Royals - 000 000 000 - 0 0 1JON LESTER PITCHES A NO-HITTER!!!
Red Sox - 005 002 00x - 7 5 1
9-0-0-2-9, 130 -- and he was hitting his spots all night long!
It's the first no-hitter by a Red Sox left-hander since Mel Parnell did it against the White Sox on July 14, 1956.
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Luke Hochevar (3.94, 108 ERA+) / Jon Lester (3.95, 109 ERA+)
MLB.com:
Hochevar wasn't at his sharpest last Wednesday night but he still managed to shut out the Tigers for six innings, giving up just four singles. He showed an ability to work out of jams ... This was his fifth start since being called up from Triple-A Omaha on April 20. In all but his first outing, he's pitched six or seven solid innings. With an effective sinker, he's been good at inducing ground balls...Hochevar has never faced any hitter on the Red Sox. ... Seven Royals are a combined 4-for-27 (.148/.273/.148) against Lester.
Tampa visits Oakland at 10 PM. The Yankees have the day off.
UPDATE: Nice short Q&A with hitting coach Dave Magadan about how David Ortiz began hitting off a batting tee for the first time on May 1. Since then, he has hit .354 and has been spraying the ball all over the field.
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those spaceships are still the same distance apart.
Doot doot dooooo I'm gonna steal.
me! with the 201
You I have been working on my succinctness.
I'm sure Allan wishes I'd do that, too.
Jacoby will not be deterred.
DOOT DOOT DOOOOO I'M GONNA STEAL THIRD AGAIN!
I AM JACOBY ELLSBURY!
You cannot catch him!!!
(Even though he was caught the other day...)
by the time the pitch is out of his hand he's halfway to 3rd base. wow
Steal home. Do it.
JG with the 201!
Meanwhile, Pedroia stands at the plate, eating a sammich.
yeah, steal home!!!!
Remy: Somebody told me Dolly Parton's in the house tonight.
Don: Stop it.
No Jerry, it's just someone in a bad wig.
Dolly Anderson. Pamela Parton. That girl was a hybrid.
Hey, Dolly Parton is actually really smart and talented. (Seriously, she is.)
That was just some nobody in a bad wig.
Both of them are talented at what they've tried to do.
That may be so. I don't know anything about Anderson, really.
I just know Parton had a really tough life of being judged by boobs alone. And those are all hers! Not easy to grow up like that.
geesum... he just keeps at it. 2SB. wonder what the most SB by a single player in a single game was. Shouldn't be that hard, but I don't know BR's interface well enough to figure it out.
Someone answer Nick's q...? I wonder too but I'm busy drinking wine and typing.
You're not going to argue that Parton's boobs are real, are you? She's admitted to having lot of plastic surgery.
I don't know BR's interface well enough to figure it out.
Nick, I am relieved to hear that. I find it rather user-unfriendly. That's why I am always asking people here (mostly Allan) to answer questions.
She's had plastic surgery later in life, for sure. But all her early life and singing career they were all real. She grew up poor, how would she have had plastic surgery?
I'm not arguing it, I'm stating it as fact.
Most SB in a game - 7.
That was in the NL in the 1890s.
Since 1900
AL: Eddie Collins - 6
9/11/12 and 9/22/12
NL: Otis Nixon - 6
6/16/91
yeah, I just went over tried a few things, felt dumb and thought I'd just ask rather than showing off my (not so) astounding research skills. What a failed research librarian I turned out to be.
The site seems so good, I just have not figured out how to grok its interface.
I mean, she's over 60 y/o. Of course they don't stand up on their own anymore. But she was performing at a very young age, and just as big. She's talked a lot about what a burden it was growing up.
damn you wind
Looks like it's 4.
sonof a
Guys with 7 SB:
George Gore, June 25, 1881
Billy Hamilton August 31, 1894
Most in an inning: 3
By many players, but the last time in the NL?
Dusty Baker ... that base clogger
Of course I misread "SB" as "2B". I'm clever.
What makes 7 SB's in a game so astounding is that you need to reach base a ton for that to happen. You'd need to reach base four times at least and steal second and third for three of those four. Or you could just reach seven times and steal seven times. That would be monumental.
