Subject: Recent sports oddities
Date: Sun May 15 20:00:06 2022
User: _.!._
Message:But I cant clip n save it. Its more like save n clip or dislex slip n cave. Either way weird game. Not a first,just weird.
Date: Sun May 15 23:33:35 2022
User: BuzzClik
Message:Here you go:
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No hits, no prob: Bucs win with 0 hits, top Greene, Reds 1-0
PITTSBURGH -- — In what's quickly become a lost season for the Cincinnati Reds, this really was the ultimate misery.
Prized rookie Hunter Greene and reliever Art Warren combined to allow zero hits in a complete game, but it didn't count as a no-hitter — or even a win.
Instead, the Pittsburgh Pirates eked out a run in the bottom of the eighth inning on three walks and a groundout for a 1-0 victory Sunday.
"It would have been great to have a different result, but it is what it is," Greene said.
Ke'Bryan Hayes' RBI grounder helped the Pirates become the sixth team in big league history since 1901 to win despite not getting any hits. It last happened in 2008 when Jered Weaver and Jose Arredondo of the Angels lost while holding the Dodgers hitless.
By Major League Baseball record-keeping rules, Cincinnati's accomplishment isn't an official no-hitter because its pitchers didn't go at least nine innings.
Link: https://www.espn.com/mlb/recap?gameId=401354753
Date: Mon May 16 01:34:41 2022
User: TNmountainman
Message:Thats the first I've heard of that situation not counting as a no-hitter, but it *is* a rare circumstance. So that means that there can never be a no-hitter in these rinky-dink 7-inning "baseball light" doubleheader games, right - unless there's extra innings?
Reminds me of poor ol' Harvey Haddix.
And of course Ernie ("Let's-play-two") Banks rolls again in his grave..........
Date: Mon May 16 01:37:11 2022
User: Kaos
Message:I’m a huge Athletics (aka Track and Field) fan. A US high school sprinter may have run the fastest non-PED time ever in the 200 meters. Crazy fast. 19.49 seconds. I’m 99% convinced all faster times have benefited from PED’s. My only question is if US High School Athletics has the high level of drug testing as exists at the college and pro track levels. Erriyon Knighton is his name.
My big worry: You just can’t go below 19.6 without PED’s. Is he a cheat or a phenomenon?
Date: Mon May 16 02:11:38 2022
User: TNmountainman
Message:Wow! Have not heard of that dude. *Generally* speaking...........such testing is in the province of the academic authority concerned, which would be the local school board - so likely a very hit-and-miss situation. It's possible some states will test at the state level for state meets or something, but I don't have any info on that.
"Upon further review"..............looks like he's already turned pro. See link. He's also 6'3" - so really already "a full-grown man".
Read the last couple of paragraphs of that linked article. Aiding wind on that 19.49 was 1.4(m/s), so helped a tad but still legal.
How come this hasn't been bigger news?
Link: Erriyon Knighton and his speed
Date: Tue May 17 22:43:23 2022
User: TNmountainman
Message:Red Sox starter Nathan Eovaldi tonight became only the third pitcher in major league history to serve up 5 HRs in one inning. After a 3-up, 3-down first, the 'stros did the deed in Fenway. First time Houston had smacked 5 dingers in an inning, and first time the Bosox had allowed it. There were boos.
Eovaldi allowed only 15 HRs last season in 32 starts, but has allowed 14 already this season - the most in the majors.
And oh............the 'stros won 13-4.
Date: Wed May 18 01:35:06 2022
User: _.!._
Message:Was wondering how they beat em so badly. Five homers tend to do it. Gawd,I hate Houston.
Date: Wed May 18 02:01:40 2022
User: Klepp
Message:Their rookie looks like a future superstar...
Link: Jeremy Peña
Date: Wed May 18 14:21:22 2022
User: Klepp
Message:Some eighteen-year old male ran a sub-four minute mile recently...maybe the record is in his future...what, like 3:48 or something?
Date: Wed May 18 15:07:13 2022
User: BuzzClik
Message:Time will tell ...
Gary Martin's 3:57.98 is truly outstanding. Fourth fastest all-time for a U.S. high schooler outdoors and sixth overall.
The four minute barrier is not quite as huge as it once was. Martin is the third this year to break 4:00. Ryun broke it five times in high school, with his fastest being 3:55.3. Alan Webb holds the U.S. high school record with 3:53.43.
As for the overall record, Webb holds the U.S. record with a 3:46.91. The world record is 3:43.13 by Hicham El Guerrouj.
Date: Thu May 19 16:48:39 2022
User: Klepp
Message:You're never too old to bring your glove to the game...and if you're concurrently reporting on the game? Write with one and catch with the other...Lord gave most two...
Date: Fri May 20 03:37:34 2022
User: TNmountainman
Message:Altho I'm sure she knows sports, just from looking at her bridal shower pics...............................50-1 odds she throws like a girl. Altho sure enough, some girls who throw like girls can handle a glove pretty well.
