I bet he feels like a bag of dicks right now.

Yes, I went there.

Jim responds, “Usually when a guy throws a no-hitter, they’re the star of the game”.

we can always just blame it on Bartman Bob Webb stealing our morale.

Anyone know if there’s an appeal process for this?

Cards losing 1-0 in the 8th.

D-Backs improve their Team Grit

They’ll probably play him at second I would guess

Go Houston!

Do you think a certain someone is getting some unfriendly stares?

after the fact.

On the post-game report, Trudy just reported they won an appeal earlier this season.

Anyone know what the Brewers won?

“it’s a joke”

Attaboy Ned. Rock on pal.

In comes McClung to beam the score keeper.

reliever serves a fat pitch to smilin’ Daryl Ward

This is just ridiculous:

11 GS, 6 CG, 3 SHO, 88 IP, 69 H, 18 BB , 85 K.

I’m sure I’m just missing it right?

It was a good day.

as Ramirez waves at a pitch

I nominate 2 from today’s game
1) CC’s stellar defense – the barehanded grab and DP ball
2) CC’s crappy defense – the botched grounder potentially costing him the no-hitter.

Despite what is a pretty poor start by Webb tonight, I’d rather see the Brewers go against the Mets or Phils.

he think that there’s an actual rule in the actual rule book that the first batted ball scored as a hit in any game has to be a clean hit.

The Brewers sent a DVD and a written explanation to Major League Baseball following the conclusion of Sunday’s game between the Brewers and Pirates, Brewers media relations manager John Steinmiller said.

“I saw it, called it immediately [and] believed it was a hit,” the game’s official scorer, Bob Webb, said. “I think that’s a hit in every circumstance. It was a difficult play. Even if he comes up with the ball cleanly, in my estimation, he’s got more than ordinary difficulty in getting the runner at first base.”

Under MLB rules, the official scorer is the only person that may change a judgment call within 24 hours of a game’s conclusion. The league, after considering the evidence submitted by the Brewers, may request that the official scorer change a judgment call, but cannot force the scorer to change his ruling.

Only if the call is deemed “erroneous” may the league order a change in a judgment call.

link

Webb got lit up, 8 earned runs in 3 1/3. If his ERA isn’t so sparkly, coupled with CC potentially getting credited with a no-hitter, voters are going to really look hard at it.

Not that I really care, the voters are all full of crap, but it would be pretty sweet.

“actually when i used to work for a band we played milwaulkee – nice place the city is only 2 square blocks wide the cabbie showed us where dahmer lived and the strippers had to wear pasties- ugh except for the beer and bratwurst and the sheboygan chicks i didnt like milwaulkee lol”

Two square blocks wide?

“I never particularly liked the Brewers. The thing that annoys me is that slide when someone hits a home run. For a long time, people always were ripping there pitchers. But it’s something there fans like. Just like the apple thing at Shea. I remember that Geoff Jenkins walk off pissed me off last year. The Brewers can be beaten. I’ll say what I said before the Marlins series: get 2 of 3 and you’re happy. Regardless of annoyances, agony or obstacles. Milwaukee’s a good team… The main thing is to go out there tomorrow with the ace out there and win. Than from there, a split’s fine.”

okay

Despite the Brewers’ protests, the play in question is routinely called a hit and fielders often get angry when they are called for errors on easier plays. The Associated Press polled eight writers who have reported on the majors for 10 years or more, and six would have called it a hit.

Also, Sabathia pitched with almost no pressure with a multiple-run lead in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings, which wouldn’t have been the case if he had a no-hitter going and every late-innings pitch would have been critical.

Umm…okay. link

from the NYT

David Pinto asked another Major League scorer for his opinion and got some puffed-up rhetoric:

The people hired by MLB as official scorers make tough calls every day. They are not supposed to look at the scoreboard or the uniforms of the player before deciding what the correct call is on a particular play. Team employees (both uniformed and non-uniformed) want every call to go their way, but the scorer is an impartial judge and decides according to the rule book and experience. Part of Rule 10.01(a) says: “The official scorer shall have sole authority to make all decisions concerning application of Rule 10 that involve judgement, such as whether a batter’s advance to first base is the result of a hit or error.”

Ask Dwight Gooden if he should have gotten a no hitter in 1984. Get over it.