Quote:
Originally Posted by FourStrikes
as I posted on the main page:
ALMOST a no-no, unlike some of the other 'advertised / hyped" on mlb.com, but...
speculation, of course, but MY personal opinion / thought is that the 'extended' offensive inning (Giants 7th) sucked a bit of momentum out of the Giants / Bum with the 2 insurance runs.
with 14 K's and only 1 BB, and with the exception of that one - solid - hit, MadBum was otherwise untouchable.
again, JMO, but one helluva great individual performance.
I see your point, Jake - TO A POINT - but...just sayin'.
fun game to watch - was pulling for the no-no.
|
i agree that many of these 'almost' No-NOs' are getting annoying on the MLB hype machine and that Bum's was much better than many this year..but again he got 2 outs from Archie Bradley who would be worse than every DH in the AL, pitch count would of been higher with a DH in most cases as well.....thus an AL almost no hitter would of meant something more...like i said in he original post, we keep hearing about NL no hitters.....much more than AL