hitomi #1 wrote:Another big move(s) by an AL East team as the Rays sign Damon for $2.5M and Manny for $2M plus incentives, think though both have seen better hitting days, :doh: sure they did it to shore up their OF defense. :rofl:
bmwracer wrote:
BoSox reunion at Tampa Bay? :beaten:
Perhaps, Pedro is still looking to make a comeback. :beaten: Damon has an incentive in his contract for certain attendance totals, sure all the locals are rushing the ticket office as we speak after the announcement of his signing. :nut:
NEW YORK – Andy Pettitte will announce his retirement Friday morning at a Yankee Stadium news conference.
A five-time World Series champion, Pettitte had been telling the Yankees since the end of the season that it was likely he wouldn't play in 2011. He became a free agent and has not attempted to negotiate a contract.
The 38-year-old left-hander is 240-138 with a 3.88 ERA n 16 major league seasons. He excelled in the postseason, setting a major league record for wins by going 19-10 with a 3.83 ERA.
^^ Big writeups in the NY papers today about that, Yanks will surely miss him, they have CC, one of the top pitchers around and 4 question marks, :bleh: looks like the offense needs to carry them again, they did make a nice pickup with Andruw Jones. Nice post season record for him though not a really good ERA, makes you wonder how many wins would Ford, Gibson, Koufax and a few others would have had if they could have pitched an extra 2 rounds, plus 4 teams now make it versus one when they were pitching. :sweat:
hitomi #1 wrote: makes you wonder how many wins would Ford, Gibson, Koufax and a few others would have had if they could have pitched an extra 2 rounds, plus 4 teams now make it versus one when they were pitching.
One of my all-time :crazy: sports statistics is Sandy Koufax' World Series numbers: ERA of 0.95 and won/lost record of 4-3. How the hell do you lose 3 games out of 7 with an ERA under 1??? :bonk:
One of my all-time :crazy: sports statistics is Sandy Koufax' World Series numbers: ERA of 0.95 and won/lost record of 4-3. How the hell do you lose 3 games out of 7 with an ERA under 1??? :bonk:
I know the final game he ever pitched was in the '66 WS against the Orioles and lost 1-0...let me check his other 2 losses..... checked, he lost in the '65 WS against the Twins 2-1, but his other 2 starts were shutouts, in 1959 he lost to the White Sox 1-0, so he allowed only 4 runs in 3 starts but when your team only scores once.... :puppydog:
Bob Gibson was 7-2 in 9 WS starts but with 8(!!) CGs, more than most staffs have in a whole season these days. :bow:
This site has some good stats, even broke down all their post season games.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/
gaijinmark wrote:One of my all-time :crazy: sports statistics is Sandy Koufax' World Series numbers: ERA of 0.95 and won/lost record of 4-3. How the hell do you lose 3 games out of 7 with an ERA under 1??? :bonk:
Knowing the weak-hitting Dodger clubs of the 60's (and throughout L.A. Dodger history for that matter), that's not surprising. :sweat:
HOF b-days over the weekend, Hammerin' Hank turned 77 on Saturday and new elected Alomar turned 43. And yesterday, if he was still alive the Bambino would have been 116 years old. :bow: Found a short interview with Ichiro from the Kyodo News done somewhat recently. :blahblah:
http://www.japantoday.com/category/sports/view/ichiro-looks-back-on-10th-season-in-majors
PITTSBURGH – Chuck Tanner, the relentlessly upbeat manager who led the "We Are Family" Pittsburgh Pirates in 1979 to one of the greatest comebacks in World Series history, died Friday after a long illness. He was 82.
He died at his home in his hometown of New Castle, Pa., where he had been in hospice care.
"In baseball, we will remember his eternal optimism and his passion for the game," Tanner's son, Bruce, said in a statement.
Renowned for his never-wavering confidence and an inherent belief that no deficit was too large to overcome, Tanner managed the White Sox, Athletics, Pirates and Braves to a record of 1,352-1,381 from 1970-88. He won one division title and finished second five times.
