Posts Tagged ‘perfect games’

Overheard on Sunday Night Baseball…

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 by Nerdicus Finch

Those of us watching the Yankees-Red Sox game on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball this past weekend were treated to a vintage Joe Morgan moment. Following A-Rod’s home run off of Jon Lester in the seventh(?) inning, the guys in the booth were discussing the pitch that Lester made, which was really his first mistake of the game, as he had held the Yankees scoreless to that point. Cue Mr. Morgan:

“You can’t pitch a perfect game. No one can.” (Awkward silence) “Except Don Larsen.”

And a bunch of other guys. It’s weird that he used Larsen as his example, when Mark Buehrle pitched a perfect game three weeks ago.

The most exciting! league

Saturday, March 14th, 2009 by Prof. Nerdtron 3000

I joined a new fantasy baseball league this year, supremely confident that I could manage two baseball teams provided I only ignore the rest of my life (I have no idea how NYC does three leagues).  With the draft coming up, we had a discussion of rules, specifically, what stats should count.  A few of us felt that walks were undervalued, and suggested some combination of BB or OBP to account for this.  However, the response from the rest of the league was that walks are boring, and thus have no place in fantasy baseball.  I’m on board with the walks are boring sentiment, but it got me to thinking, what would a fantasy baseball league look like if it were composed of the most exciting stats?

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