Justin Verlander going for the no-no

got it.. nasty

 

Good stuff. But people need to stop posting these threads while it's in progress.

 

i was gonna post it in the 8th, then didnt wana jinx it

 

I'd like to share a conversation I had with Mantana Soss this afternoon. We were talking about our fantasy teams. This was at 2:55 in the afternoon.

Soss: my opponent has 4 starters going too
me: heh
Soss: but my 4 is waaay better
me: montana [Note: a team in our league] had 4 going yesterday, and there were only like 6 games
Soss: wakefield, banniester, washburn, and verlander
me: ew
Soss: milwaukee SUCKS in interleague
Soss: so verlander will pitch a nono
me: hah

:lol: :rofl: Incredible

 

Say what you will about ESPN but it's great that they interupt and bring us right out to that. It's such an awesome moment in baseball to see a guy finish off a game like he just did and reading abut it the next day or watching highlights just doesn't do it justice.

 

Because it's bad form. I still hold Yisman soley responsible for Schilling losing his nono.

 

:lol: I blame Coco Crisp, because if it wasn't for his error, Stewart wouldn't have come up to the plate for the 4th time, and it would've been a perfect game (provided that innings 6-9 went as they did)

 

It was Lugo, not Crisp. Crisp actually made a great play to keep the No hitter intact.

 

Indeed. When it's going on it's meant to be called "that thing we don't talk about".

For example my conversation on the phone with Shade tonight.

FTC- Hello
Shade- What's up?
FTC - You know that thing we don't talk about?
Shade- Yup

Shade *hangs up*

 

Oh dag! I have Verlander in both my fantasy leagues!!

 

That's totally what I meant. I've always had this confusion with Crisp. For some reason I always thought he played SS before he came to Boston. Got me this time.

 

Dont be like that.

 

I agree with you man. I wonder how many guys played baseball in their time. (I'm not trying to sound like a dick here, I just wonder if guys played the game and aren't superstitious.)

Me personally, I have always been superstitious, and so was everyone I ever played with. Of all sports, I think baseball has the highest concentration of superstition.

Perfect games and no-hitters are not to be discussed until complete. That's just the way it's always been. I thought it was hillarious when Mike Kay went bezerk on his radio show after talking about a (I think it was a no-hitter, but I can't remember for sure right now,) when he admits freely he never played as a kid.

 

I'm pretty superstitious when I play. I REFUSE to step on foul lines going on and off the field, and I do this weird thing with my bat the same number of times every pitch. There's probably a couple other things I don't even realize I do anymore.