Clay Buchholz...

[Flames24Rulz]

I'd lead with the no hitter too, every year at least one ranked team loses early, some seasons go by without a no hitter and well baseball matters more than college football.

 

A I-AA team has NEVER beat a ranked I-A team. How that did not lead off SC is completely asinine.

[Alfonso Soriano]

I'd lead with the no hitter too, every year at least one ranked team loses early, some seasons go by without a no hitter and well baseball matters more than college football.

There have been 3 No-Hitters THIS YEAR

Not often a 1-AA team beats Michigan in the Big House

 

You can't divide it into just Michigan though, no rookie SP has thrown a no hitter for Boston ever as far as I know, I mean if you break it down by team its just as amazing. Some guy threw a no hitter in his 2nd start ever, that is amazing. Some overrated football team lost a game early, big whup.

 

But thats just me.

Anibal Sanchez just did it last year for the Florida Marlins as a rookie.

I am sure if he did that today the Michigan game would lead of SportsCenter since ESPN could care less about the Marlins

[Guest]

after seeing the press conference, I have to ask, what other 14 year olds have thrown a no-hitter?

[soccer10k]

I'd lead with the no hitter too, every year at least one ranked team loses early, some seasons go by without a no hitter and well baseball matters more than college football.

 

No-hitters happen every year. No-hitters by rookies even happen occasionally.

 

Yes ranked teams lose early every year also but to 1-A teams. This is the first time in the history of the 1-A/1-AA split that a 1-AA team has beaten a ranked 1-A team. At the very least it was one of the top-5 upsets in college football and was probably the biggest upset in the history of college football.

[soccer10k]

I also thought it was interesting that Buchholz was drafted as a sandwich pick the Red Sox received when Pedro Martinez went to the Mets.

[XZero771679666304]

I'd lead with the no hitter too, every year at least one ranked team loses early, some seasons go by without a no hitter and well baseball matters more than college football.

 

No-hitters happen every year. No-hitters by rookies even happen occasionally.

 

Yes ranked teams lose early every year also but to 1-A teams. This is the first time in the history of the 1-A/1-AA split that a 1-AA team has beaten a ranked 1-A team. At the very least it was one of the top-5 upsets in college football and was probably the biggest upset in the history of college football.

 

I really wasn't shocked, nor am I now that Michigan lost. Pleasantly surprised, but not shocked. Michigan was very overrated, and Appalachian State is probably better than 20% of D1 teams.

 

If it were USC or something, that would be shocking.

[chuckywang]

I'd lead with the no hitter too, every year at least one ranked team loses early, some seasons go by without a no hitter and well baseball matters more than college football.

There have been 3 No-Hitters THIS YEAR

Not often a 1-AA team beats Michigan in the Big House

 

You can't divide it into just Michigan though, no rookie SP has thrown a no hitter for Boston ever as far as I know, I mean if you break it down by team its just as amazing. Some guy threw a no hitter in his 2nd start ever, that is amazing. Some overrated football team lost a game early, big whup.

 

But thats just me.

 

Hell, the Cards have had 2 rookie no-hitters the past 8 years.....shouldn't surprise anyone though, that damned franchise.

[XZero771679666304]

I'd lead with the no hitter too, every year at least one ranked team loses early, some seasons go by without a no hitter and well baseball matters more than college football.

There have been 3 No-Hitters THIS YEAR

Not often a 1-AA team beats Michigan in the Big House

 

You can't divide it into just Michigan though, no rookie SP has thrown a no hitter for Boston ever as far as I know, I mean if you break it down by team its just as amazing. Some guy threw a no hitter in his 2nd start ever, that is amazing. Some overrated football team lost a game early, big whup.

 

But thats just me.

 

Hell, the Cards have had 2 rookie no-hitters the past 8 years.....shouldn't surprise anyone though, that damned franchise.

 

And both of those pitchers went straight into the toilet, which is some consolation.

[Tomarken]

I'd lead with the no hitter too, every year at least one ranked team loses early, some seasons go by without a no hitter and well baseball matters more than college football.

There have been 3 No-Hitters THIS YEAR

Not often a 1-AA team beats Michigan in the Big House

 

You can't divide it into just Michigan though, no rookie SP has thrown a no hitter for Boston ever as far as I know, I mean if you break it down by team its just as amazing. Some guy threw a no hitter in his 2nd start ever, that is amazing. Some overrated football team lost a game early, big whup.

 

But thats just me.

 

Hell, the Cards have had 2 rookie no-hitters the past 8 years.....shouldn't surprise anyone though, that damned franchise.

 

And both of those pitchers went straight into the toilet, which is some consolation.

 

I apologize if I haven't read this thread closely enough, but Buchholz has posted some really nice Minor League stats, almost Rich Hill-like with the rate stats like K/9 and H/9. Although I have no idea what Buchholz has for a pitch repertoire, I think he has a great chance to sustain his early success.

[NCCubFan]

Hell, the Cards have had 2 rookie no-hitters the past 8 years.....shouldn't surprise anyone though, that damned franchise.

 

And both of those pitchers went straight into the toilet, which is some consolation.

One of them (Jiminez) went right back to the minor leagues after pitching his no-no.

[Soul]

Hell, the Cards have had 2 rookie no-hitters the past 8 years.....shouldn't surprise anyone though, that damned franchise.

 

And both of those pitchers went straight into the toilet, which is some consolation.

One of them (Jiminez) went right back to the minor leagues after pitching his no-no.

 

Z had a no-hitter. It was just stolen from him by the ump that day.

[Vanilla Ice]

if it was a devil ray, would it have?

 

Of course not. If Tim Lincecum threw a 22 K perfect game, it wouldn't have led off Sportscenter.

 

I was not aware that Lincecum was now a Devil Ray. :roll:

[AubCubFan]

Is it just me, or was that a gimme call on the last pitch of the game? Seriously, the ump hesitated then gave him the slow punch out. Its clear to anyone that watched that was a gimme call.

[David]

if it was a devil ray, would it have?

 

Of course not. If Tim Lincecum threw a 22 K perfect game, it wouldn't have led off Sportscenter.

 

I was not aware that Lincecum was now a Devil Ray. :roll:

 

:?: I don't think he said he was... But he is on a team that is neither the Yankees nor the Red Sox.

[Outshined_One]

if it was a devil ray, would it have?

 

Of course not. If Tim Lincecum threw a 22 K perfect game, it wouldn't have led off Sportscenter.

 

I was not aware that Lincecum was now a Devil Ray. :roll:

 

:?: I don't think he said he was... But he is on a team that is neither the Yankees nor the Red Sox.

 

Yeah, that. My point was that another non-Yankee non-Red Sox rookie phenom could have had an even better performance than Buchholz's and it wouldn't have led off Sportscenter.