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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 5141596, member: 289"] I just returned from a remarkable game. The Syracuse Mets beat the Durham Bulls Both teams got one hit in a 9 inning game. "You mean both pitchers pitched a 1 hitter?" No this is 2024. Four different Mets pitchers combined for a one-hitter to defeat six different Bulls hitter who had combined for a 1 hitter. Pitching is a team game, my friend. The Bulls pitchers retired the last 19 Mets in succession but the Mets pitchers didn't dive up a hit over the same stretch. Who won? In the second, the Mets only hit was followed by a walk and a couple of sac flies for the only run. Note that none of the "key moments" are scoring plays: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.milb.com/gameday/bulls-vs-mets/2024/08/24/752281/final/summary/keyMoments[/URL] The play of the game was Drew Gilbert's very good catch of a long fly ball with runners on 1st and 2nd with one out, followed by his great throw from the warning track, a strike to second for the third out while the front runner was running to third. Gilbert is only batting .217 so far but you can see why he's an excellent prospect. He's only 5-9 but weighs a solidly-packed 198 pounds with Steve Garvey like 'Popeye' arms that give him a lot of power - and allow him to make throws like that. Meanwhile the other big prospect, Acuna, has plenty of speed, (32 steals, 5 triples and great range at second but otherwise is struggling, with a .301 on base percentage that limits the impact of his speed on offense. It's going to take a while for both of them. That add in the right field fence that asks "Wet Basement?" and then tells you nothing about what to do about it is still in right field. There's a couple of Logos to either side of it but they can't be read, even with binoculars or from the Salt City Deck. The only person in Syracuse who knows what to do about a wet basement is the right fielder. As is my habit I read a few pages from "Baseball Anecdotes" by Daniel Okrent and Steve Wulf between innings: (Again, we have a deal with Amazon but this site doesn't allow me to link you to this item, which is on Amazon. Why? So...) [URL='https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/892592.Baseball_Anecdotes']Baseball Anecdotes[/URL] My favorite from tonight: IN the 1930's, Lefty Gomez found himself on the mound with two guys on base, facing Jimmie Foxx. Bill Dickey singals for a fastball. Gomez shook his head. Dickey singled for a curveball. Gomez again shook his head. Dickey signaled for the changeup. Same things. He kept signaling for everything he could think of. and Gomes said no each time. Dickey gave up. He went out to mound and asked Gomez what he wanted to throw to Foxx. Gomez: "I don't want to throw him ANYTHING!" [/QUOTE]

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