MLB record 8th no-hitter of the season was just thrown by Tyler Gilbert: a 27 year old rookie in his 1st MLB start (4th game) against the Padres at the launching pad in Arizona none of that makes any sense, but it happened
And yet 3 million more people watched the meaningless HOF pre-season NFL game. Baseball shouldn't focus simply on ratings (nor should any sport in this day/age of streaming and consuming content remotely). They did do a very good production of the FOD game.
Now they need to make the Durham stadium look like the movie and have a game there. Something tells me they won't be doing an Eight Men Out celebration though
On this day in baseball, 1916, Babe Ruth beat Walter Johnson 1-0 in 13 innings. Both of course pitched the whole game. In 1975, Earl Weaver (one of my favorite baseball characters) got thrown out twice by the same umpire, first during game 1 of the DH, then again before the 2nd game started. Fun read: It made sense that Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver and American League umpire Ron Luciano would not get along. They were essentially polar opposites in demeanor; the volatile, fiesty Weaver took the game extremely seriously, while the larger Luciano was far more jovial, a self described fan on the field. In their first meeting in 1965, Luciano ejected Weaver from all four games of the series, including once while exchanging lineup cards. A beautiful hatred was born. https://calltothepen.com/2017/08/15/baltimore-orioles-history-earl-weaver-ejected-twice-one-day/
There’s no point in him practicing hitting if he can’t run or play the field…. Unless MLB adopted a new designated runner rule after the swing. The Astros honestly have not missed him in terms of playing winning baseball… but that’s also presuming the current core 7 they have stays healthy.
His sarcasm would be better received if he and the Astros could stick to one explanation or one timeline for more than 24 hours.
Look up the other 3 guys to throw a no hitter in first career start.... it's nuts. Baseball makes no sense.
I give you: Theodore Bretenstein (1891). Inarguably, the best of the bunch. Normal heavy innings guy for his time and posted a career 4.03 era. Of course, his career "only" lasted 11 seasons bc he surely blew his arm out by age 30 throwing 300-450ip each season. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/breitte01.shtml Bumpus Jones (1892). Just one year after good Ole Theo shoved it up the Louisville Colonels, Bumpus Jones turned up the heat on the Pittsburgh Pirates, winning 7-1 in a no hitter. Was the 22 yr old fire-baller on the fast track to super-stardom? Hell nah, dude became an absolute clown shoes after that game, posting a career 7.99 ERA (10.19 post no-hitter) and flaming out after just 2 seasons. I can only assume his no-hitter was completed with no less than 325 pitches, and the subsequent torn UCL that followed wasn't correctable at the time. He could have been a star, if not limited by the technology of his simpler time. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jonesbu01.shtml Bobo Holloman (1953). The 30 year old rookie took the league by storm, shutting down the Philadelphia Athletics 6-0. Late bloomer? Not even close. He finished that season with a 3-7 record and 5.23 ERA and never played Major League Baseball again. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hollobo01.shtml I've always been fascinated by baseball's absurdities. None of these things make sense, and yet, they happened. Remarkable, historical achievements that were in no way a predictor of future success. I just find it completely mind-blowing.
https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/cubs/sources-cubs-reds-play-2022-field-dreams-game-aug-11 Major league sources confirmed the Reds will be the Cubs’ opponent in next year’s Field of Dreams game in Dyersville, Iowa, one year after MLB staged the highly successful inaugural game that featured White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson’s walkoff homer into the corn to beat the Yankees. The plan, which has a few legal details left to iron out, calls for the Cubs and Reds to play at the Field of Dreams site Thursday, Aug. 11, take Friday off, and then conclude the three-game series Saturday and Sunday in Cincinnati, sources said. Both teams’ tentative 2022 schedules show Aug. 11 as an off day, but one source said that would be flipped with Friday’s scheduled series opener.
