Walk-off game-losing hits
Posted by Andy on August 20, 2011
We're accustomed to seeing game-winning walk-off hits--they get replayed over and over on highlight shows. But how about hits that result in a game-ending loss?
Here are all the hits that ended losses since 1990:
| Date ▾ | Pitcher | Tm | Opp | Batter | Score | Inn | RoB | Pit(cnt) | Play Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-08-09 | Paul Byrd | CLE | @TOR | Lyle Overbay | ahead 4-2 | 1B | b9 | --- | 6 (3-2) | *ENDED GAME*:Single to LF (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Overbay out at 2B/LF-2B |
| 2007-08-30 | David Weathers | CIN | @PIT | Nate McLouth | ahead 5-4 | 1B | b9 | -2- | 7 (3-2) | *ENDED GAME*:Single to 2B (Line Drive to Short RF); Phelps out at Hm/2B-C |
| 2007-05-13 | Ryan Dempster | CHC | @PHI | Chase Utley | ahead 4-1 | 1B | b9 | --- | 3 (1-1) | *ENDED GAME*:Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Utley out at 2B/LF-2B |
| 2005-09-29 | Ryan Dempster | CHC | @HOU | Luke Scott | ahead 3-2 | 2B | b9 | 1-- | 5 (2-2) | *ENDED GAME*:Double to CF (Line Drive); Gipson out at Hm/CF-2B-C |
| 2005-09-02 | Ryan Dempster | CHC | @PIT | Rob Mackowiak | ahead 7-3 | 1B | b9 | 12- | 4 (0-2) | *ENDED GAME*:Single to LF (Line Drive); Wilson out at Hm/LF-C; Sanchez to 2B |
| 2005-08-12 | Josh Towers | TOR | @BAL | Alejandro Freire | ahead 12-0 | 1B | b9 | 12- | 3 (1-1) | *ENDED GAME*:Single to RF (Line Drive); Gomez out at Hm/RF-C; Lopez to 2B |
| 2004-08-18 | John Smoltz | ATL | @SDP | Brian Giles | ahead 6-5 | 2B | b9 | 1-- | 3 (1-1) | *ENDED GAME*:Double to RF (Ground Ball thru Deep RF Line); Loretta out at Hm/RF-2B-C |
| 2004-08-06 | Bob Wickman | CLE | @CHW | Joe Borchard | ahead 3-2 | 1B | b9 | -2- | 4 (1-2) | *ENDED GAME*:Single to 2B (Ground Ball); Harris out at Hm/2B-C |
| 2004-06-25 | Trevor Hoffman | SDP | @SEA | Edgar Martinez | ahead 3-2 | 1B | b9 | -2- | 2 (0-1) | *ENDED GAME*:Single to 2B (Ground Ball); Bocachica out at Hm/1B-C-3B |
| 2003-08-16 | Jeff Nelson | NYY | @BAL | Larry Bigbie | ahead 5-4 | 2B | b12 | 1-- | 4 (1-2) | *ENDED GAME*:Double to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); Cust out at Hm/RF-2B-3B-C-3B |
| 2003-05-23 | Armando Benitez | NYM | @ATL | Julio Franco | ahead 6-5 | 1B | b9 | 12- | 1 (0-0) | *ENDED GAME*:Single to CF (Ground Ball); Jones out at Hm/CF-C; Jones to 2B |
| 2003-04-09 | Mike MacDougal | KCR | @DET | Carlos Pena | ahead 9-6 | 1B | b9 | 1-- | 1 (0-0) | *ENDED GAME*:Single/runner struck by batted ball and is out (Ground Ball); Higginson out at 2B/2B |
| 2002-09-03 | Scot Shields | ANA | @TBD | Randy Winn | ahead 10-2 | 1B | b9 | -2- | 3 (2-0) | *ENDED GAME*:Single to RF (Line Drive); Grieve out at Hm/RF-C |
| 2002-08-15 | Eric Gagne | LAD | @MON | Jose Vidro | ahead 1-0 | 1B | b9 | -2- | 3 (1-1) | *ENDED GAME*:Single to RF (Line Drive); Mateo out at Hm/RF-C |
