add Looper to the list of ex-closers doing wtf well as a starter.
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Saturday, 12 April 2008 22:29 (seventeen years ago)
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 (seventeen years ago)
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 (seventeen years ago)
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 (seventeen years ago)
Ponson wtf.
― Andy K, Thursday, 1 May 2008 22:15 (seventeen years ago)
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 (seventeen years ago)
joe saunders
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 1 May 2008 22:25 (seventeen years ago)
scott olson, tho he got rocked last night
Jon Lester is pitching really well so far today.
― mattbot, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 01:08 (seventeen years ago)
: D
― omar little, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 01:37 (seventeen years ago)
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 (seventeen years ago)
well they are often worse pitched than some one or two hit games.
― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 15:07 (seventeen years ago)
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 (seventeen years ago)
they are often worse pitched than three or four hitters.
― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 15:29 (seventeen years ago)
haha, fuck you :)
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 15:42 (seventeen years ago)
(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 (seventeen years ago)
excuse me, retrosheet.org tells me he struck out 17 and lost.
― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 15:58 (seventeen years ago)
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 (seventeen years ago)
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 (seventeen years ago)
Back when the game was played by MEN
― Andy K, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 16:06 (seventeen years ago)
pretty sure while w/ montreal pedro threw 9 perfect innings & ended up losing
― deeznuts, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 16:07 (seventeen years ago)
that's not too impressive, a lot of bad luck involved there.
― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 16:08 (seventeen years ago)
xp to Andy: MEN whose arms were dead at 31!
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 16:17 (seventeen years ago)
so what? all the hitters were either boozed up or hungover. EVEN PLAYING FIELD.
― chicago kevin, Tuesday, 20 May 2008 16:23 (seventeen years ago)
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 (seventeen years ago)
I once left my watch out on the mound, but that was not on purpose.
― G00blar, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 00:25 (seventeen years ago)
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 (seventeen years ago)
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 (seventeen years ago)
Dana Eveland is pitching very nicely.
― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 21:45 (seventeen years ago)
http://static.flickr.com/72/175995087_edd1f77f57_o.jpg
― zaxxon25, Thursday, 22 May 2008 20:52 (seventeen years ago)
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 (seventeen years ago)
JUSTIN DUCHSCHERER
― Andy K, Sunday, 25 May 2008 02:38 (seventeen years ago)
n/m
― Andy K, Sunday, 25 May 2008 02:45 (seventeen years ago)
Cueto through five
― Andy K, Sunday, 1 June 2008 18:25 (seventeen years ago)
Last Play: G. Blanco reached on bunt single to third
>:O
― Steve Shasta, Sunday, 1 June 2008 18:40 (seventeen years ago)
BRETTY MYERS OH MY THRU 6
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 5 June 2008 00:59 (seventeen years ago)
Oh well
― Andy K, Thursday, 5 June 2008 01:05 (seventeen years ago)
Greg Maddux still has it. He's perfect so far . . .
― felicity, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:26 (seventeen years ago)
Ladies and Gentlemen, Bitter Cubsfan
― deeznuts, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:31 (seventeen years ago)
I guess it's all part of what they call . . . gowring up.
― felicity, Thursday, 5 June 2008 02:32 (seventeen years ago)
Insane thing to post
― H.P, Saturday, 3 May 2025 00:43 (two months ago)
Smith-shawver thru 7
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 6 May 2025 00:52 (one month ago)
Skubal 85 pitches no runs given up after 8 innings. Two hits but could still get a Maddux.
― from…Peru? (gyac), Sunday, 25 May 2025 17:35 (one month ago)
And he did. 13ks & 94 pitches in 9 innings.
― from…Peru? (gyac), Sunday, 25 May 2025 17:47 (one month ago)
103 mph final pitch??? 🤯
― omar little, Sunday, 25 May 2025 17:47 (one month ago)
adrenaline's a hell of a drug
― WmC, Sunday, 25 May 2025 17:50 (one month ago)
Yeah he was missing the zone (nerves?) horribly on the first pitches of the first two batters of the inning but emptied the tank like he was Verlander. Great work.
― from…Peru? (gyac), Sunday, 25 May 2025 17:58 (one month ago)
Game score (I think) of 96--just missed 100.
