Baseball - No Hitter Tidbit

[Frog]

On September 17, 1968, San Francisco Giant, Gaylord Perry threw a no-hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals.

The next night, Ray Washburn returned the favor!


back to back no-nos, wow!

[alan802]

Can't believe a guy named Homer, from Texas, has two no-hitters to his credit in less than a year.  I always thought my childhood idol Nolan would never see anyone get close to 7 no-hitters but you never know.  There have been an unusual amount (in my mind) of no-hitters thrown over the last few years and I'm wondering what has caused this.  I think it's probably a combo of things like the way hitters don't really care about average as much as hitting the long ball and perhaps pitchers getting extra rest and better understanding of arm health, but I do not think there is better "talent" with the arms of today versus years past.  There is no doubt that in Frog's neck of the woods that there are some talented pitchers.  I'd love to have the Giants' rotation, and Oakland has some good arms too.

[ebscreen]

I think Andy has posted this before but it bears re-posting.

I'd love to see video of the game. Apparently it just doesn't exist.

No Mas Presents: Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No by James Blagden

[Frog]

Can't believe a guy named Homer, from Texas, has two no-hitters to his credit in less than a year.  I always thought my childhood idol Nolan would never see anyone get close to 7 no-hitters but you never know.  There have been an unusual amount (in my mind) of no-hitters thrown over the last few years and I'm wondering what has caused this.  I think it's probably a combo of things like the way hitters don't really care about average as much as hitting the long ball and perhaps pitchers getting extra rest and better understanding of arm health, but I do not think there is better "talent" with the arms of today versus years past.  There is no doubt that in Frog's neck of the woods that there are some talented pitchers.  I'd love to have the Giants' rotation, and Oakland has some good arms too.

Speaking of player names, fitting or otherwise, I recently had the pleasure of doing some baby shirts for the A's closer, Grant Balfour's wife (and then some of the other player's wives as well) well, probably not exactly for the wives but their kids, but I digress.
I was able to tell the story of how when I first saw him, and his name, I had more than a little apprehension. I would have felt a lot more comfortable with a pitcher with a last name closer to "strike three" than "ball four"

[whitewater]

Im a huge cincinatti fan! so i was phsyched..i didnt watch the game because our power was out..

[Frog]

Im a huge cincinatti fan! so i was phsyched..i didnt watch the game because our power was out..

Our power was out the previous evening! (after the Reds-Giants game though)

Balfour was also with the Reds for a while, and probably met his wife there, because when she saw my Cleveland Browns stuff (a ball and a statuette of Bernie Kosar) she mentioned that "in Cincinnati, we say if it's brown, flush it down", LOL!

[Northland]

  There have been an unusual amount (in my mind) of no-hitters thrown over the last few years and I'm wondering what has caused this.  I think it's probably a combo of things like the way hitters don't really care about average as much as hitting the long ball and perhaps pitchers getting extra rest and better understanding of arm health, but I do not think there is better "talent" with the arms of today versus years past.

... I was wondering the same thing. I'd like to know if the strike zone was "expanded" yesterday.
... give the pitcher a couple inches off the plate and hitters get defensive and start swinging at everything.
It's possible to be wild, and get more outs than a pitcher that puts everything in the strike zone.

We used to say that Twins pitcher, Brad Radke had only one fault... he threw too many strikes !

[Frog]

Yesterday's no-hitter, was also no-doubter.Around the third inning it already started looking plausible.
No questionable calls (that I noticed), no miraculous plays, no asterisks. He just fired it in, and the Giants worked their typical of late non-magic.

Hell, right now, the Giants are doing so poorly, that it was almost unfair that the Dodgers got to play them and come out of their funk.

The National League Worst, is really something to behold right now. Of course, as a Dodger fan, it's just what the Dock(tor) ordered, hold the LSD!

[alan802]

I've just recently seen that freak kid Puig play.  I've heard his name and the hype but like most things coming from the larger markets I usually think it's more talk than walk but that kid is pretty special.  He is physically gifted and there is no telling what he will do if he stays healthy.  Something tells me he might be "a year or two older" than his records say but he's still something even if he really is 25.

[mk162]

I'll still take Gattis over Puig, although both are impressive.

The other night they were recapping a game that went around 16 innings between the Braves and the Giants with Willie mays hitting the game winning home run.  Warren Spahn of the Braves was 42 and threw over 200 pitches in his loss that night.

[inkman996]

Puig is phenomenal but he reminds me so much of Griffey Jr. Griffey really ruined his career by being so aggressive in the out field and running into walls, Puig does the same. He already has several hold your breath smashes in to the wall.

[Frog]

Puig is phenomenal but he reminds me so much of Griffey Jr. Griffey really ruined his career by being so aggressive in the out field and running into walls, Puig does the same. He already has several hold your breath smashes in to the wall.

On the other hand, look at Josh Reddick. His play in the field (arguably as aggressive as anyone else playing the game) kept him a no question starter even before he remembered how to hit this season. Granted, everyone figured it was just a matter of time. Though his bating was anemic for the first few months, his overall value as a kamikaze style fielder almost canceled out any concerns.

My son mentioned to me just yesterday, that down in LA, that one other concern with Puig, is his reluctance to slide. The fans down there are getting used to seeing plays that are much closer that they should be.

And as long as we are talking Cubans, our A's' Cespedes is having a devil of a time unlearning the Cuban National team's seemingly counter productive philosophy of having their players not run out pop-ups! wtf?
He'll even stick around third on a two out pop from someone else!

[inkman996]

Cespedes must have been mentored by Manny, tho Manny was just lazy unlike Cespedes having a bad habit. I would think it is up to the base coaches to help break that habit.

Chris Davis of the O's is something special this year as well.