07-23-2009, 04:01 PM
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by united
My mistake!
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Hahahaha sorry. It's the internet. We're like crows on raw meat.
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07-23-2009, 04:39 PM
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#22
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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The Double Secret Perfect Game:
81 pitches, 81 strikes
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07-23-2009, 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by troutman
The Double Secret Perfect Game:
81 pitches, 81 strikes
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Only Brendan Fraser has acheived that....
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07-23-2009, 04:48 PM
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Franchise Player
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I couldn't imagine watching a perfect game, how tense you would be in the final three innings.
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07-23-2009, 04:52 PM
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In the Sin Bin
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Remember Pedro Martinez' perfect game, and the classic call by Dave Van Horne.
Roy Halladay's nearly no-no in his 2nd career start, and Dave Stieb losing no hitters in the 9th inning in consecutive starts.
Some day I hope to see a no hitter in Calgary... just to prove it can be done at Foothills.
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07-23-2009, 05:06 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Remember Pedro Martinez' perfect game, and the classic call by Dave Van Horne.
Roy Halladay's nearly no-no in his 2nd career start, and Dave Stieb losing no hitters in the 9th inning in consecutive starts.
Some day I hope to see a no hitter in Calgary... just to prove it can be done at Foothills.
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I was at the 2nd of those almost no hitters by Stieb.
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07-23-2009, 05:21 PM
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In the Sin Bin
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Wasn't one of those nearly a perfect game too?
Edit: nope. His consecutive broken up no hit bids were in 1988 (both with two outs and two strikes), and his perfect game was broken up in 89, again with two outs.
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07-23-2009, 05:24 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Sec 216
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What is the better perfect game?
27 pitches, 27 outs? (ie all ground outs and fly outs) or 81 strikes, 27 strikeouts (not necessarily zero balls)?
I think doing it in fewer pitches is cool but harder to throw 27 consecutive strikeouts.
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07-23-2009, 05:51 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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I'm not sure. I was going to say it would be harder to throw 27Ks (no balls) simply because if you throw all strikes these hitters are good enough that they won't take too long to get a hold of at least one.
But with 27 pitches you are counting on the hitter actually putting it in play without a single wiff, tip or foul.
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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07-23-2009, 07:52 PM
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Fielders are amazing these days. Remember when a leaping catch over the wall to save a home run were a rare once a year amazing occurance?
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Don't want to shatter any myths, but this is an ongoing debate that has the most simple answer.
There has never, and i mean never, been as much coverage of major sports as there has been the last 10 years or so. As such, there have always been these kind of catches in baseball but there has never ever been so many caught on video. Hence, just not as many seen as there is now although I am demeaning niether.
When put into perspective, todays catch was unreal though. Emotions were high.
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07-23-2009, 07:53 PM
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In the Sin Bin
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Just imagine how much better that video would be if the announcers didn't completely blow...
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07-23-2009, 08:49 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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I watched Kevin Millwood throw a no hitter in 2003 in Philly. He could barely hold the ball in the ninth, walked the first batter on 4 pitches. I think the entire team went to the mound and settled him down. Still can't believe how lucky I was to see one live.
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07-23-2009, 09:00 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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I love how fast he works.
Same when Doc works - it just makes the entire game so much more enjoyable when you can pay attention and know the next pitch is just moments away.
When I saw in San Diego a few years ago I saw a game between the Padres/Cubs take 2:07
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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07-23-2009, 09:30 PM
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
I love how fast he works.
Same when Doc works - it just makes the entire game so much more enjoyable when you can pay attention and know the next pitch is just moments away.
When I saw in San Diego a few years ago I saw a game between the Padres/Cubs take 2:07
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That's only like 4-5 beers and a bag of peanuts, I would've asked for my money back.
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07-23-2009, 09:34 PM
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Redundant Minister of Redundancy
Self-Banned
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Originally Posted by transplant99
Don't want to shatter any myths, but this is an ongoing debate that has the most simple answer.
There has never, and i mean never, been as much coverage of major sports as there has been the last 10 years or so. As such, there have always been these kind of catches in baseball but there has never ever been so many caught on video. Hence, just not as many seen as there is now although I am demeaning niether.
When put into perspective, todays catch was unreal though. Emotions were high.
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I don't buy this. ESPN has been around for 30 years now. I've been watching TSN nightly for 18.
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07-23-2009, 09:41 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Moscow, ID
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What I love about baseball is the unique achievements like perfect games, the cycle etc.
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07-23-2009, 10:14 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Philtopia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Weiser Wonder
What I love about baseball is the unique achievements like perfect games, the cycle etc.
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Like a hattrick and shutout?
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07-23-2009, 10:16 PM
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Redundant Minister of Redundancy
Self-Banned
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Originally Posted by flamesaresmokin
Like a hattrick and shutout?
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There is no hockey equivalent to the perfect game.
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07-23-2009, 10:29 PM
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CrusaderPi
There is no hockey equivalent to the perfect game.
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How about : playoffs - 16 starts, 16 shut-outs?
In my mind, that would trump a perfect game.
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