Re: How many Red Sox fans are cursing Eric Patterson...

[Abe Frohman]

...and calling him an "ex-Cub" tonight, after dropping that fly ball to break up Leister's perfect game?

 

Wow.

[TruffleShuffle]

probably not many since he gave up 4 hits and a walk after that.

[17 Seconds]

wasn't it in like the 6th inning

[Hairyducked Idiot]

New rule that all baseball fans should adopt: It's not really a potential no-hitter or perfect game until the 8th inning.

[CincyCubsFan]

Yea, I keep seeing game recaps on Sportscenter where the on-air personality is talking about Pitcher X "taking a no-hitter into the fifth inning." Yawn.

[Soul]

LOL, he made it to the 5th or 6th inning? ESPN all over that one as long as its Boston.

[lumafia]

I guess a guy is technically "working on" a no-hitter after the first pitch, as long as the first pitch hasn't resulted in a hit.

[Soul]

In other news (the kind that will interest more than just fans of the East Coast), there have actually been plenty of real no-hitters this year to be excited about, none of them involving Boston:

 

I'm sure everyone here is aware of them, but here's the list anyway:

 

American League

July 26 -- Matt Garza, Tampa Bay vs. Detroit, 5-0

May 9 -- x-Dallas Braden, Oakland vs. Tampa Bay, 4-0

National League

June 26 -- Edwin Jackson, Arizona at Tampa Bay, 1-0

May 29 -- x-Roy Halladay, Philadelphia at Florida, 1-0

April 17 -- Ubaldo Jimenez, Colorado at Atlanta, 4-0

x-perfect game

 

2 perfect games, no less.

[17 Seconds]

x - Armando Galarraga

[imb]

In other news (the kind that will interest more than just fans of the East Coast), there have actually been plenty of real no-hitters this year to be excited about, none of them involving Boston:

 

I'm sure everyone here is aware of them, but here's the list anyway:

 

American League

July 26 -- Matt Garza, Tampa Bay vs. Detroit, 5-0

May 9 -- x-Dallas Braden, Oakland vs. Tampa Bay, 4-0

National League

June 26 -- Edwin Jackson, Arizona at Tampa Bay, 1-0

May 29 -- x-Roy Halladay, Philadelphia at Florida, 1-0

April 17 -- Ubaldo Jimenez, Colorado at Atlanta, 4-0

x-perfect game

 

2 perfect games, no less.

 

bring back steroids, this [expletive] sucks

[Soul]

x - Armando Galarraga

 

Yes, yes.

 

Technically 2 PGs. Take out bad ump calls and no replay to correct them -- it's 3.

[wekim81]

x - Armando Galarraga

 

Yes, yes.

 

Technically 2 PGs. Take out bad ump calls and no replay to correct them -- it's 3.

The further we get away from that night - the worse i feel for Galarraga. I mean, he sucks, and is pretty much a AAAA player, a journeyman. That was going to be the high point of his career. I guess it still is, but he really got hosed.