Baseball is Poop

Welcome to the Baseball is Poop curse. I mention the great F-Her and then he gives up 3 runs in a third of an inning and leaves the game with tightness in his elbow. Oops.

It was 2 and 1/2 years between no-hitters (Randy Johnson to Anibal Sanchez) but it only took another 7 or 8 months of mostly offseason for Mark Buehrle to pitch one. I have followed his career pretty closely and never would have pegged him as a guy with no-hit stuff. He doesn't blow hitters away, he just throws strikes. He would have had a perfect game but he walked one batter, then picked him off first base.

That reminds me of one of my favorite games in baseball history. Babe Ruth pitching and he walks the first guy. He gets ejected after that batter. Ernie Shore comes in to relieve Ruth, picks the guy off first and retires everyone else in order. That used to be considered a perfect game until they changed the rules to count only no-hitters and perfect games of at least 27 outs from the beginning of the game.

In 2003, there were 3 American League games that lasted less than 2 hours. All three were pitched by Mark Buehrle and Mark Mulder. This no-hitter last 2 hours and 3 minutes.

A-Rod is on fire. Nine homers and 23 RBI. That puts him on pace for 112 HRs and 287 RBI.

Nice touch by Dmitri Young and the Washington Nationals to wear Virginia Tech hats during a game. Apparently the suggestion came from an e-mailer and then a team employee ran to a store and picked up as many hats as he could find.