Strange But True year in review
Jason Stark covers the oddest feats and stats of the baseball year. A lot of fun stuff to be found. Per the Diamondbacks: "ONLY AT ALTITUDE DEPT.: The Diamondbacks became the first team in history to take a 6-foot-10 pitcher (Randy Johnson) out of a game and replace him with a TALLER pitcher (6-foot-11 Jon Rauch)." and "PIECES OF EIGHT DEPT.: On May 21, the Marlins beat a pitcher whose record for the year was 8-0 (Brandon Webb). Exactly two days later, they managed to LOSE to a pitcher who was 0-8 (Barry Zito)."
about 3 years ago
Jim McLennan
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Hitting the home run, but
NOT scoring on it. (Molina)
and willy taveres stealing 5 bases in one game, but also not scoring a run
Finally, when the Phillies win the World Series, they really do do it with mirrors. Just check the calendar — and the closers:
Won in:
’80 and … ’08
Last out collected by a reliever wearing No.:
45 (Tug McGraw) and … 54 (Brad Lidge)
I wish I had the time to look up all this stuff.
If you make every game a life-and-death thing, you're going to have problems. You'll be dead a lot.
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jan 4, 2009 11:28 PM EST reply actions
Well,
I suspect you spend a lot of time doing stuff like that when it’s your job.
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You means people
get PAID to do this stuff?
Sign Me Up!
If you make every game a life-and-death thing, you're going to have problems. You'll be dead a lot.
by unnamedDBacksfan on Jan 7, 2009 1:41 AM EST up reply actions
Yup.
Apparently, there was a time when people wouldn’t do the stuff that Jim does for free without getting paid for it.
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