This basically summed it up for me but don't forget the 8 pickoff throws while Hiura, the 500 OPS monster, was at the plate. Just horsefeathering focus on the [expletive] hitter, not Jace horsefeathering Peterson.
Statcast says Ohtani's 116 mph line shot off the catwalk above the RCF bleachers in Tampa only went 453 feet. I have my doubts. What a monster shot hooooly shiiiit
Which means there's no way in hell he did NOT know he was coming into a no-hitter, as he was extra amped in a 4-0 game. By his reaction to the final out it sure didn't seem like he knew. I believe the pen. There were a lot of baserunners so if they weren't paying close attention (as has been said you can't see the scoreboard from the pen) I could see how they didn't realize what was happening.
This was really a master class in suppressing hard contact. Only 3 BIP over 100, 6 over 90. Really only Taylor's lineout in B1 looked like a hit off the bat but that didn't even reach the track IIRC.
They had no horsefeathering chance after that walk. Straight dirty. I was there for Jake's, lapping up all the fans tears. This one had way too many walks to be all that exciting for me.
This team is slow. It was fun catching teams by surprise early on with the steals but holy horsefeathers give it up already. 66% SB rate is horsefeathering horrible, David.
Growth from Pat Williams and acquiring a PG would push them into playoff territory. Probably not enough to get them past the first round but Knicks fans had a lot to be excited over this year and unless you get another true superstar you usually need to crawl before you run They need some more shooters and big improvement on defense. How realistic are the chances of getting Lonzo?