"It's hard to win a pennant," Tanner once said, "but it's harder to lose one."
Tanner's irrepressible faith was tested in the '79 Series when Pittsburgh fell behind favored Baltimore 3-1. Facing possible elimination in Game 5 in Pittsburgh, Tanner awoke to learn his mother had died in a nursing home in New Castle.
Saying his mother would have wanted him to do his job, Tanner stayed with his team and took a huge gamble by starting left-hander Jim Rooker, who had won four games all season, rather than future Hall of Famer Bert Blyleven. Rooker held the Orioles to one run over five innings, and the Pirates, led by aging star Willie Stargell, went on to sweep the final three games.
They need him and Beckett to perform like they're capable of, Dice-K needs to learn to start throwing strikes, batters have adjusted to him but in turn he hasn't made the right adjustments. Sox are gonna score plenty of runs this year, if those 2 can pitch at least halfway decent then they should win in a romp. :bow:
^^ :mrgreen: Just around the corner is right, most team's training camps start today.
New book that is out, looks interesting, no records set in the game but this is something which will never happen again. :shakehead:
Even before their epic pitching duel, Juan Marichal and Warren Spahn already had a lot in common. Future Hall of Famers with high-kicking deliveries, they were shaped into winners by character-building experiences in the military. Spahn had been baseball's winningest pitcher in the 1950s, and Marichal would be equally dominant in the 1960s. Juan's and Spahn's incredible performances on July 2, 1963, would forever link their names together in baseball history. The Braves' Spahn and the Giants' Marichal began their duel at 8:21 PM in San Francisco's cold and windy Candlestick Park. Four hours later, at 12:30 AM the two pitching legends were deadlocked in a scoreless tie when Willie Mays, with one out and no one on, hit a walk-off home run to end the greatest game ever pitched. In between, Juan and Spahn each threw more than 200 pitches and went 16 innings without relief. Considering today's culture of pitch counts and coddled arms, it was a night we won't see repeated ever again. In The Greatest Game Ever Pitched, author Jim Kaplan weaves the 1963 contest through a dual biography of its principals in a book that is sure to be a home run with baseball fans everywhere. [image]
Wow, gave up a lot of dingers, wonder whatever happened to him? :beatyou:
"Spahn and Sain and Pray for Rain" First we'll use Spahn then we'll use Sain Then an off day followed by rain Back will come Spahn followed by Sain And followed we hope by two days of rain.
The poem was inspired by the performance of Spahn and Sain during the Braves' 1948 pennant drive. The team swept a Labor Day doubleheader, with Spahn throwing a complete 14-inning win in the opener, and Sain pitching a shutout in the second game. Following two off days, it did rain. Spahn won the next day, and Sain won the day after that. Three days later, Spahn won again. Sain won the next day. After one more off day, the two pitchers were brought back, and won another doubleheader. The two pitchers had gone 8–0 in 12 days' time.
:applaud:
hitomi #1 wrote:
They need him and Beckett to perform like they're capable of, Dice-K needs to learn to start throwing strikes, batters have adjusted to him but in turn he hasn't made the right adjustments. Sox are gonna score plenty of runs this year, if those 2 can pitch at least halfway decent then they should win in a romp. :bow:
Dice-K definitely looks like he's in the best shape, since coming here.
The entire pitching staff needs to step up this year.
Dice-K definitely looks like he's in the best shape, since coming here.
The entire pitching staff needs to step up this year.
Well, 3 out of the 5 starters do, Lester and Buchholz are 2 of the best in the league, both could contend for the Cy Young for many years, however, unless there's 3 days of rain after they pitch... :naughty:
hitomi #1 wrote:
Well, 3 out of the 5 starters do, Lester and Buchholz are 2 of the best in the league, both could contend for the Cy Young for many years, however, unless there's 3 days of rain after they pitch... :naughty:
I wasn't just talking about the starters. Although, I'm not happy that the highest paid pitchers were also the worst last year. :beaten:
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