| 2002-08-09 | John Smoltz | ATL | @HOU | Orlando Merced | ahead 6-5 | 2B | b13 | 1-- | 6 (2-2) | *ENDED GAME*:Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF); Biggio out at Hm/LF-C |
| 2001-09-04 | Victor Zambrano | TBD | @SEA | Mike Cameron | ahead 8-3 | 1B | b10 | --- | 6 (3-2) | *ENDED GAME*:Single to LF (Line Drive to LF-CF); Cameron out at 2B/LF-SS-2B |
| 2001-08-04 | Armando Benitez | NYM | @ARI | Mark Grace | ahead 4-2 | 1B | b9 | -2- | 4 (1-2) | *ENDED GAME*:Single (Ground Ball); Dellucci out at 3B/SS |
| 2001-06-30 | Giovanni Carrara | LAD | @SDP | D'Angelo Jimenez | ahead 7-3 | 2B | b9 | --- | 5 (1-2) | *ENDED GAME*:Double to RF (Line Drive); Jimenez out at 3B/RF-SS-3B |
| 2000-07-19 | John Wetteland | TEX | @ANA | Kevin Stocker | ahead 3-2 | 1B | b9 | -2- | 3 (2-0) | *ENDED GAME*:Single to RF (Line Drive); Spiezio out at Hm/RF-C |
| 1999-08-31 | Jose Silva | PIT | @COL | Vinny Castilla | ahead 9-8 | 2B | b10 | 1-- | 2 (0-2) | *ENDED GAME*:Double to CF (Line Drive); Bichette out at Hm/LF-SS-C |
| 1999-06-04 | Dennis Springer | FLA | @TBD | Paul Sorrento | ahead 10-0 | 1B | b9 | --- | 7 (3-2) | *ENDED GAME*:Single to RF (Ground Ball); Sorrento out at 2B/RF-SS |
| 1998-09-13 | John Franco | NYM | @MON | Mike Hubbard | ahead 1-0 | 1B | b9 | 12- | 4 (2-1) | *ENDED GAME*:Single to CF (Line Drive); Guerrero to 2B; Andrews out at Hm/CF-C |
| 1998-09-06 | Rick Aguilera | MIN | @TEX | Ivan Rodriguez | ahead 6-5 | 2B | b9 | 1-- | 3 (1-1) | *ENDED GAME*:Double to LF (Line Drive); Newson out at Hm/LF-2B-C |
| 1997-06-22 | Heathcliff Slocumb | BOS | @DET | Jody Reed | ahead 2-1 | 2B | b9 | 1-- | 8 (3-2) | *ENDED GAME*:Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep 3B); Johnson out at Hm/LF-SS-C |
| 1996-04-13 | Ricky Bottalico | PHI | @STL | Ray Lankford | ahead 4-2 | 1B | b9 | 12- | 3 (1-1) | *ENDED GAME*:Single to SS (Ground Ball to SS-2B); Sweeney out at 3B/SS-3B; Clayton to 2B |
| 1994-06-24 | Steve Frey | SFG | @COL | Nelson Liriano | ahead 10-3 | 2B | b9 | --- | 1 (0-0) | *ENDED GAME*:Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Liriano out at 3B/CF-SS-1B |
| 1994-05-18 | Mike Stanton | ATL | @CIN | Thomas Howard | ahead 3-1 | 1B | b9 | 1-- | 1 (0-0) | *ENDED GAME*:Single to RF (Pop Fly to Deep 1B); Boone to 3B; Howard out at 2B/RF-SS |
| 1993-09-03 | Omar Daal | LAD | @FLA | Jeff Conine | ahead 5-4 | 1B | b13 | -2- | 3 (1-1) | *ENDED GAME*:Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Renteria out at Hm/LF-C |
| 1993-08-02 | John Franco | NYM | @MON | Wil Cordero | ahead 4-3 | 1B | b9 | 12- | *ENDED GAME*:Single to 3B (Ground Ball); Spehr out at Hm/3B-1B-2B-C-3B; Lansing to 2B | |
| 1993-07-01 | Xavier Hernandez | HOU | @CIN | Barry Larkin | ahead 8-1 | 1B | b9 | -2- | 2 (1-0) | *ENDED GAME*:Single to 3B (Ground Ball); Sabo out at Hm/1B-C |
