yu darvish sounds like the name of a star wars character

http://withmalice.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/yu.jpg

ABOONTA BOONTA SOLO OH HO HO HO

he's sure got a pretty face.

yeah that did strike me as i was gising him (n/h) - u can tell he's persian, he'd make a great he-she

Today was the fourth 1-0 loss he's taken this year, although none were complete games (six innings twice, seven twice).

Trying to give that some context, I've found that a) Hershiser in '89 was the last to lose 1-0 four times in a season, and b) Posnanski wrote a column on 1-0 games a couple of years ago:

http://joeposnanski.blogspot.ca/2011/09/whole-lot-about-1-0-games.html

Haven't been able to find out if anyone's ever had more than four in a season.

lol this thread title

Turns out Fergie Jenkins lost five 1-0 games in, no surprise, 1968. He pitched 7, 6 (those two were back-to-back), 8, 7, and 9 innings. He also had a 10-inning no-decision that the Cubs went on to lose 1-0 in the bottom of the 11th. 47 IP, 5 earned runs, 0-5 with a no-decision.

Roger Craig, of course, lost six 1-0 games w/ the '63 Mets.

http://www.baseballnation.com/2013/9/16/4735816/mlb-weekend-recap-wild-card-standings

There you go--thanks. I've never associated the '62 Mets with close, well-pitched games like that.

oooh

'63 was different than '62 -- as the Mound Era intensified, the league average of total runs in a game nosedived from 9.0 to 7.6. The Mets' Runs Against total was easily the worst in the NL both years; their Pythag record was actually worse in '63 bcz they played 162 instead of 160, and underperformed by ten wins in '62.

Craig was decent in both years, and a pitcher named Carl Willey actually had a 4.2 WAR in '63.

...and the '63 Mets were shut out 30 times.

http://www.baseballnation.com/hot-corner/2013/9/19/4748944/the-1963-mets-and-feeling-better-about-your-team

Yu v Moore tonight

Matthew Kory, BP:

Yu Darvish is the fastest to 500 strikeouts in major-league history. I was going to turn this into an Astros joke, but turns out he has the most against Anaheim. Whatever, ha ha Astros!

almost no-hit the 'Stros again

and so he still have no earned runs.

Yu vs Felix tonight

@PatDoneyNBC5
Yu Darvish in his first ever press conference in English & was asked if he quit on the Rangers last year. His response: "That is bull$***."

rip yu

tj scheduled for tuesday

homerun!

I love this interaction between Darvish and the next Director of Analytics of any MLB team he wants because he's so smart. pic.twitter.com/wqProHaeNZ

— Kyle Boddy (@drivelinebases) August 22, 2019

Yu just set a cubs franchise record with 8 consecutive k’s v the reds.

Absolute Hall of Fame tweet from the man:

昨年末に菊池夫妻と旅行先で一緒に食事をしました。
自分達が借りていた家で両家揃って賑やかで楽しい時間を過ごせました😊
菊池くんが持参してくれた響は菊池くんがほとんど飲んで、最終的には酔い潰れて、帰りのウーバーも見つからないためお泊まりして行ってくれました🙇‍♂️… pic.twitter.com/gzemGj5uR7

— ダルビッシュ有(Yu Darvish) (@faridyu) January 6, 2025

that pic is hilarious

Note where the cell phone is in that picture. It means he didn't just lie down and pass out, but probably toppled over like a tree and couldn't get up, and his cell phone went flying.