Happy Recondite Birthday (in advance)
TheJay's blog, Recondite Baseball, turns one year old in a scant three weeks. (The odds of my remembering on the day itself are pretty slim, so I thought I'd do this now. Leaves everyone enough time to buy a present.)
No small feat, that:
Several studies indicate that most blogs are abandoned soon after creation (with 60% to 80% abandoned within one month, depending on whose figures you choose to believe) and that few are regularly updated.
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The Perseus report noted above indicates that 66.0% of surveyed blogs had not been updated in two months, "representing 2.72 million blogs that have been either permanently or temporarily abandoned".
Anyway, here's my present:
In the brief history of Miller Park, only six players have recorded five or more hits in one game. Of those six, only one was a Brewer, although a future (and now ex-) Brewer also accomplished the feat. (Feel free to guess who those two were; click the link to see the full data.)
Only one out of the six, Geoff Blum, did not have a home run as one of his five hits. This was fortunate for the Brewers, as Blum was the only player in the list to get five hits yet lose the game. The Astros lost 3-2, and not once did Blum come around to score.
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TheJay had his actual, human birthday just a couple days ago too
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
by battlekow on Jul 17, 2008 8:48 PM CDT 0 recs
TheJay is human?
"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"
by roguejim on
Jul 17, 2008 9:19 PM CDT
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I thought he was the Theron 5000
"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"
by roguejim on
Jul 17, 2008 9:20 PM CDT
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I like how it looks like a snappy dialogue, but it's really just you talking to yourself
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
by battlekow on
Jul 17, 2008 9:55 PM CDT
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Pretend they're one snappy comment
instead of two semi-snappy ones.
Actually, “snappy” is a pretty addictive word to type.
"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"
by roguejim on
Jul 17, 2008 10:11 PM CDT
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it happened 31 times at County
(Brewers and Milwaukee Braves)
Luckily, Fulton County isn’t included with “county stadium” or I’d have to subtract the other Braves
by PagsBrewCrew on Jul 17, 2008 10:14 PM CDT 0 recs
oooh...
4 6 hit performances.
all of those were 6 for 6, although one had 7 PAs. I don’t see number of innings anywhere within the display.
by PagsBrewCrew on
Jul 17, 2008 10:17 PM CDT
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I was at Kirby Puckett's
He robbed Yount of a grand slam that same game.
BCB's "very own marginally deserving all-star!"
by battlekow on
Jul 17, 2008 11:23 PM CDT
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johnny estrada
was the ex-brewer and i only know that because it happened the day before sheet’s 18 k game, which was on tv the other day.
"If there is a more reactionary blog with idiotic commentary out there I'd be surprised." -On Bleed Cubbie Blue
by Michael M on Jul 18, 2008 12:13 AM CDT 0 recs
I won't give the answer away, because I cheated and looked it up, but I will note this:
Richie Sexson is the only player ever to strike out 5 times in a game at Miller Park.
Derek Jeter is day to day after being hit by a pitch and being gorilla press slammed by a Bizarro Ray.
by KLSnow on Jul 18, 2008 11:04 AM CDT 0 recs
Also
Dave Bush’s 13 strikeout game from a week ago was tied for the third highest total in Miller Park history. Four pitchers have recorded exactly 13 K’s in a game at Miller Park, but Bush is the only one who got a win.
http://www.bb-ref.com/pi/shareit/Yv35
Derek Jeter is day to day after being hit by a pitch and being gorilla press slammed by a Bizarro Ray.
by KLSnow on Jul 18, 2008 11:09 AM CDT 0 recs
Nice tag
Thank you for drawing attention to the fact my blog is almost a year old (I didn’t notice).
It’s weird that Blum had five hits in that game and neither scored nor drove in a run. That’s one of only eighteen times a player has had five or more hits with 0 runs and 0 RBI in a game since 1956.
Obscure baseball records and more at my blog, Recondite Baseball.
by TheJay on Jul 21, 2008 10:34 AM CDT 0 recs
further proof...
that no one can outJay TheJay
by PagsBrewCrew on
Jul 21, 2008 12:29 PM CDT
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It's worth noting
Dixieflatline’s blog is about a year old, too, and that’s where all the cool pitching plots and other neat things (like the pitch location of all eleven hits by lefties off Brian Shouse this year) come from.
Obscure baseball records and more at my blog, Recondite Baseball.
by TheJay on Jul 21, 2008 12:55 PM CDT 0 recs
