| 1993-05-02 | Darren Holmes | COL | @FLA | Chuck Carr | ahead 2-1 | 1B | b9 | -2- | 4 (2-1) | *ENDED GAME*:Single to 2B (Ground Ball to Deep 2B-1B); Weiss out at Hm/2B-C |
| 1992-10-04 | Bob Milacki | BAL | @CLE | Carlos Baerga | ahead 4-3 | 1B | b13 | --- | 4 (2-1) | *ENDED GAME*:Single (Ground Ball to Deep 2B); Baerga out at 2B/RF-SS |
| 1992-09-19 | Doug Jones | HOU | @ATL | Mark Lemke | ahead 3-2 | 1B | b12 | -2- | 3 (1-1) | *ENDED GAME*:Single to SS (Line Drive); Hunter out at Hm/LF-C; Lemke to 2B |
| 1992-07-07 | Norm Charlton | CIN | @CHC | Kal Daniels | ahead 3-2 | 1B | b9 | --- | 4 (2-1) | *ENDED GAME*:Single to SS (Ground Ball to Weak SS); Daniels out at 2B/1B-2B |
| 1992-04-22 | Norm Charlton | CIN | @LAD | Eric Davis | ahead 4-3 | 1B | b9 | --- | 1 (0-0) | *ENDED GAME*:Single to 3B (Line Drive to Deep 3B); Davis out at 2B/LF-2B |
| 1991-06-13 | Mitch Williams | PHI | @HOU | Craig Biggio | ahead 5-4 | 1B | b9 | -2- | 7 (3-2) | *ENDED GAME*:Single (Ground Ball to 2B-1B); Finley out at Hm/1B-C; Biggio to 2B |
| 1990-08-21 | Mike Schooler | SEA | @TEX | Kevin Reimer | ahead 4-3 | 2B | b9 | 1-- | 2 (0-1) | *ENDED GAME*:Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF); Huson out at Hm/CF-SS-C |
| 1990-06-25 | Bobby Thigpen | CHW | @CAL | Luis Polonia | ahead 2-0 | 1B | b9 | 12- | 6 (1-2) | *ENDED GAME*:Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF Line); Davis out at Hm/LF-C; White to 2B |
The vast majority of these hits resulted in runners being thrown out at home, but there are a few other oddities:
- First of all, Ryan Dempster was the pitcher in 3 such consecutive plays over 2005-2007!
- Lyle Overbay was thrown out in 2009 trying to stretch a single into a double when the Blue Jays were down by 2 runs.
- Chase Utley was thrown out in 2007 trying to stretch a single into a double when the Phillies were down by 3 runs.
- In 2003, Bobby Higginson was struck by a ball batted by Carlos Pena, causing the last out of the game.
- Mike Cameron was thrown out stretching in 2001.
- In 2001, David Dellucci was thrown out trying to advance from second to third on a Mark Grace single. The Dbacks were down by just 2 at that point.
- In 2001, D'Angelo Jimenez was thrown out trying to stretch a double into a triple with the Padres down by 4 runs.
- There were a bunch of other players thrown out stretching, too.
August 20th, 2011 at 7:17 am
[...] gem comes courtesy of a fantastic Baseball-Reference blog post on walk-off game-losing [...]
August 20th, 2011 at 8:25 am
In early June, 2008, the Braves accomplished this in a 2008 home game vs. the Phillies. In the bottom of the 10th, 2 outs and Blanco at 2nd, Yunel Escobar singled to center. Somehow Vizciano threw out Blanco at home trying to score.
From there, the Braves quickly fell out of contention.