― clemenza, Sunday, 25 May 2025 18:15 (one month ago)
(Accomplished 16 times in a 9-inning game, according to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_score.)
― clemenza, Sunday, 25 May 2025 18:19 (one month ago)
Looking at the list of guys who've done that--13; Ryan did it three times, Scherzer twice--it's amazing how one game can be a pretty good indicator of a great pitcher. Of the 13:
HOF -- Spahn, Koufax, Ryan, JohnsonHeaded to the HOF -- Kershaw, Scherzer, VerlanderProbably headed to the HOF -- ColeCould have been in the HOF -- Nap RuckerWould be in the HOF if not a jerk -- SchillingExcellent pitchers derailed by arm trouble -- Kerry Wood, Matt Cain
The only real fluke on that list is Brandon Morrow.
― clemenza, Sunday, 25 May 2025 18:42 (one month ago)
Brandon Morrow <3 he put the Dodgers bullpen on his back in 2017. Did not know he threw a 17 strike out game but makes sense: his 100mph+ fast ball, not as ubiquitous back then, was electric. Know you are far more familiar with him Clemenza so I won't challenge your fluke claim, but to even have a fluke outing like that you've got to have immense potential.
― H.P, Sunday, 25 May 2025 19:29 (one month ago)
I shortchanged him a bit--he was very good out of the pen his last four years--but as a starter, I think he was qualitatively different than even Wood and Cain.
― clemenza, Sunday, 25 May 2025 19:43 (one month ago)
I’m surprised there’s only 3 perfect games on that list
― from…Peru? (gyac), Sunday, 25 May 2025 19:44 (one month ago)
Brandon morrow got fucked over by the Mariners in development iirc, got bounced around between starting and the bullpen and then showed signs of life in Toronto. He is famously the California native drafted by Seattle and Lincecum was the Seattle native drafted by the Giants, so their names are often invoked together by Mariners fans. They rushed Morrow by putting him in the bullpen opening day 2007 and it’s generally agreed they killed his confidence and probably fucked his development.
― from…Peru? (gyac), Sunday, 25 May 2025 19:51 (one month ago)
Yeah, you can compensate one or two hits with a ton of strikeouts...The whole point of this detour: what Skubal did in this one game today is probably a significant indicator in terms of the career he'll have. Not that we didn't know he was a great pitcher already, but a 100 9-inning GS (which, again, he did miss) is probably a better HOF flag than winning a Cy Young--a number a good pitchers have won Cys who were never thought of as HOF-calibre. And compared to something like hitting for the cycle, not even close. Haven't checked, but I bet a third to a half of the players who ever hit for the cycle were players of no special distinction.
― clemenza, Sunday, 25 May 2025 19:53 (one month ago)
Typed out and deleted a bit above on his 2017 playoffs use and the tragedy of his arm being destroyed against a team that knew what was coming. He comes back from shoulder surgery with the Pads to a singular Dodgers season where he throws in basically every post season game. In hindsight, he threw his arm off in the process. If he got fucked in 2007 he also got fucked in 2017. At least he got his bag with the cubs
― H.P, Sunday, 25 May 2025 20:00 (one month ago)
xp good point
― H.P, Sunday, 25 May 2025 20:01 (one month ago)
Lots of good starters get their start in the pen tho. But he definitely yo-yo’d a lot between roles. When the jays fully committed to him as a starter, he’d have these amazing games and then have a game where he’d be closing in on 90 pitches by the 4th.
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 25 May 2025 20:46 (one month ago)
The 13 strikeouts Skubal recorded Sunday were the most ever in a Maddux, topping the 12 recorded by Cleveland’s Carlos Carrasco in 2014, the Phillies’ Cliff Lee in 2011 and the Dodgers’ Sandy Koufax in 1964.But none of it seemed to impress Skubal too much when he learned about the feat:"I'm not really trying to pitch for accolades, I'm trying to win."
