Immaculate Inning

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by drcy

Don't understand how that's a perfect inning.

As Tom Seaver said, "My job is to get batters out, sometimes by striking them out."

In such an inning, the pitcher has complete control...no balls are called, no contact is made and no defense is necessary. TOTAL DOMINATION!

However, when I lost my fastball, I wanted to complete innings with only three pitches total...of course, one must depend on both the hitter and the fielders to do their parts to accomplish that.


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[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

In such an inning, the pitcher has complete control...no balls are called, no contact is made and no defense is necessary. TOTAL DOMINATION!

However, when I lost my fastball, I wanted to complete innings with only three pitches total...of course, one must depend on both the hitter and the fielders to do their parts to accomplish that.


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Total domination does not equate necessarily to maximum efficiency. Maddux getting a hitter to weakly beat the first pitch into the ground is, to me, more efficient than a Clemens three pitch strikeout.

[drcy]

My joke is that when I was a pitcher my fastball was so slow it was my changeup.

[Steve D]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

In such an inning, the pitcher has complete control...no balls are called, no contact is made and no defense is necessary. TOTAL DOMINATION!.

Actually, that may not be the case. The pitcher could strike out the side on nine pitches, and it could be through nothing but dumb luck. Say each batter hits their first two pitches foul, but home run depth, and then each one swings and misses at the third pitch, or foul-tips it into the catcher's mitt. That would be a non-immaculate, immaculate inning.

In Scherzer's case this week, the third batter fouled back his second pitch, so he did make contact; he just did not put the ball in play.

Steve

[clydepepper]

[quote=steve d;1784599]actually, that may not be the case. The pitcher could strike out the side on nine pitches, and it could be through nothing but dumb luck. Say each batter hits their first two pitches foul, but home run depth, and then each one swings and misses at the third pitch, or foul-tips it into the catcher's mitt. That would be a non-immaculate, immaculate inning.

In scherzer's case this week, the third batter fouled back his second pitch, so he did make contact; he just did not put the ball in play.

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