(briefly) Revisiting Mike Scott's amazing 4-game run in 1986

http://joeposnanski.si.com/2011/05/13/no-hitter-follow-up-acts/, for those who say, "link?"

Ric, did you just leave that post? I didn't see it among the posts at the bottom.

 

The best no-hitter follow-up was Don Wilson following Jim Maloney in 1969.

 

There was also an amazing two games leading up to Scott's no-hiiter, and a couple of games after (with one exception)

Deshaies complete game shutout, 2 hits, 10 Ks (struck out first 8 hitters), 1 walk.

Nolan Ryan, 8 innings 1 hit, 12 Ks, no runs (6 no hit innings)

Scott's game

Matt Keough had a poor game

Darwin, Andersen and Kerfeld combined on a 7 hit shutout with 13 Ks.

Deshaies, Lopez, Kerfeld and Smith combined on a 6 hit shutout.

and in the last game of the season (a week or so later), Knepper retired all 15 men he faced, but was pulled to prepare for the playoffs.

 

Im sure you were there with the grandkids then ...Amazin stat none the less

 

"Matt Keough". Wow; that was blotted entirely from my memory banks. And I paid attention to every pitch of the '86 season.

 

Nah...i listened to that one back in the days when an AM transistor radio was a treasured possession.

I did have tickets to Scott's game, but we were out of town so we gave them to my wife's mother and grandmother.

 

Good times...I was 7 and was barely getting into sports, specially baseball, and remember the buzz. Awesome lead in to the best post-season series in baseball history.

 

you gave your tickets to Scotty's no-no to the outlaws! gaahhh man that hurts!! :grin:

I listened to every pitch of that game on my clock radio (with the flippy-digits and the knobs on the side).

 

I was 10. It was the year I started my true fandom with Houston sports. The Rockets had just been to the finals and then this awesome season by the Astros. I still remember the shot of Jose Cruz in the dugout shedding a tear after the game 6 loss to the Mets. It was the first time I cried because of a sporting event and the first time I legitimately hated a team (the Mets).

 

this. i remember my 3rd grade teacher letting me bring my small tv to class to watch one of the finals games (still weird to me that the game was on during a weekday) and my 4th grade teacher letting me bring it to watch one of the nlcs games.

 

Yep...86 was pretty special in Houston. I think my first Houston heartache was game 3 when Dykstra destroyed Dave Smith and turned the series around. As painful as game 6 was for me, there was a certain satisfaction about pushing these bullys from NY to the brink of cracking and the fear they must have had, realizing they were 2 outs away from having to face Mike FREAKING Scott for the right to go to the Series.

Actually, being so close and yet so far made me happy to just be in the 2005 WS and the sweep really didn't destroy me. Now, I still suffered being so close in every game but just could never get a hit when most needed.

 

86 was special, but I was hooked wayyy before then.

I swear you kids are young.

 

I was 7-8 then from what I remember and my favorite player was Glen Davis.
I remember Kevin Bass, Terry Puhl, Billy Hatcher, Denny Walling, Alan Ashby, Dickie Thon, Jose Cruz, Nolan Ryan, Mike Scott, Bob Knepper, Jim Deshasies, Larry Anderson, Danny Darwin, Bill Doran, Craig Reynolds, Jim Pankovits, Charlie Kerfeld and Dave Smith. This was the first team that I really started watching baseball and collecting baseball cards.

I remember the first time I heard that Terry Puhl was Canadian, I was like, wth Canadians play baseball I thought they only played Hockey..... LOL

Side note, I use to try to emulate Mike Scott's delivery on most pitches and for some reason when it came to the slider, I went with Larry Anderson's delivery... I emulated Glen Davis's batting stance from the right side and when batting left handed I emulated Eric Anthony's(he came later on, but I was a fan for some reason)

good memories!

 

late 70s early 80s, I used to throw the ball against the spring-backstop in the back yard and pretend it was Astros v Braves. Had their entire lineups memorized. Hated the Braves then (even though the chief rival was the Dodgers) and still do now.

 

Man, I miss the days when the Astros were good.

DD

 

I imitated Ryan's delivery and Bass' stance but for whatever reason my favorite guy to imitate was Dennis Martinez.

 

I used to hate the Mets...still do. Braves have become a close 2nd followed by the Cubbies.

 

I gave away tickets to Scott's no hitter, Dierker's (forgot the reason), Forsch's (more important late season Rocket's game) and Ryan's (brother in laws wedding).