August 20th, 2011 at 8:29 am
That Mark Grace hit that retired Delluci sounds like hit by a batted ball, as the putout reads shortstop unassisted... if he was hit by a batted ball, the putout would go to the nearest fielder and the batter would be awarded a base hit.
August 20th, 2011 at 8:30 am
Here's the Braves-Phillies games referenced in #2 above:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ATL/ATL200806060.shtml
It's Victorino who recorded the final out.
I'm trying to figure out how this game eluded my PI search.
August 20th, 2011 at 8:40 am
Oh yeah, I missed a bunch and here they are:
Generated 8/20/2011.
August 20th, 2011 at 8:41 am
That 4th game is particularly weird--Blanco got a hit, the runners advanced, but there are no outs or runs were recorded. I have to think it was rain that ended the game.
August 20th, 2011 at 8:58 am
@6
From the Retrosheet play by play:
Blanco singled to shortstop [Burnitz to third, Perez to second]; game called for rain after 58 minute delay;
August 20th, 2011 at 9:01 am
Didn't Billy Martin get thrown out on a Mantle hit to end a World Series game back in the 50's?
August 20th, 2011 at 10:56 am
In my opinion, Andy, one of your most creative lists. You've been saving this one for a rainy day. 🙂
Getting thrown out at second base like Mike Cameron or Lyle Overbay is particularly inexcusable because you don't even have a base coach to share the blame with, presumably.
And, as you point out, Andy, Overbay wears the all-time baserunning dunce cap since his single would have brought the tying run to the plate. At least Cameron's Rays were down by five.
August 20th, 2011 at 11:01 am
Neil you're too kind--literally.
August 20th, 2011 at 11:13 am
@9 @10
Andy,it's clouding over outside as I type and rain is in the forecast for the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) where I live, seriously .......... 🙂
I have to go out and run some family errands but am looking forward to digesting the baseball quirks that must be in the plays on the list later on.
August 20th, 2011 at 11:28 am
These incidents are of course only for the regular season. It doesn't cover game 4 of the 2003 NLDS between Florida and San Fransisco when JT Snow was thrown out at the plate at the top of the 9th inning to clinch the series for the Marlins. Jeffrey Hammonds got the single.
IIRC it was the first and only time that a series ended with a play at the plate.
August 20th, 2011 at 11:32 am
I like this topic, too!
I was thinking the other day about a very specific and dramatic subset of these events -- making the last out trying to stretch a triple into a HR. Alas, the only one I found doesn't quite fit Andy's criteria:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198104290.shtml
Dave Engle's triple scored the tying run, but he was thrown out at the plate for the 2nd out of the 8th. Then the game was interrupted and ultimately ended by rain, resulting in the only tie game in the AL that year.
That's the only game-ending triple in the database that resulted in an out.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/play-index/event_finder.cgi?type=b#gotresults&year=1950&year_to=2011&divisory=1&from=button&type=b&team_id=ANY&event=22&out_type=&criteria1=end_game_flag---T---as_last_play_of_game---top&ajax=1&submitter=1
August 20th, 2011 at 11:34 am
@12, YJK -- You must mean the only time a series ended with an out at the plate. There was at least one other that ended with a close play at the plate and the runner safe.
August 20th, 2011 at 11:41 am
Speaking of the postseason, is it possible to find postseason games with the Event Finder?
A notice on the Event Finder main page says, "Data runs from 1919 to 2011 for regular season data, 1933-Present for the All-Star Game, and 1903-Present for the Postseason." But I can't find any way to select postseason or A-S games, and they don't come up in a standard search.
August 20th, 2011 at 11:45 am
I guess these are all games when home team's walk-off hit ends the loss. I'm not sure why a road team's such hits don't count in this list.
On 4-11-10, Jim Thome doubled off Bobby Jenks at the Cell and J.J. Hardy was thrown out (easily) at the plate, resulting in a Sox one-run win.
August 20th, 2011 at 12:30 pm
David, there's an easy answer for why such games were omitted--I'm a goober. I failed to consider such scenarios and missed them in my search. I'll revise the list later today when I'm back at the laptop.
