Games scores of 90 or above for the 2023 Major League Baseball season: 96 Domingo German, NY Yankees at Oakland, June 28: 9 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 9 K, 99 pitches 93 Framber Valdez, Houston Astros vs. Cleveland, August 1: 9 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K, 93 pitches…
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2022 Game Score leaders
Games scores 90 or above for the 2022 Major League Baseball season: 94 Spencer Strider, Braves vs. Colorado, 9/1: 8 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 16 K, 106 pitches 93 Tyler Mahle, Reds at Arizona, 6/14: 9 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 12 K, 119 pitches 92…
2021 Game Score Leaders
Games scores above 90 for the 2021 Major League Baseball season: Game score of 99 John Means, Baltimore Orioles, May 5, at Seattle (no-hitter) 9 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 12 K, 113 pitches Game score of 98 Jacob deGrom, New York Mets, April 23 vs. Washington 9 IP, 2 H, O R,…
Tweet Notes, volume 3
When I was young and I watched This Week in Baseball with Mel Allen on Saturday mornings, the program included TWIB notes. Here’s a 21st century version. Many of these notes were originally tweeted in reference to other tweets or articles, sometimes driving the context of the note. Some have been lightly revised compared to…
Tweet Notes, volume 2
When I was young and I watched This Week in Baseball with Mel Allen on Saturday mornings, the program included TWIB notes. Here’s a 21st century version. Many of these notes were originally tweeted in reference to other tweets or articles, sometimes driving the context of the note. Some have been lightly revised compared to…
Tweet Notes
When I was young and I watched This Week in Baseball with Mel Allen on Saturday mornings, the program included TWIB notes. Here’s a 21st century version. Many of these notes were originally tweeted in reference to other tweets or articles, sometimes driving the context of the note. Some have been lightly revised compared to…
Obscure Cy Young contenders
Cy Young Award winners receive deserved attention. I thought I would bring some attention to the obscure pitchers who received votes for the Cy Young Award but didn’t win. These pitchers had at least one season when they were among the best in the league. This was originally a three-week Twitter series, explaining some of…
The remarkable Tudor turnaround
Several pitchers have begun seasons with poor results and reversed their performance to finish the season strong. Sometimes the difference came after a mid-season trade (See Rick Sutcliffe, 1984 N.L. Cy Young Award winner). For John Tudor, it came thanks to a former teammate watching Tudor pitch on TV and noticing a problem with his…