Comments on: “I don’t believe … what I just saw!” (Final wild card wrap, 9/28/11)

By: Johnny Twisto

Johnny Twisto — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 04:55:51 +0000

Duke, we've definitely passed 200 before. Andy posted a list of the most-commented not long ago. Some of the HOF debates of last year got lots of posts. The Larry Walker one might have been around 400?

But this is up there. 100 is sort of a milestone on this blog.

By: Dukeofflatbush

Dukeofflatbush — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 03:53:53 +0000

JA -
If you keep with your old posts, just letting you know; I never seen one hit 200 posts.

By: scott-53

scott-53 — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:01:49 +0000

@195: Still Trying to figure out how to paste something.

Google--( tv ratings mlb playoffs 1976) tv by the numbers zap2it shows ALCS & NLCS from 1976-2007.

@98: typo: Cards game finished 10:25 p.m. Oops!

By: John Autin

John Autin — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:11:14 +0000

@194, Nightfly -- Where can I find the ratings of the postseasons? 🙂

Seriously, though -- I have no sense of the public sentiment on such things, but I would assume that anyone old enough to have followed the '86 postseason would rank it among the top 3 in the 2-division era. All 3 of the series that year were classics.

By: nightfly

nightfly — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:25:48 +0000

Mike Scott... even the 'stros fans knew something was up. They would bring signs to the Astrodome that read: "The Right Scuff." He threw a no-hitter that year too, didn't he? The 1986 postseason is wildly underrated, by the way. Both pennant series were great battles, followed by a strong seven-game World Series. All the playoff teams had great players: Doc and Straw in their prime, and Hernandez and Carter; Houston with Ryan and Scott and Glenn Davis; Boston with Clemens, Boggs, Rice, and Dewey Evans; the Angels with Wally World, and good years from Downing and Jackson and DeCinces.

By: Dukeofflatbush

Dukeofflatbush — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:22:11 +0000

Mike Scott!
That was such a freak year.
He did have another season where he won more (20 in’89) but his WAR was just 2.8 that year.
I’m a Mets fan and ’86 was when I first watched baseball with a critical eye.
That year, there were tons of claims, especially from the Mets that Scott was doctoring the ball. Nothing much was made of it after the Astros lost and Scott faded, but he was so far ahead of what he did before and since, it makes one wonder.
He averaged 4.5 SO per 9, 9.5 hits per 9, a WHIP of 1.37 in 680 IP from ’79 to 85, then 10 so per 9, 5.9 hits per 9, a whip of .923 in 275.33 IP in ’86.

By: topper009

topper009 — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:41:39 +0000

To go along with 8 WAR with < 100 K, here are the top WAR seasons with < 100 hits from a batter

WAR H Year Tm G
6.2... 95 1918 BOS Babe Ruth
5.5... 87 1995 OAK Mark McGwire
5.4... 90 1978 SDP Gene Tenace
5.0... 94 1949 NYY Joe DiMaggio

By: topper009

topper009 — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:58:33 +0000

186 is right, trick question, Vida Blue reminded me of it

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:58:26 +0000

Ahhh, forgot about Rollins actually.

By: topper009

topper009 — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:57:56 +0000

Both wrong