August 20th, 2011 at 12:34 pm
I understand trying to stretch when you are the tying or winning run -- but why in the world would you try to stretch a single into a double when down 3 runs or more? or a double into a triple when down 2+?
Not making an out is so hugely valuable in that situation (last out) that you should never take a risk unless the payoff makes a big difference in your winning chances. But if you are down 3, getting to second doesn't increase your win chances much at all. It increases the chances of you coming in by a lot, but nearly all of the time that you win or tie, it won't matter whether you are on first second or third -- if the guy behind you scores, you will too.
So with one or two exceptions these seem like very bad decisions.
August 20th, 2011 at 12:50 pm
@18
My point exactly. Michael E., in picking on Overbay @9. When singling to left field, the whole defensive play is in front of you and it's not like you are obeying the sign of a 3B coach waving you around.
So to try and stretch a single into a double when down by two seems the ultimate baserunning brain cramp.
August 20th, 2011 at 1:03 pm
@13
Interesting thought, JA, about a walkoff, game-losing triple.
Impossible, of course, to have a walkoff, losing, inside-the-park HR, but I can excuse an aggressive move such as trying to stretch a triple when down by one.
Thanks for the link to the Twins game, JA.
Not to keep harping on WPA, but Lyle Overbay's WPA in 2008 for trying to advance from first to second after the hit is only -0.002, the same as if he struck out in the at bat.
Now if he had stopped at 1B and then been caught stealing during the subsequent at bat it would be a different WPA story.
August 20th, 2011 at 1:25 pm
JA @15, select post-season batting or pitching finder from the main PI page--they are in their own separate databases and search engines.
August 20th, 2011 at 1:31 pm
Here are a whole bunch more (see #16, 17 above):
August 20th, 2011 at 1:33 pm
RE: table above, there are a lot that look like rainouts, but also another struck baserunner and lots of guys thrown out on the basepaths.
August 20th, 2011 at 2:17 pm
I'll always remember that game where Snow got thrown out at the plate. Irod was driving in runs all series and ends the series by holding onto the ball after being hit by Snow.
And man Snow was running slow. It looked like a runner would score easily on that hit, and yet he got thrown out by a mile.
August 20th, 2011 at 4:36 pm
Re: NEIL @9....."Overbay wears the all-time baserunning dunce cap"...
I thought that honor went to Lloyd Moseby, reportedly the only player ever thrown out trying to steal FIRST base.
August 20th, 2011 at 5:17 pm
@25
Ohmygosh, Phil, I don't even remember that game. Are you serious? And I have followed Moseby's team for its entire existence.
Were there any extenuating circumstances such as a runner already at second, forcing Moseby to return to first?
I would love to see the wording of the play-by-play on that boxscore!
August 20th, 2011 at 5:28 pm
I presume Phil is making a joke about Moseby's relative lack of ability to get on base by conventional means.
August 20th, 2011 at 8:12 pm
Neil, Andy — I think Phil means this. The extenuating circumstance was Ozzie Guillén.
August 20th, 2011 at 8:51 pm
@28
Kahuna, nice link, thank you. I'm not sure if it is what Phil Haberkorn meant but it is not a CS of first base.
I like the reference in the comments to an A-Rod-like fake-out of Moseby with offense and defense reversed.
August 20th, 2011 at 9:32 pm
@2, @4 - That June 2008 game in Atlanta was the closest that Brad Lidge came to a blown save in his perfect season that year. But the game almost didn't get that far. The Phillies were down by one but with runners on 1st and 2nd with two out in the top of the 9th, but Braves 2nd baseman Kelly Johnson dropped a pop-up hit by Chris Coste. One runner scored to tie the game, but a second runner was out at the plate. The Braves didn't score in their half of the 9th, so the game went into extra innings. The Phillies scored twice in the top of the 10th, and the Braves scored once before Victorino threw out Gregor Blanco trying to score the tying run for the 3rd out.