And, if one read more about her............this wasn't the first time. She had her eye socket smashed not that long ago in a very similar incident. So yeah, bring your glove to the game - certainly if'n you're gonna be that close to the action. (Altho if done properly, most hard-hit balls can be caught bare-handed, if you know what you're doing.)
Date: Fri May 20 11:12:14 2022
User: _.!._
Message:Reporters with gloves? Too funny. Best she couldve done is keep an eye on each batter-or,at least,stand behind a protective netting. Oughta be a safety box where reporters can sit.
Date: Mon May 23 01:47:46 2022
User: _.!._
Message:If I could post it dept....did you see that Wiggins dunk! POW!,goodnight Dallas Mavericks.
Date: Mon May 23 02:11:40 2022
User: TNmountainman
Message:Yeah, but it *was* a foul on Wiggins. It was inadvertent, but he caught Doncic pretty good in the adam's apple with his off-arm. Was shocked they reversed the original (correct) call. I truly think they caved to the awesome 'sentiment'(?) of the moment. And it *may* have affected the outcome - altho not likely.
Reminded me of the one Morant threw down in the previous series. Which was actually a tad better.
Date: Mon May 23 21:02:05 2022
User: TNmountainman
Message:In the Eastern Conference NBA Finals, Miami just scored their first FG against the Celtics with 3:20 left in the1st quarter. . They had missed their first 14 shots, and were down 18-1.
Date: Mon May 23 21:15:56 2022
User: Klepp
Message:I suspect USFL football is doomed to failure...hard-core non-rich football fans are saving their cash to attend at the very least *one* NFL game, instead of any USFL mediocrity burning a hole in their pocket...then again, what the **** do I know? Ad and network cash backing might give it legs for three yrs....hard to imagine more...
Date: Mon May 23 23:28:34 2022
User: _.!._
Message:TNmountainman,you know what Iike about you-you dont miss s***. Perception is your strong point.
Date: Mon May 23 23:59:07 2022
User: TNmountainman
Message:Well.............I have my blind spots. Don't ask me about Broadway musicals or (most of) pop culture, for just a couple of examples
The Heat went on a scoring spree the rest of that first quarter - to get to 11: the lowest scoring of *any* quarter in their franchise history.
Date: Tue May 24 06:54:30 2022
User: _.!._
Message:Too silly!
Date: Fri Jun 17 12:39:46 2022
User: TNmountainman
Message:The Warriors 21-0 run last night in the first half was the longest in the Finals in over 50 years. Previous record in that time frame was 20-0, by the Warriors in game 2 in 2019. Somewhat curiously...................Curry bagged only 3 of those 21 points, being on the bench a good bit of that time.
Juan Toscano-Anderson is the first person of Mexican descent to win an NBA title - and he did it with his hometown team.
Jayson Tatum is the first player in NBA history with 100 turnovers in a single postseason. [Not that Tatum was somehow a huge drag on the Celtics. He had a bad 6th game, but Celtics wouldn't have won a lot of postseason games without him. He just always has a lot of touches.]
One could go on and on about the Curry superlatives, but I suspect most already know all or most of those.
Date: Fri Jun 17 13:30:02 2022
User: mrbuck
Message:Kyle Higashioka hit a 92.1 mph Daniel Norris fastball for a home run into the left field seats. Later in the same game Kyle Higashioka hit a 35.1 mph Frank Schwindel eephus pitch into the left field seats. This set a record for the greatest speed difference in two pitches hit for home runs in the same game by the same player. 57 mph.
mrbuck
Date: Fri Jun 17 13:41:48 2022
User: TNmountainman
Message:Wow. But how good was the radar during the career of Rip Sewell? Or for that matter, back in the 1890s, when Bill Phillips first used the eephus/ephus pitch, altho isn't so-credited?
Very interesting stat, tho.
Date: Fri Jun 17 14:07:54 2022
User: TNmountainman
Message:BTW......................Frank Schwindel is a "position player" (1B), not a regular pitcher, so that's an added tidbit. The Cubs are very short of decent pitching these days, and they were down something like 17-3(?) at the time, so..........
It's also not his first pitching experience. I think maybe his third(?).
Date: Fri Jul 15 02:27:33 2022
User: TNmountainman
Message:What this headline refers to is a little bit one of those "made-up" stats (and I'll let you all ferret that out) - but what's more noteworthy (imo) are his more general pitching stats over his last 6 starts: 0.45 ERA and 58 Ks in 39 2/3. That's Koufax-ian or Gibson-ian.
Link: Just more boring Ohtani superlatives
Date: Fri Jul 15 13:58:01 2022
User: mrbuck
Message:July 3rd, the Angels Taylor Ward hits a single. The left fielder tosses the ball to second base. Ward sees the first baseman ahead of him so he casually walks back to first when thew second baseman throws to the catcher Martín Maldonado who had snuck behind Taylor Ward. Maldonado tagged Ward out. It's the first time in MLB history that a hitter singled only to be tagged out by the catcher. If you're scoring at home that's a 9-4-2 putout.
mrbuck
Date: Fri Jul 15 14:02:00 2022
User: _.!._
Message:Truly,the element of SURPRISE. Hate when that happens.
