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Post by franklinmint on Apr 3, 2013 16:35:28 GMT -8
Baseball season is upon us,and it simply broke my heart yesterday to see a pitcher for the Texas Rangers not just lose an opportunity for a no-hitter,but lose a PERFECT GAME. He had just one friggin' out to go. Heartbreaking doesn't begin to describe it. Imagine being there? I'd physically be sick to witness that happen. ... My favorite baseball pitching story is Sandy Koufax's perfect game in 1965. In that game,the opposing pitcher,Bob Hendley (You won't believe this!),gave up one hit through eight innings -- ONE HIT. Both pitchers actually had no-hitters through the game's first seven innings. How does a pitcher give up one hit through eight innings and LOSE THE GAME?! Talk about bringing that type of an "A" game and ending up in the loss column?! What incredibly rotten,tough luck. One could not make this stuff up. Amazing. Enjoy the season.  |
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Post by davdesid on Apr 4, 2013 13:44:01 GMT -8
Baseball season is upon us,and it simply broke my heart yesterday to see a pitcher for the Texas Rangers not just lose an opportunity for a no-hitter,but lose a PERFECT GAME. He had just one friggin' out to go. Heartbreaking doesn't begin to describe it. Imagine being there? I'd physically be sick to witness that happen. ... My favorite baseball pitching story is Sandy Koufax's perfect game in 1965. In that game,the opposing pitcher,Bob Hendley (You won't believe this!),gave up one hit through eight innings -- ONE HIT. Both pitchers actually had no-hitters through the game's first seven innings. How does a pitcher give up one hit through eight innings and LOSE THE GAME?! Talk about bringing that type of an "A" game and ending up in the loss column?! What incredibly rotten,tough luck. One could not make this stuff up. Amazing. Enjoy the season. I remember listening to that perfecto on the radio (9/9/65). Sandy Koufax had probably his finest season in 1965. 382 strikeouts, which still stands as a NL record. Fellow lefty Hendley of the Cubbies pitched a great game, too; rotten luck? Yeah, probably. The legendary Koufax was at the peak of his stunning career. |
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Post by franklinmint on Apr 4, 2013 14:16:35 GMT -8
I remember listening to that perfecto on the radio (9/9/65). Sandy Koufax had probably his finest season in 1965. 382 strikeouts, which still stands as a NL record. Fellow lefty Hendley of the Cubbies pitched a great game, too; rotten luck? Yeah, probably. The legendary Koufax was at the peak of his stunning career. Davdesid: Cooooooool. I don't know if Vin Sculley still answers fans questions (He use to answer a question or two after a game in a segment which was sponsored by Knudsen and Union 76) after the post game interviews. That's how I came across that story years ago.It still fascinates me. "Great game"  Yeah,I'd say pitching a one hitter against the Dodgers at the time was quite an achievement,but leave it to luck, fate(?), whatever, to do it on a night when Koufax would pitch a perfect game. That game was a pitching clinic rightfully cemented in history. What's equally fascinating is how the Dodgers scored. It wasn't due to Hendley getting careless and giving up a homerun. I just read the wikipedia account of the game -- surreal.Ha-ha! |
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Post by 78aztec82 on Apr 5, 2013 1:19:06 GMT -8
I am just enjoying the nice start by the Nationals. They've demonstrated solid pitching, decent hitting and stellar defense, albeit against a poor ballclub. Baseball played as it should....
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Post by franklinmint on Apr 5, 2013 11:30:50 GMT -8
Stu: I got a huge kick out of Dan Patrick the other day as he talked about Koufax and Gibson and including our very own alumnus Strasburg in the mix. He talked about how Gibson feared no one and came at a batter like no one,and also how despite his reputation as a hard thrower with a great fastball,how "elegant" a pitcher Koufax was. I didn't catch the entire segment,but I did catch the talk about how Strasburg is learning to become a more efficient pitcher by getting batters to put the ball in play with a couple of pitches versus trying to overpower them with seven pitches,etc. Great little take. By the way,I forgot to mention this in my original post but I'm two degrees (Is that how that Kevin Bacon game goes?) removed from Sandy Koufax in that I knew Phil Collier, the HoF sports writer who was told by Koufax at the time that he wasn't coming back and was retiring at the tender age of 30 due to arthritis issues in his pitching arm. He told Collier to keep it under his hat,which he did. Imagine a sports journalist keeping such a secret today? ...Pittsburgh’s Willie Stargell was quoted as saying that trying to hit Koufax's fastball was like "trying to drink coffee with a fork." |
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Yeah,I'd say pitching a one hitter against the Dodgers at the time was quite an achievement,but leave it to luck, fate(?), whatever, to do it on a night when Koufax would pitch a perfect game. That game was a pitching clinic rightfully cemented in history.