Ironically, earlier in the game, I thought that the Blanco in this game was Henry, who had played for the Braves a few years earlier. I see that he appears in one of the lists above (the game that turned out to be rain-shortened).
How long has it been since the Phillies' 2008 championship season? The son of a guy who played for them that year (the winning pitcher in this game) has played against them this year - Tom and Dee Gordon, respectively!
August 20th, 2011 at 9:34 pm
It's clearly what Phil meant. If you watch the video the announcer specifically says (jokingly) that Moseby stole first since the play resembled an attempted steal of second in mirror-image.
August 21st, 2011 at 1:38 am
@21, Andy -- Thanks! (And ... "doink!")
August 21st, 2011 at 1:43 am
Thanks to Andy, I am now able to check postseason events. I am sad to report that there has never been a postseason game-ending triple (neither winning nor losing).
Sadder to report that the only postseason game-ending walk still pains me.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ATL/ATL199910190.shtml
You can't imagine how conflicted I felt when The Gambler who had so sabotaged my '99 Mets pitched so brilliantly for my Tigers in the '06 postseason, yielding nary a run in 3 starts.
August 21st, 2011 at 2:44 am
Didn't Billy Martin get thrown out on a Mantle hit to end a World Series game back in the 50's?
Yes. Three postseason games have had walk-off game-losing hits:
1. 10/3/53, World Series Game 4, Mickey Mantle singles off Brooklyn's Clem Labine with two outs, the bases loaded and the Dodgers leading 7-2; Gene Woodling scores, but Billy Martin is thrown out at the plate 7 to 2 to end the game.
2. 10/4/03, NLDS Game 4, Giants' Jeffrey Hammonds singles off Marlins' Ugueth Urbina with two outs, runners on first and second and the Marlins leading 7-6. J.T. Snow is thrown out at the plate 7 to 2 to end the game.
3. 10/11/07, NLCS Game 1, D-backs' Miguel Montero singles off Rockies' Manuel Corpas with two outs, the bases empty and the Rockies leading 5-1. Montero is thrown out at second 7 to 4 trying to stretch the hit to a double, ending the game.
August 21st, 2011 at 3:51 am
The table at #22 shows a few games where the pitcher's team is behind when the game-ending hit occurs - how can that be a game-losing hit for the batter's team?
August 21st, 2011 at 6:16 am
Rain
August 21st, 2011 at 11:44 am
So should we exclude rain from this list?
August 21st, 2011 at 9:34 pm
@28. thanks a mill, kt. mosebly footage is priceless.
August 21st, 2011 at 9:35 pm
moseby oops
August 22nd, 2011 at 12:58 am
Andy, if "Rain" (#36) was supposed to be an answer to my question (#35), I'm not buying. Take the entry, 2005-07-03 Zack Greinke Adam Kennedy down 0-5 1B t6 --- 0 5 (2-2) 0 ENDED GAME :Single to LF (Line Drive). The last play before the game ended was a hit by a player on the winning, not the losing, team. Whether the game ended because of rain, snow, or a gentlemen's agreement is not the issue; it didn't end after a hit by a player on the losing team, so it shouldn't be in the list at #22.
On the other hand, if "Rain" was just a reference to a song by The Beatles, then Love You To.
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:10 am
I believe all the games listed in post #22 in which the 4th column reads "down" instead of "ahead" should be removed from the list. It appears that in all of these games, the "walk-off" hit was by the team ahead, not trailing. This includes the game Gerry refers to in posts #35 and #40.
Also, I might argue that a "walk-off" in a game ended by rain, should not qualify as such, since at the time of the "walk-off", none of the participants were aware that it was the last play of the game. The players "walked-off" the field, but only because of the rain! Maybe these plays could be dubbed "rain-offs"?
In the September 15, 2005 game between the Cardinals and Cubs (mentioned in #6 and #7), David Eckstein slipped while trying to field Henry Blanco's ground ball, and earlier in Blanco's at-bat, Yadier Molina dropped a foul pop-up. If ever there was a "rain-off", it was this play. - See Yahoo!'s game recap.