Most times stealing from first to home in an inning, career:
AL: Ty Cobb, 4 times
NL: Honus Wagner, 3 times.
Last NL player to do it: Dusty Baker, June 27, 1984, 3rd inning
Last AL player to do it: Devon White, September 9, 1989, 6th inning
cool theft stats
stealing from 1st to home...that's pretty cool. and to have done it 4 times. wow.
I've ignored emma for a bit too long. thanks for the cool stats.
later.
Figures it was Cobb too. I like it.
Bye Nick, say hi to Emma for me.
That stuff is from my copy of TSN Record Book, which is from 1996. I assume those records still stand though.
Another Mel OTT inning for Lester.
6 innings for lester .... you know ...
Very efficient.
Bagels on the scoreboard for Lester!
No, I don't know.
Solid work.
beautiful people in that beautiful landscape making delicious beer
Me, to my dad: "Lester's got his A game tonight. 6th inning, 0 runs. Not many hits..."
.......but Russia beat Canada in the world hockey championships. Take that Canada.
Hush, Allan.
5-4 in OT, what a heartbreaker. What, big Russia fan, are you?
I'm pretty impressed with Hochaver's stuff. Without that error it would be a 2 runs right?
Every time Don says "Hoshaver" I hear "Ho Chi Minh".
Definitely not, I was rooting for Canada, but I appreciate a good upset.
Hush everyone!
Meh. No hockey world championship on my TV.
Hush about what?
it did get rather quiet in here, and at fenway
BOOOOOOOOOOM.
LET THE DONGS OUTSIDE!
CAPTAIN DONG!!
(Now that's a surprise!)
no idea, ish
and i paid 4.95 to get the whole tournament online. as an added bonus i got the archived coverage of the world curling and rowing championships... yay...?
TEK SUPERDONG!
Hush about the scoreboard and what you don't see on it.
Just about the only superstition we go for in this house!
91 MPH fastball at the knees right over the plate... perfect.
Jackobee time
Yes, mom.
and i paid 4.95 to get the whole tournament online. as an added bonus i got the archived coverage of the world curling and rowing championships... yay...?
Too funny. Hopefully you got your $5 worth.
Curling is cool. I could never watch a whole tournament, but I find the sport strangely mesmerizing.
I also like it cuz it's very old and similar to many other old games, like bocce.
It's still not Tribe Time.
Yes, mom.
Ack! Sorry. :)
It's not just me. Your father says the same thing. Now clean up your room and take out the trash.
"strangely mesmerizing" is the best word for it.
My friend and I were so "strangely mesmerized" that we actually went to two matches of the World Championships that were, oddly enough, held in Lowell, MA a few months after the '06 olympics.
It's pretty cool, and it's actually one of those things that gets more enjoyable if you watch it for a long time.
Also, confirming my suspicion, it sucked in person without the Canadian experts explaining all the scheming and strategizing
Is that supposed to be a black screen?
where's the strike call blue
Joe, I could see that. It's also supposed to be really fun to play, something totally non-athletic people like me can have fun with.
Cool that you went to matches. I haven't been aware of curling long enough to know all the terminlogy and rules and stuff. I'd like to though.
ughh pitch count
I am getting very nervous.
I've only seen it during the olympics, and at those two random matches.
The curling crowd was pretty fun, they had a big hospitality tent outside with lots of food and canadian-flavored merriment.
Is Amy still here? Wish I could call her and tell her to watch.
I need an off topic distraction. That's why I have been quiet. Hate tension.
7 outs to go -- but he's at 92 pitches.
nervous about what? it's 7-0 :)
cmon jon.
I am watching. I am just superstitious. Harvey actually is the one who noticed. Not me.
UGHHHH
Oh great, glad you are still here. I love the tension. I can't stand it but I love it.
Sometimes I have to leave the room and walk around.
YEAHHH!!!
I do the same thing L but I'm afraid to move from my seat
What amazes me is how my heart can pound.
During the 04 post-season I worried that I would have a heart attack my heart pounded so heavily.
And some people say, "It's just a game." Tell that to my heart.
97 thru 7.
He's gonna do it. This is the perfect team for Lester.
I almost want our hitters to go down 1-2-3 just to get back to the action.
Is that supposed to be a black screen?
Yep.
