The whole jinx thing doesn't work if you're secretly rooting against it. It only works if you're a well-meaning r****d who gets carried away.
I was rooting for him, but that last strike out seemed very "weak" IMO. Oh well, congratulations. I still don't think it was necessary to show the 9th over the Astros game. Maybe if he had a perfect game going on
sure it was. i'd rather see the last few innings of a potential no hitter than anything else.i even switched from new orleans/san antonio.
The future for the Boston Red Sox looks bright indeed! Poooor Yankees. I have nothing to complain about these days.
What a great story! I'm very happy for the guy. Very special. I say that as someone who strongly dislikes the Red Sox.
What the hell are you talking about? I "redefined" another topic yet again. You're acting as if No-Hitters are the best thing in the world. When I look at a pitcher's stats I tend to look at only the ERA, innings pitched, and BB. I understand a no hitter will result in a shutout 99.99% of the time, but why do shutouts fail to get this much recognition? They are the exact same thing in my books. I can't even name a single player on the Royals and I couldn't care less about the Red Sox (unless when it's time for them to beat the Yankees in the playoffs). I'm sitting there trying to watch the Astros (in a one run game) and they decide all of a sudden that a 7 run blowout with a potential no hitter warrants air time over the Astros. That is very rude. Like I said before, I could understand if he had a perfect game going, but he had two walks and there was already an error. Big whoop! When you look at this game at the end of the season, all you're going to remember is the Red Sox getting the victory and Lester being the winning pitcher. And that's basically it. I'm happy for him because not many pitchers can tell their kids they threw a no hitter in the big leagues, but I just don't care enough about him, his opponent, or his team to make a big deal about nothing. If I were a Red Sox fan, then that's a different story altogether. It's really that simple.
Dude...doesn't matter what team and what player it is, but if there is a chance for a no-hitter and that game is going into the 9th inning, ESPN will always go to the game with the possible no-hitter over whatever game they are showing at the time. And it has nothing to do with being a Red Sox fan, Astros fan, Cubs fan, etc. - it has to do with being a fan of baseball in general and the majority of fans of baseball in general will tell you that they wouldn't mind having their game interrupted by one that has a possible no-hitter. Hell, I wouldn't care if the game I'm watching is interrupted by another game in which a player has a chance to hit his 4th homer of the game. And players hitting 4 homers in a game is a lot rarer than a no-hitter.
bad time to brag? But I picked this guy up on my fantasy team 2 hours before lineups were set for the week.
