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Post by barkeep on Jun 6, 2023 18:33:30 GMT -5
In a game at Yankee Stadium the count was 2 and 2. The pitch came in more than a foot out of the strike zone but the Umpire called strike three. The Yankee pitcher got so angry with the strike three call the Umpire threw the pitcher out of the game. Why was the pitcher so angry with the strike three call? There can only be one reason.
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Post by gsgal on Jun 6, 2023 19:20:47 GMT -5
The Yankee pitcher wasn't on the mound. The pitcher from the opposing team was. The Yankee pitcher came out of the dugout when the third strike was called on the Yankee batter.
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Post by barkeep on Jun 6, 2023 19:28:13 GMT -5
The Yankee pitcher wasn't on the mound. The pitcher from the opposing team was. The Yankee pitcher came out of the dugout when the third strike was called on the Yankee batter. You are almost right. This was before 1973 and the Yankee hitter was the pitcher. |
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Post by gsgal on Jun 6, 2023 22:01:47 GMT -5
The Yankee pitcher wasn't on the mound. The pitcher from the opposing team was. The Yankee pitcher came out of the dugout when the third strike was called on the Yankee batter. You are almost right. This was before 1973 and the Yankee hitter was the pitcher. I was in the middle of typing that the pitcher was the hitter, but then I stopped and backspaced because the game was at Yankee Stadium. I figured the pitcher wouldn't be the batter because the game was in an A.L. stadium. I didn't know A.L. pitchers batted before 1973. |
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Post by Ken C on Jun 7, 2023 8:26:12 GMT -5
That was a good one barkeep. I'm a National League guy obviously, so the DH is a sore spot with me. Just as inter-league play is too. The American League was a mystery to me as a kid. But a good one. I would get The Sporting News and Baseball Digest to read up on those guys. AL games might play once a week on TV, but I was outside playing or whatever. The unfamiliarity of the AL team at World Series time was something I loved. I didn't know much about the 1975 Red Sox or 1976 Yankees when the Reds played them. I couldn't wait to see Fred Lynn for the first time then.
It was just the mystique of the game for me and it's all gone now.
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Post by barkeep on Jun 7, 2023 8:55:29 GMT -5
You are almost right. This was before 1973 and the Yankee hitter was the pitcher. I was in the middle of typing that the pitcher was the hitter, but then I stopped and backspaced because the game was at Yankee Stadium. I figured the pitcher wouldn't be the batter because the game was in an A.L. stadium. I didn't know A.L. pitchers batted before 1973. American League pitchers hit for 70 some years until 1973 the first year of the DH rule. Many people don't know that. Like in the NBA. Did you know that all field goals in the NBA before 1979 were TWO points no matter how far the shot? All Quarters started at center court with a jump ball. And the number of foul shots taking were different. No overtime in the NHL and NFL. A tie was left alone. |
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Post by barkeep on Jun 7, 2023 9:03:37 GMT -5
Ken. The thing I can't understand is why can't a pitcher throw 150 pitches a game? They did it for over 100 years. Even 200 pitches in one game had been done once in a while. Last night the White Sox pitcher had a No-Hitter going into the 7th inning vs the Yankees. He was taking out because of the 100 pitch count. Will I was glad to see him go.
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Post by Ken C on Jun 7, 2023 11:18:14 GMT -5
It drives me crazy barkeep. Hunter Greene had a no hitter into the sixth a few weeks ago. I think he had 110 pitches. David Bell pulls him out.
It was nothing for Cy Young, Christy Mathewson, or Walter Johnson to pitch two complete games in a double-header. A bit extreme today, but it was done regularly then. Even the "50's thru the '70's a starter completed almost all their games. It was an important stat at one time, but not anymore. Heck, even shutouts are a thing of the past. Now they congratulate three pitchers who throw one. No hitters as well.
It's the times barkeep. Soft, fragile, and whiney.
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Post by barkeep on Jun 7, 2023 14:28:51 GMT -5
Ken. You think that is something? Last year a Mets pitcher had a perfect game after six innings and was taking out. A PERFECT game!
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Post by Ken C on Jun 7, 2023 16:36:45 GMT -5
I remember that.
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