Game #73: Astros Beat up Hahn, A’s
Jesse Hahn has his worst career outing as the A’s fall to the Astros for the 10th consecutive time at the Coliseum
Jesse Hahn has his worst career outing as the A’s fall to the Astros for the 10th consecutive time at the Coliseum
From SABR member Jay Jaffe at Sports Illustrated on June 22, 2017:
Some day, a pitcher will join the ranks of the immortal Bob Feller, Sandy Koufax, Nolan Ryan and Cy Young and the forgotten Larry Corcoran in the exclusive circle of pitchers to notch at least three no-hitters.
Who can blame him?
Wednesday night, while playing the Seattle Mariners, Tigers first baseman made a showstopping play. It wasn’t a diving catch or impressive tag — instead, the baseball star caught a beard.
For the Washington Nationals, the drama of the 2008 season came at the very beginning of the season and at the very end. The grind of the in-between was punctuated by two losing streaks of nine games each, a 12-game losing streak, and a season-ending stretch of nine loses in 10 games.
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From SABR member Tom Shieber at BaseballHall.org on June 22, 2017:
The Hall of Fame’s inaugural Class of 1936 featured two of baseball’s most legendary pitchers: Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson.
You don’t have to be a White Sox fan to appreciate Mark’s accomplishments and how he is an inspiration. Some examples:
The first spark of the rally preceded a team-wide fulfillment of expectations.
Chris Archer joined MLB Network’s MLB Central yesterday to lobby for Rays DH extraordinaire Corey Dickerson to make the All-Star Game. He’s currently 1,000 votes outside of second place:
From SABR member Mark Armour at Wordpress.com on June 20, 2017:
This Friday (June 23) the Red Sox are retiring David Ortiz’s jersey number 34, ceremoniously displaying it on the right field facade for the ages.
From Alaine Getzenberg at MLB.com on June 19, 2017:
A family walked onto the field at Busch Stadium before the Cardinals game on June 10. Char, Candy, Crystal and Chad Barone hadn't been to a game together for 30 years, but they met on the diamond in honor of an extraordinary woman.
From SABR member Jason Foster at The Sporting News on June 20, 2017:
Today is my baseball anniversary.
It was on this day — June 20, 1987 — that I saw my first big league game in person.