Date: Fri Jul 15 14:12:21 2022
User: TNmountainman
Message:WOW. Now that's cool!! (Except if it was the leftfielder, then it would be 7-4-2, since I *am* scoring at home. Maybe it was the rightfielder?)
Date: Fri Jul 15 16:00:14 2022
User: _.!._
Message:Eew,its Houston-again,and the throw came from Tucker in right field. Correct,TNmountainman.
Date: Fri Jul 15 16:54:23 2022
User: TNmountainman
Message:It's possible mrbuck suffers from directional dyslexia - also known as directsylia - for which no shame is necessary. More likely........when mrbuck is not on the mound, he sometimes fills in in left field, as they like to have his bat in the line-up. (Which is not to imply he's not also dandy in right.) So probably, he was just imagining himself making that play.
Date: Fri Jul 15 17:30:45 2022
User: mrbuck
Message:No, I just f'd up.
mrbuck
Date: Fri Jul 15 18:16:20 2022
User: Kumquat-of-Conciliation
Message:Well that's a "recent sports oddity" right/left there!
Date: Sun Jul 17 13:28:45 2022
User: Klepp
Message:Cameron Smith's golfing abilities are surely phenomenal, and his mustache looks identical to the one I attempted to grow back in the 8th grade.
Date: Sun Jul 17 23:58:59 2022
User: TNmountainman
Message:Rather than start another thread..........just to test the waters.............spending any time in Eugene, Kaos?
Date: Thu Aug 18 05:57:36 2022
User: TNmountainman
Message:The team-formerly-known-and-sometimes-still-as-the-Indians scored 6 runs tonight in the 8th inning - *after* 3 strikeouts. Quite the historic sequence of events.....
Link: "that elusive fourth out"
Date: Thu Aug 18 07:27:40 2022
User: BuzzClik
Message:The Guardindians are not having a great year, but they have been the fly in the ointment for several contending teams.
Date: Sun Sep 4 22:39:11 2022
User: Kaos
Message:Besides the Ukrainian Woman's High Jumper, Yaroslava Mahuchikh, going high in the Brussels Diamond League Athletics event last week, Washington State native Kara Winger went long in the Women's Javelin in Brussels, unleashing a last-round throw of 223' (aka 68.11m). Her throw set a new American Record, is the longest throw in the world this year, and the 12th longest throw ever. Take out performances with hints of PED's and it is likely a top-5 performance all-time (IMHO). Interestingly, Kara is planning to retire. Hopefully, she'll reconsider since she has been, "in-the-zone", this year.
Link: Debra Winger goes long in Women's Javelin
Date: Sun Sep 4 23:42:35 2022
User: TNmountainman
Message:That's quite awesome. Whether it's Debra or Kara, it's good to see a Winger winging it - not like a girl.
Date: Sun Sep 25 05:28:50 2022
User: TNmountainman
Message:From ESPN:
Under-the-radar game of the week............
You're forgiven if you didn't have Fordham at Ohio circled on the TV schedule Saturday, but the Rams and Bobcats put on one heck of a show.
Both teams had more than 600 yards of offense. Both had more than 500 passing yards. Both had more than 100 penalty yards.
Final score: Ohio 59, Fordham 52.
But the score was hardly the best part of the action. The highlight was Fordham receiver Fotis Kokosioulis, who finished with an astounding 320 yards receiving on 13 catches, four of which went for TDs. And he did all that despite lugging around all those letters on the back of his jersey. Amazing.
Date: Sun Sep 25 22:50:14 2022
User: BuzzClik
Message:The Broncos/49ers game tonight is a painful sight. Current score 7-5 at the end of the 3rd quarter. You would never guess from this exercise in futility that the QBs had both been to the Super Bowl.
At the half, there had been a total of 10 punts, more than the number of first downs. In the 3rd quarter, 49ers QB Jimmy G threw a pick six from his end zone, but it was negated by the fact that he inadvertently stepped past the back line for a safety.
Date: Sun Sep 25 23:31:52 2022
User: BuzzClik
Message:Final score: 11-10 Broncos. I am pleased that I kept the sound muted.
Date: Wed Sep 28 04:53:37 2022
User: Klepp
Message:11-10 sounds like an outcome for a Yale/Army match-up, circa 1893...
Date: Fri Sep 30 18:49:08 2022
User: Klepp
Message:I hope Tua feels better soon, maybe plays next year...I recall the awful concussion I suffered from some years back, popping a dozen aspirin/day to assuage the hurt...
Date: Sun Oct 2 08:52:27 2022
User: mrbuck
Message:I watched it and the article is correct, it was weird and both right and wrong. This may be one of those rules that gets examined by the Rules Committee in the offseason.
As far as not knowing the count, well, that's just having your head up your ass.
mrbuck
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