General 2011 Other Games Thread

[Ski]

To the 18th. This is fantastic.

[BCVM22]

Infielder Wilson Valdez about to take the mound for the Phillies in the top of the 19th. Love it.

[OleMissCub]

Valdez is throwing gas

[BCVM22]

Valdez retires Votto on a flyout, just barely grazes Rolen's jersey, gets Bruce to fly out and retires pitcher Carlos Fisher on a pop out.

 

I am amused by this game! Bring me a goblet of your finest wine and a platter of your finest meats and cheeses!

[Ski]

And Valdez pitches a scoreless inning!

 

Phillies are definitely walking off here. The stadium is crazy.

[Ski]

Also, Valdez vs Fisher will go down as one of the most historic matchups ever.

[BCVM22]

Raul Ibanez with the game-winning sac fly and Wilson Valdez is your winning pitcher, 1-0 with a spotless ERA of 0.00.

 

I love this sport so much.

[Ski]

Agreed. This is why baseball is fantastic. In no other sport will you see this much variety, possibilities, or fun.

[BCVM22]

In no other sport will you see this much variety, possibilities, or fun.

 

Nope. Football's the closest and even then, the most you'll see is an offensive skill player running the Wildcat, or someone checking in to catch a TD pass or a receiver playing DB against the deep threat. Not nearly as entertaining.

[Sosa21MVP]

RIP Carlos Fisher's pitching arm. 95 pitches.

[Ski]

And the Giants/Marlins go to the 10th! Come on, I want baseball until 3 AM!

[BCVM22]

This'll probably get its own "Buster Posey injured" thread in the morning, but Buster Posey got racky-tacked on a reasonably clean play at the plate in the Marlins/Giants game. Looked real bad for the ankle, he's getting x-rays as I type, and the mood in the Giants clubhouse is described as "funereal".

 

The play:

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=15201509

[Guest]

Not quite as gruesome as some of the snapped legs that have happened in soccer but that's a replay I don't want to see again.

[Little Slide Rooter]

This would be as good a place as any to mention that Corey Patterson single handedly terrorized the White Sox in their weekend series including a walk off bomb in the 14th Saturday and a 2 run shot yesterday. He raised his line to a healthy .287/.320/.450

[C.C.]

What is Danks problem? So he threw his bat down out of frustration. So what?!

[NCCubFan]

Methinks Danks should worry more about his pitching.

[BCVM22]

Giants/Cardinals in St. Louis, bottom of the 11th, Giants up 7-5, 2 outs and a runner at first and Brian Wilson has a 2-1 count on the batter.

 

What happens? A bank of lights goes out and the game has to be delayed, where it still sits.

 

EDIT: 10 min later, the game resumes, next pitch is a groundout, game over. Take that, Cardinals.

[Derwood]

remember when the Red Sox were 2-10?

[Guest]

Verlander has a no-hitter through six against Cleveland.

 

Going to the seventh now.

 

EDIT: Through seven. Only baserunners are a HBP in the first and a walk in the seventh.

[erik316wttn]

Verlander has a no-hitter through six against Cleveland.

 

Going to the seventh now.

 

EDIT: Through seven. Only baserunners are a HBP in the first and a walk in the seventh.

 

He'll be joining the very exclusive "Two no-hitters in one season" club if he pulls it off. Only what, like 6 or 7 other guys?

[Guest]

Looks like five guys have thrown two in one season.

 

Also, only five guys in history have ever thrown three or more no-hitters in a career. Larry Corcoran was one, though he played in the 1800's. The other four? Ryan, Koufax, Feller and Young.

 

And as I'm typing this, Orlando Cabrera singles to center with one out in the eighth.

[erik316wttn]

Well [expletive].

[BCVM22]

It's really gotta suck to have your no-hitter broken up by a no-hitter like Orlando Cabrera.

[Little Slide Rooter]

It's really gotta suck to have your no-hitter broken up by a no-hitter like Orlando Cabrera.

 

Cant be worse than having your perfect game broken up by some guy whose name I cant even think of and probably isnt even in the majors anymore and he should have been out and now your not even in the majors anymore.

[Guest]

Nationals just swept the Cards on a Danny Espinosa walkoff 3-run homer in the 10th.