But none of it seemed to impress Skubal too much when he learned about the feat:
"I'm not really trying to pitch for accolades, I'm trying to win."
https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2025/05/25/tarik-skubal-tigers-game-guardians-aj-hinch/83854730007/
― Andy K, Sunday, 25 May 2025 22:42 (one month ago)
Brandon Pfaadt
― imperial frfr (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 1 June 2025 02:19 (one month ago)
Rude lol
― Ryan seaQuest (Will M.), Sunday, 1 June 2025 06:08 (one month ago)
David Peterson 104 Pitches, 9 IP, 0 Runs
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Thursday, 12 June 2025 01:33 (three weeks ago)
Senga/Peterson, Mets with double aces rn
― H.P, Thursday, 12 June 2025 02:38 (three weeks ago)
Senga is healthy?!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 12 June 2025 03:01 (three weeks ago)
Senga leads the NL in ERA and is 2nd in MLBPeterson has been excellent since returning from hip surgery last year. It felt a little too good to be true last year but he’s looking like the real deal this year.
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 12 June 2025 13:53 (three weeks ago)
terrible jinx
― 龜, Thursday, 12 June 2025 18:43 (three weeks ago)
Ooooof
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 12 June 2025 18:46 (three weeks ago)
Damn. Hopefully he's not out too long. They've got options to hold down the fort for a bit at least.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Thursday, 12 June 2025 20:58 (three weeks ago)
What stocks should I buy thinwall?
― H.P, Thursday, 12 June 2025 23:23 (three weeks ago)
holy shit
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 13 June 2025 04:28 (three weeks ago)
Trump hasn’t exploded from an obstructed bowel?!
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 13 June 2025 04:33 (three weeks ago)
brewers have a pitcher taking a perfecto into the 7th
― 龜, Saturday, 21 June 2025 01:56 (one week ago)
brewers rookie misiorowsi perfect through six (80 pitches tho)
guy throws a 96mph slider ffs
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 June 2025 01:56 (one week ago)
Same guy I was posting about last week, I think...11 career innings now, no hits.
― clemenza, Saturday, 21 June 2025 02:04 (one week ago)
feels like the brewers are icing their own pitcher by scoring 5 in this inning
― 龜, Saturday, 21 June 2025 02:18 (one week ago)
So much for that.
― clemenza, Saturday, 21 June 2025 02:24 (one week ago)
Clarke Schmidt through 7
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 21 June 2025 19:24 (one week ago)
deGrom: 7 innings 86 pitches.
― clemenza, Thursday, 26 June 2025 00:34 (one week ago)
Miz another 5 scoreless innings today, got the won vs. Skenes, this dude seems pretty good
― frogbs, Thursday, 26 June 2025 00:37 (one week ago)
He looks to be something else, doesn't he?
Brewers: 16 IP, 3 H, 7 BB, 19 K, 1.13Minors: 233.2 IP, 138 H, 140 BB, 320 K, 3.04
With the control issues and the height, he really is reminiscent of early Randy Johnson.
― clemenza, Thursday, 26 June 2025 16:31 (one week ago)
it is pretty incredible how unhittable he is when he is locating
― gestures broadly at...everything (voodoo chili), Thursday, 26 June 2025 16:38 (one week ago)
he's already thrown the fastest pitches in Brewer history
― frogbs, Thursday, 26 June 2025 16:39 (one week ago)
Old man Skenes.
― clemenza, Thursday, 26 June 2025 17:43 (one week ago)
(Sure enough, Skenes is two months younger!)
― clemenza, Thursday, 26 June 2025 17:44 (one week ago)
Nick Martinez through seven.
― timellison, Saturday, 28 June 2025 01:21 (six days ago)
Thought this was bumped for Sonny Gray
― imperial frfr (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 28 June 2025 01:41 (six days ago)
Fucking impressive line from Gray
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 28 June 2025 02:46 (six days ago)
that’s a Maddux stat line if I’ve ever seen one.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Saturday, 28 June 2025 03:14 (six days ago)
yeah, that was a good one for sonny gray.
complete game, 1 hit (not that it matters…a single), 11Ks, 89 pitches. the third inning was the longest of the night, at 12 pitches
― z_tbd, Saturday, 28 June 2025 17:07 (six days ago)
Dustin May looking very very very good against the white sox. Painting nasty corners for K's, 7 so far in 5 no hit innings, 50 pitches 40 strikes
― H.P, Friday, 4 July 2025 03:21 (seven hours ago)