maveric
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Mon May-22-06 10:58 PM
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Poll question: Greatest Single Game Pitching Performance? |
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Edited on Mon May-22-06 11:04 PM by maveric
Here are just a few of my favorites.
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Mon May-22-06 11:01 PM
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1. Man, what about Jack Morris's 10-inning shutout in game 7 of 1991 series? |
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I'm a Twins fan, and I'm definitely biased, but come on. It's right up there with the best ever.
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Mon May-22-06 11:04 PM
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That was the other game I was trying to remember!
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Mon May-22-06 11:07 PM
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And I voted for him. That worked well.
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Mon May-22-06 11:05 PM
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3. I thought Josh Becket was incredible (for Marlins vs. Yanks) in the |
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Series a few years ago, seemed unhittable.
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Mon May-22-06 11:19 PM
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5. That was a good performance. |
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But 12 perfect innings is unbelievable! And the poor guy isnt even credited with a no-hitter after a rule change about 10 years ago.
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Mon May-22-06 11:39 PM
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6. Ya, but since I actually WATCHED Becket (on TV) do it, and not only |
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that, against my most hated team, it has special resonance with me.
I'd probably go with Gibson, but again I didn't see it.
I seem to remember Dave Stewart with the A's mowing down a bunch of SF Giants during the Subway/Earthquake series, games I saw on TV again...
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Mon May-22-06 11:52 PM
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Sandy Koufax's perfect game against the Cubs was a masterpiece, but how do you top 12 perfect innings?
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Mon May-22-06 11:53 PM
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8. Definitely Doc Ellis' acid no-no. |
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Mon May-22-06 11:54 PM
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9. While it won't make the list... |
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Edited on Mon May-22-06 11:58 PM by regnaD kciN
...the most impressive performance I've ever seen live was Jerry Reuss's one-hitter for the Dodgers against the Astros in early 1982.
What makes that performance so spectacular was that Reuss allowed the one hit on a double by Art Howe with two out in the first. In the second, one of the Houston batters hit a fly ball to the outfield. From that point on, not a single ball was hit out of the infield -- every Houston at-bat resulted in either a strikeout, grounder, or pop-up to an infielder.
:wow:
I should also mention "the greatest pitching performance that almost was"...Billy Rohr's major-leage debut for the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in the third game of the 1967 season. Rohr came within one strike of a no-hitter (unprecedented for a rookie making his first start) before Elston Howard got a hit with two out in the ninth. About a week later, Rohr beat the Yankees again, this time at Fenway Park...and never won another major-league game thereafter. :shrug:
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