I still wish we could have seen Mark Prior get to his prime. Wasn't it a stupid injury running the bases that did him in?
MLB: Hardest thing to do in baseball
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I still wish we could have seen Mark Prior get to his prime. Wasn't it a stupid injury running the bases that did him in?
Yeah that was his first injury. I know Keith Law credits Baker forcing him to pitch after he was obviously tired in 2003 to blowing out his shoulder. I tend to agree with him, especially since Kerry Wood was never the same after that either. Carlos Zambrano's career was probably not helped by pitching that many innings at that age either but he's crazy as hell so people just overlook that one.
Baker was definitely going for broke that year, maybe the entire Cubs organization and even the players were behind it as well. I remember saying to my wife a couple of times that year that I didn't see how Wood and Prior would hold up. I just wonder if they all thought, from top to bottom, "Let's just throw it all out there. If we pull this off, we'll be Gods." and they probably would have been.
Oh boy, it turned into a Cubs thread.
Oh boy, some *** named ellen showed up.
Oh boy, it turned into a Cubs thread.
It's better than it turning into a Hawkeye thread.
the crash in 2003 was one of my favoritesOh boy, it turned into a Cubs thread.
The hell you don't. You can hit the cover off the ball and line out to the shortstop making a great play. Then your next at bat hit a lazy pitching wedge off the end of the bat and get a double out of it.
Mark Buehrle? is lucky DeWayne Wise saved his perfect game by taking away a home run ball.
I was here all along. But I think you knew that......... :yes:
Well we know it can't turn into an ISU baseball thread. :smile:
I'm struggling with this one. I voted for 20Ks, but none of the 5 in history ended up being no-hitters/perfect games. When Kerry Wood struck out 20, he only gave up one very questionable hit (still think that was an error). He was throwing wiffle balls that day.
Not the hardest, but here is something that should probably be added to any "hardest to do" list:
stealing 2nd, 3rd, and Home in the same inning.
Ty Cobb and Honus Wagner both did it 4 times! Still the AL and NL record.
Stealing Second, Third, And Home Plate in the Same Inning
Edit: Sidenote - First Base has only been stolen once in history:
stealing 2nd, 3rd, and Home in the same inning.
Ty Cobb and Honus Wagner both did it 4 times! Still the AL and NL record.
Stealing Second, Third, And Home Plate in the Same Inning
Edit: Sidenote - First Base has only been stolen once in history:
I don't know, a guy has to get pretty damn lucky to call his shot and not get one put in his ear hole.
It's not hard to hit 4 home runs in one game by one player, however the opportunity seldom presents itself. Power hitters tend to get walked more and the quality of pitches they see is not good. I think this is why it has happened so few times. If pitchers would just fall in line and pitch over the plate all the time and not walk anyone we would see more 4 HR games.
Didn't see his previous post, but I went back and repped it anyway. Damn, I thought I had an original thought:sad:
I had a rivalry with the guy I was talking about in my previous post. He initially threw at me. Then I pointed out and he threw a fastball down the middle. I crushed it. Sweet Victory for CyCash. If it was on ellen it would have been better but pretty sweet story anyway.:smile:
