2011 MLB Season

[Guest mr. potato head]

Well, I guess semi-sahyder'd would be a more accurate term. He could still get through with only facing 27 batters and no hits.

[Blaze09]

POW POW!

That's how you throw a no-hitter Liriano!

[gunnar hendershow]

That was about as perfect as a no-hitter can get.

[bill_da_bill]

Dominance man. Dominance. Its almost bittersweet cause he got so close to perfection.

[bill_da_bill]

That was about as perfect as a no-hitter can get.

Tiger pitchers are good at that apparently.

[Panni]

My fantasy team started Verlander and Gallardo today...awesome stuff. Combined they pitched 17 Innings, 0 ER, 1 Hit, 4 Walks. Can't ask for a better fantasy day than that.

[Guest mr. potato head]

Dominance man. Dominance. Its almost bittersweet cause he got so close to perfection.

Sorry, Dave Stieb still and forever owns the bittersweet pitching dominance crown

[bill_da_bill]

Armando Galaragga?

[Guest mr. potato head]

Close, but I still give it to coming one strike away from a no-hitter twice in back-to-back starts.

[GhostMachine]

With all the no hitters, close no hitters and perfect games over the past few years, does anyone think someone will ever tie Johnny Vander Meer's record of 2 no hitters in a row in 1938?

I don't think anyone will ever break it by pitching 3 in a row, but the way pitchers are on fire lately, I wouldn't be surprised if someone tied or came close.

[gunnar hendershow]

I think at some point there will be someone to pitch back-to-back no hitters. I would expect quite a few pitching accomplishments to be equaled or surpassed over the next few years until rules/strategies are changed to lead to more offensive production.

[Toe]

I only watched a little bit of the Jays game, saw they were getting crushed, and changed the channel. If I knew Verlander was working on a no-hitter, I would have watched more of the game.

[sahyder1]

Yeah I was out BBQing yesterday when that happened. Haven't even had a chance to watch the highlights yet. Annibal Sanchez has a no-hitter through 6 innings right now with 10 strikeouts. He has thrown 97 pitches already though so that sucks. What an outing.

Edit:There it goes. Mike Stanton made a nice attempt to save it with a diving catch but to no avail.

Edited May 8, 2011 by sahyder1

[Guest mr. potato head]

Don't you ever learn?

[sahyder1]

Don't you ever learn?

97 pitches through 6.....it was going to take the act of a higher power for him to get it.

[Meacon Keaton]

And just a mention from you to kill it.

[gunnar hendershow]

Could have always had one of those classic combined no-hitters, but we can't even have that.

[Meacon Keaton]

Jeter clearly just needed a day off.

[Hickey]

I think at some point there will be someone to pitch back-to-back no hitters. I would expect quite a few pitching accomplishments to be equaled or surpassed over the next few years until rules/strategies are changed to lead to more offensive production.

What kind of rules would they implement to lead to more offensive production? I don't think there's any way they would really start doing things like that, but it would be interesting to hear your opinions on some realistic rule changes to increase offensive production.

I honestly just think that we just go through cycles of great hitting, then great pitching. Strategies change along the years and things like that. I definitely agree with strategies changing, so that it would be more even, but I'm definitely curious if anyone thinks some rule changes would even things out.

[Lowerdeck]

EDIT: I take that back. They're Red Sox fans. Fuck 'em.

*sigh*

I think I'm the only Red Sox fan around here.

I was at yesterday's game which also featured a two hour rain delay. Fortunately for me, it was a 1 pm start. I never would have bothered hanging around two plus hours on a night game.

And sahyder didn't jinx the Liriano no-no, even after mentioning it. Could this be a sign of change?