2017 MLB Thread

[The Buscher]

The Mets have single-handedly gotten Judge back on track and the Yankees out of their slump.  You're welcome, @Meacon.

[Meacon Keaton]

 

2 minutes ago, Busch Strowman said:

The Mets have single-handedly gotten Judge back on track and the Yankees out of their slump.  You're welcome, @Meacon.

I was going to wait until the four game sweep to express my gratitude, but yeah, thank you.

[gunnar hendershow]

Manny Machado hit 3 HRs tonight including a walk-off grand slam.

Not bad.

[The Buscher]

We forgot to wish a happy anniversary yesterday to @damshow

[Meacon Keaton]

They had 'em until the start of the fourth. Oh what a day that was. Ten years ago right? Feels like yesterday.

[gunnar hendershow]

Game 1 of a doubleheader too (which probably is why it wound up getting as bad as it did). O's only used 4 pitchers in that game.

Today Zach Britton finally blew a save, first time in 23 months. He's also probably hurt.

[Draevyn]

What a crushing loss for Rich Hill tonight. 9 innings of perfection and then he gives up a walk off home run. Wow.

[Meacon Keaton]

All those big bats in that line-up and they couldn't get one run for the guy. Terrible. 

[The Buscher]

Finally got to a Mets game this year, latest into a season I've gone to a game since probably 2003.

Wilmer Flores got 4 ABs, which meant 4 times I found myself laughing at his walk-up music being the Friends theme.

[GhostMachine]

But....was he there for you? `Cause you were there for him, too.

 

 

[Twist]

Rich Hill surely gets credit in the history books for going 9 without a hit, right?

[ThrillhouseMAX]

4 hours ago, Twist said:

Rich Hill surely gets credit in the history books for going 9 without a hit, right?

Not sure. He gets credit in the history book for being the first pitcher to lose a no-hitter to a walk-off homer, though. 

 

Also, as a Mets fan I'm so very pissed at the returns they got for all the trades they made. I'm especially upset at losing Curtis Granderson, a personal favorite of mine. I really hope that Grandy can win him self a ring over there in LA. Expect bandwagony tendencies from me as I follow Grandy's Dodger career.

[Draevyn]

10 hours ago, Twist said:

Rich Hill surely gets credit in the history books for going 9 without a hit, right?

Your answer would be no.

A game that is a no-hitter through nine innings may be lost in extra innings. Under current rules, such a game is not considered an official no-hitter because the pitcher did not keep the opponent hitless for the entire course of the game.

[Twist]

Well that sucks for him.

[gunnar hendershow]

A 9+ inning no-hitter ending in a loss is so much more impressive than a no-hitter pitched by 3 or 4 different guys. They should rewrite the rules and count the damn thing, not his fault the rest of his team let him down with an error and not scoring runs. 

[Mx. Canadian Destroyer]

But it's not a no-hitter. Sure, he still went 9 innings without giving up a hit but he did give up a hit.

Also, his team may have given up an error but there was also a play by Utley that would have cost Hill his no-hitter. 

[Meacon Keaton]

Yeah, but his team also left eleven men on base. They should have been able to get run across.

[Draevyn]

The error didn't count against his no hitter. Nor did it result in the 1 run so I'm not sure why that's even being mentioned in contention to his No Hitter. Had they won, he still would have been credited with a no hitter.

[GhostMachine]

Michael Conforto dislocated his shoulder trying to hit a fastball, because he let go of the bat too early with his top hand. Ouch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Twist]

10 hours ago, Los Ingobernables De Forky said:

The error didn't count against his no hitter. Nor did it result in the 1 run so I'm not sure why that's even being mentioned in contention to his No Hitter. Had they won, he still would have been credited with a no hitter.

It counts towards a perfect 9 though, no? If they'd have got the run in the first 9, and Hill finished with a no-hitter and the error he wouldn't have been credited a perfect game.