OT: Pirates avenge Harvey Haddix game

[packs]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

Well Stanton right now is trying to break the 'real' home run record of 61..but it wont be official....there wont be anything happening there.....same thing with NL no hitters being as 'real' as AL no hitters...... it is what it is..

If you don't give up a hit, isn't that a no hitter? How much more real could it get?

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by packs

If you don't give up a hit, isn't that a no hitter? How much more real could it get?

Bonds also hit more than 61 homers for real....

anyway i wont comment anymore until the next no hitter or NL no hitter light occurs.

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

anyway i wont comment anymore until the next no hitter or NL no hitter light occurs.

If that silence is directed at me, I don't think you're generally allowed to wait and see if you're winning a bet before you decide if you're going to place it. So I'll just take that as a no thanks.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

If that silence is directed at me, I don't think you're generally allowed to wait and see if you're winning a bet before you decide if you're going to place it. So I'll just take that as a no thanks.

Silence on the issue of making my argument. As to a bet..i not into betting something 2 years down the line. I not into keeper fantasy leagues either......but I will give you $200 pp if the next two no hitters are in AL parks by 8/25/18. Combined no hitters dont count... No risk for you.

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

Silence on the issue of making my argument. As to a bet..i not into betting something 2 years down the line. I not into keeper fantasy leagues either......but I will give you $200 pp if the next two no hitters are in AL parks by 8/25/18. Combined no hitters dont count... No risk for you.

That's very kind. And of course I accept. C'mon Kluber!

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

That's very kind. And of course I accept. C'mon Kluber!

11 months to go...

[celoknob]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

Silence on the issue of making my argument. As to a bet..i not into betting something 2 years down the line. I not into keeper fantasy leagues either......but I will give you $200 pp if the next two no hitters are in AL parks by 8/25/18. Combined no hitters dont count... No risk for you.

Wish I could get in on that. Even if NL no hitters are 10% easier the odds of the next two in AL are 20% (.45 x .45). 30% next two are in NL (55 x .55).

[darwinbulldog]

Times the probability that there will be two or more (without relief pitchers) within the next year.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by celoknob

Wish I could get in on that. Even if NL no hitters are 10% easier the odds of the next two in AL are 20% (.45 x .45). 30% next two are in NL (55 x .55).

I was being generous saying only 10% easier..as a way to have an agreement. I actually think its a lot higher than that. 19 of the last 21 ....etc..

[pclpads]

"Avenge??" curious word choice. How do you avenge something against an uninvolved, disinterested third party? If memory serves, Haddix' game in '59 was against the Braves, not the Dodjuhs and won by an Adcock HR. I also question whether current Pirates' players in the recent game, ever heard of Harvey Haddix, or for that matter his famous game. To do so would require a modicum of simple baseball history, something the current self-involved players likely lack, if for no other reason all were born decades after 1959.

[Shoeless Moe]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

Silence on the issue of making my argument. As to a bet..i not into betting something 2 years down the line. I not into keeper fantasy leagues either......but I will give you $200 pp if the next two no hitters are in AL parks by 8/25/18. Combined no hitters dont count... No risk for you.

was 1 out away from being 1/2 way there, but alas it was not to be......thanks a lot Tim Anderson.