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17 Jun 2010, 6:02 pm
Because the Dodgers fielded Don Newcombe, the black pitcher who went up to the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1949, where he was Rookie of the Year, MVP and the Cy Young Award, all in the same year --and became the first black pitcher to start in the World Series.Newcombe certainly qualified as a novelty or a curiosity in Nashua/Manchester in his time and no wonder: he was one of the first black ballplayers anyplace close to a major league team. [read post]
15 Jun 2010, 4:55 pm
It's cheaper, there are more fun events for kids in between innings, and there's a lot of scoring, because any halfway decent pitcher generally goes straight from double-A to the major leagues, whereas there are a bunch of hitters in triple-A who could hit in the major leagues but are blocked by other hitters.Anyway, I guess I will have to see if I can catch another game this season . . . . [read post]
15 Jun 2010, 7:23 am
Pitchers are not the only young atheltes that need protection, though. [read post]
11 Jun 2010, 12:57 pm
If he did, then we'd have to say that they worked - some of Bonds' statistics for the period are unreal - sort of like the hitting equivalent of a pitcher throwing spitballs. [read post]
11 Jun 2010, 7:52 am
How does the judge decide how much money, or lemonade, goes into each pitcher? [read post]
10 Jun 2010, 7:23 am
At just 21, there was a lot riding on the Washington Nationals most anticipated pitcher. [read post]
10 Jun 2010, 2:59 am
With the Indians pitcher being David Huff with a 2-7 record and a 5.46 ERA, don't be surprised if cinnamon apple stick sales are brisk. [read post]
9 Jun 2010, 6:07 pm
I can still remember watching on TV as the crowd back at County Stadium cheered for the Royals to send out their best pitcher against the home team, so that Milwaukee could feel like it earned the right to play off against the Yankees. [read post]
8 Jun 2010, 8:37 am
No big deal under most circumstances, but in this game the errant call killed what should have been a perfect game by the Tigers pitcher – one of the rarest feats in baseball history. [read post]
7 Jun 2010, 11:01 pm
He became the first freshman in Southwest Conference history to start as a pitcher and in centerfield. [read post]
7 Jun 2010, 4:00 am
Last week, it was front page news about how umpire Jim Joyce blew a call that cost Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga a perfect game. [read post]
6 Jun 2010, 11:57 am
All it meant was that the pitcher had to face 28 batters instead of 27, the difference between a perfect game, and an almost perfect game. [read post]
5 Jun 2010, 1:19 pm
Commenting on acceptance of what seems to be a blown call that deprived pitcher Armando Galarraga of a perfect game, Jack writes: “The Case of the Imperfect Perfect Game last night offers, surprisingly, an example of the Rule of Law and its importance. [read post]
4 Jun 2010, 12:43 pm
Michael Pitcher, a legislative aide for Mr. [read post]
3 Jun 2010, 10:11 pm
The big news yesterday was the heart-breaking story of Tiger pitcher Armando Galarraga’s almost Perfect Game. [read post]
3 Jun 2010, 3:14 pm
MLB rules themselves could be amended so that future pitchers are not robbed of a perfect game due to umpire error. [read post]
3 Jun 2010, 12:06 pm
Baseball fans are up in arms over an umpire's blown call that cost a Detroit Tigers' pitcher a perfect game. [read post]
3 Jun 2010, 10:26 am
Last night, Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga was outright shafted out of a perfect game -- one of the rarest feats in all of sports -- by an umpire's admittedly blown call. [read post]
3 Jun 2010, 9:55 am
For some background, last night Detroit Tiger pitcher Armando Galarraga was one out away from a perfect game. [read post]
3 Jun 2010, 9:19 am
Only twenty times in over a century of baseball history has a pitcher successfully retired every batter he faced. [read post]
