These NL late inning 'no-hitters' are annoying

[FourStrikes]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

Can add madison Baum's to the list.....NL no hitters and almost no hitters just arent like AL ones..

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.

[1952boyntoncollector]

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

[1952boyntoncollector]

Edwin Jackson 'almost' no hitter and was another one too..

[bravos4evr]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

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

Idk if I posted this already, but the entire "NO HITTER' thing is just a big hype machine. So many of them are not even that impressive of a performance (ie. lots of walks, amazing defensive plays behind the pitcher saving his butt) but ESPN and MLB Network are in the bidness of making $$$ so hype they do.

as far as the difference between the NL and the AL, facing a pitcher 2 times vs a DH (and the days of the monster DH as a rule are mostly over with a few exceptions) just isn't that huge. All a no hitter is ,is a confluence of variables leading to a result . But since there have been nearly 300 of them in MLB history, one can't even call them rare. They just are a flukey thing that happens every once in awhile when a pitcher's on the batters off and the defense is on point.


Would you say a 9 inning no hitter with 6 walks is MORE impressive than a one hit shutout with zero walks? I would argue the latter was the superior pitched game.

[1952boyntoncollector]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/matt-wi...062249296.html

NL almost no hitters just go on and on......the actual no hitters in the NL arent that big a deal compared to the AL, so why even mention it when its a NON no hitter....

[the 'stache]

Matt Moore came within one out of a no hitter last night for the Giants against the Dodgers.

[FourStrikes]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

Matt Moore came within one out of a no hitter last night for the Giants against the Dodgers.

not exactly a "nothingburger"

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

Matt Moore came within one out of a no hitter last night for the Giants against the Dodgers.

Right i thought the article adressed it....it was on same night as the Matt W.s on the braves.... they not even no hitters and are in the NL....can join the list of edwin jackson and many many NL others.....theres a reason this is happening more in the NL as far as almost no hitters go...