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Those Reds tweets aren't too bad either. I like professional organizations that don't take themselves too seriously.
Managers only letting starters push big pinch counts when they have a good reason to these days has to be a factor in that.
Verducci is a great writer and that is a fascinating read on Arietta. It really struck me how much Adair tinkered with, and seemingly messed up, Arietta in Baltimore. Also found the focus on Pilates interesting. He's a ringing endorsement for what Pilates can do for you if you do it right.
Just want to echo that the Arietta article was outstanding. I didn't have as much time to watch games last year, so didn't get to see him much, but he is definitely in the "appointment viewing" class of pitchers now.
Through 7, but up to 100 pitches.
I've noticed that the announcers talk openly about a no-hitter these days. That superstition appears to be about dead, which is fine with me.
I've noticed that the announcers talk openly about a no-hitter these days. That superstition appears to be about dead, which is fine with me.
Mattingly has been shown to be overmatched at times as a manager but that was the right decision. No hitters are fantastic but long, healthy and lucrative careers are far more valuable.
Even that example proves the point - Santana was actually perfectly fine for 3 starts after his no-hitter (ERA ~3); then he had his ankle stepped on with a play at 1B, tried to pitch through an ankle injury, and messed up his mechanics and shoulder.
The two this year have been a bit odd (young pitchers going way above their typical pitch counts), but I really hope this trend reverses at some point, it's a shame to not give pitchers the chance to complete historical games (I was quite honestly pretty happy when Dave Roberts' pitching change blew up in his face a couple weeks ago)
This isn't really accurate, he was lousy for the next two starts (10 ERs in 10 innings), then he had three good starts, then he got hurt in the game after that as he was being hammered (the July 6 start).
I'm not sure how much his ankle is really to blame, though, he didn't go on the DL for another two weeks and he continued to pitch (badly) through it. Then he only stayed on the DL for three weeks, came back for two terrible starts and his career was over. All in all, he had a 8.27 ERA over 10 starts after his no-hitter and never pitched in the bigs again.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?id=santajo02&t=p&year=2012
Is there a more inappropriate and depressing location to potentially throw the game of your life than the Oakland Coliseum? 3pm on a Thursday afternoon with no-one watching and in a bowl of a stadium, miles away from any home support.
Ok, so the perfect game has gone and Lewis probably wouldn't give a damn if he gets a no-hitter but it's just so lame an atmosphere.
Ok, so the perfect game has gone and Lewis probably wouldn't give a damn if he gets a no-hitter but it's just so lame an atmosphere.
Strasburg through 6 1/3, but it's his first game back from the DL and he's at 102 pitches. Dusty should be fired if he leaves him in much longer.