I'm starting to get vocal about these recent happenings.
=) hahaha yeah. i LOVE that feeling of tension and nervousness. absolutely love it.
Just a game, what do they know.
I know, it gets so tense I can hardly breathe. I don't know how the players do it.
Joe, me too. It's such pure baseball.
Johan who?
Remy: "...started the season in Omahar".
Just thinking how much fun the last 2 innings of the Clay game was! I think there was no more than 10 of us!
come on manny
I feel like Manny might really bust out after he gets by the angst which is 500.
Time to get nervous again.
ok, go time
me? nervous? Y
quiet around here
roll call? just say who's here.
OK, time to hold my breath again.
100 pitches. Hmm.
K
five more
Present
Present.
Yowza, another K!
Ok, who is this guy wearing 31 and what have they done with the usual guy?
so many pitches
four more
K
STRUCKIMOUT
whatever it is, keep it coming
Jesus Christ!
4 outs....
Ok, who is this guy wearing 31
Dave Roberts?
Well, was kinda of busy, and just got in the house, who made the error and how?
omggggggg tension
oh my god
3 to go
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Shit, three more.
3 more to go and what is the pitch count?
3
113 pitches
I'm here. Sort of. I'm running back and forth between here and the living room.
that does it. i am not moving from this spot.
113 pitches
...
grudz dropped a pop up in the 3rd.
remember last year my whole "it was inevitable" thing?
that started w/ the HH game. that's when it became a magical season for me.
not logical... just is.
TOUCHING ME!
TOUCHING YOU!
so .... 7-0
timlin in the 9th?
me neither not moving
damn, sarah should not have gone out to dinner!
I am not moving, no matter what my bladder tells me.
yeah amy hah
timlin LOL
Joe C. butchering this pitchers name...
Yook, if there ever was a time to hack away...
Shh. I am trying to breathe.
Double post I am so damn anxious. LOL.
nesn not going to commercial
Here we go.
I'm going out to watch the 9th out in the living room with my dad. I'll be back afterward.
here we go
i'm hoping someone has a radio at jere's softball game ...
come on kidd
i didn't even see our A/Bs. i was right here but i didn't seem to see them.
How did Lester get an error?
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I missed the HH game. Boy, was I pissed off. Some dinner party with people we hardly knew and haven't seen since.
here we go gang
3 more
Did ya'll know that Gloria Estefan was playing live?
NESN skipped the commercials last year in HH's also, they love the dramatic. I wonder if they have Lester on a pitch count?
i missed it too - was at work - but watched the last 3 innings at home.
cora at SS -- shitty range compared to lugo.
gloria estefan, way to break the tension :)
come on lester.
urghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
fuck
ok, no biggie, just a bb
Ok, lets have a 1 pitch dp here.
double play please
Ugh. OK, first pitch GIDP would work for me.
wild pickoff throw over yook's head, also in 2nd.
omg
2 more
Yes.
2
One away. No DP opportunity though.
everyone breathe
LOWELL!
shut up don, no back story now please!!!!
the tension
GDGD's crashed.
sick pitch
Can't they just shut up and watch? No one needs commentary now.
1
Yes...
omg!!!!!
ONE MORE
One more. Holy crapola.
125 pit -- still hitting spots!!!
ONE MORE!
One of my buddies was at HH's last year. He is at the park tonight with his mother.
every apparent little bloop worries me
ONE MORE STRIKE
One strike to go. PLEASE.
as does every line drive
s1c, that is crazy!!! so unfair :)
But only crashed for this game. Other games load.
Yeahh!!! Boy!!!
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HE DID IT!!! Even Harvey is happy for him!!!
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DIRTIEST WATER
Ends it with a K, just like HH's
I wonder if Ortiz hit him in the nose!
MUDDY GOD DAMN WATER
Beautiful.
I didn't want to say it before...but that is the first no hitter I have ever seen!!
francona's crying
i love seeing all this hugging
Clay + Lester = the future
THE WATER... IS DIRTY!!!
Me too Amy!! First ever seen from start to finish.
The 2 NYY perfect games in the 90s, we were at work w/ no radio or TV, only GDGD. I don't count those.
You know we had tickets to a game that turned out to be a no-hitter... and didn't go.
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