August 22nd, 2011 at 4:29 am
Why do blogs close?
In reference to the Nick Masset post a couple weeks ago:
I have more examples where rule 10.17 (c) was exercised and also not excercised when perhaps it should have been. I also think I figured out the root of Chuck's and Skeeb's misinterpration of this rule and could actually help them to see the correct interpration. Others were misinterpreting the rule in the same fashion just not arguing over it (Charles and DD), so I think it worthwhile to revisit and hopefully help them and others see how the rest of us intepret the rule.
Since the blog in question is closed, is here the best place to post my findings? Or has the blogged been continued elsewhere?
August 22nd, 2011 at 12:41 pm
Brett, imo it was a discussion worthy of being continued, so you should post it somewhere. But this thread is about to move to the second page, where a lot of people will forget about it. Maybe post it in John's Sunday Recap thread. I like those for off-topic commentary, plus there's a parallel discussion about applying the rule on HBPs.
August 22nd, 2011 at 12:43 pm
Gerry @40, the game ended due to rain. The issue is that my post title is not consistent with all the games I posted in the supplemental lists. The game you cite is an example of a "walkoff win" although that hit at the end was not the game-winner obviously.
August 22nd, 2011 at 12:45 pm
Posts (as they should be called, not "blogs") stop accepting new comments after something like 2 weeks, as per Sean's settings. I think that's mainly because spambots tend to be by far the most common poster on old threads.
August 22nd, 2011 at 6:59 pm
Re: MOSEBY. KahunaTuna got it right @28, the link he posted takes you to a description of the play I was thinking about, but I recall later announcers referring to it that he got thrown out returning to first base and that's how I got it wrong. ALMOST thrown out at first base isn't a stat people normally keep, so I doubt the play by play or box score of the game will indicate anything about it..
August 22nd, 2011 at 7:20 pm
Did anyone see Ruben Rivera's baserunning play on MLB network's top 40 wackiest plays ever. It was probably the funniest play I've ever seen. It was in the top 5 in case you find the whole episode.
Ok I found it on youtube! Google "youtube Ruben Rivera". Here is a direct link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ94rkwdTvQ
August 23rd, 2011 at 10:24 am
Don't know what's ugliest: Rivera's baserunning, the Diamondbacks' fielding, or the horrid purple and black uniforms.
August 27th, 2011 at 9:11 am
Hey Andy. I just learned how to you use the "sharebox tool". I am trying to figure out which tool you used to display your charts. I tried the html option, but it didn't work so well. Here is an attempt to use to the "js script widget"
I think you can figure out the significance of these games.
Report from Baseball-Reference.com.
August 27th, 2011 at 9:14 am
iframe?
Report Created on Baseball-Reference.com
August 27th, 2011 at 9:18 am
bb table?
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[tr][td]Chad Qualls[/td][td]2010-09-15[/td][td]TBR[/td][td]NYY[/td][td]W 4-3[/td][td]7-7 BW[/td][td]0.2[/td][td]1[/td][td]2[/td][td]2[/td][td]0[/td][td]1[/td][td]0[/td][td]0[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Brayan Villarreal[/td][td]2011-04-15[/td][td]DET[/td][td]OAK[/td][td]W 8-4[/td][td]9-10 W[/td][td]0.2[/td][td]3[/td][td]3[/td][td]3[/td][td]0[/td][td]0[/td][td]1[/td][td]0[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Brian Wilson[/td][td]2011-07-01[/td][td]SFG[/td][td]DET[/td][td]W 4-3[/td][td]8-9 BW[/td][td]0.2[/td][td]4[/td][td]2[/td][td]2[/td][td]1[/td][td]0[/td][td]2[/td][td]1[/td][/tr]
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August 27th, 2011 at 9:21 am
Brett, you can't post tables here. Only blog authors can do so. But you can use the generated HTML code on your own website, or other websites that do accept HTML code from users.
August 27th, 2011 at 12:13 pm
thanks!