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Recent Posts by kirkaracha
June 14, 2012
Matt Cain pitches first-ever perfect game for the Giants:
"Cain struck out 14 Astros, tied for the most strikeouts ever in a perfect game." It was the 22nd perfect game in major league history and the first perfect game against the Astros.
The Giants won 10-0, with 15 hits.
posted by kirkaracha to baseball at 01:10 AM - 24 comments
May 15, 2012
Where Are the Champions?: "An interactive map of every championship in the history of MLB, the NBA, the NHL, and the NFL."
posted by kirkaracha to general at 04:20 PM - 1 comment
October 28, 2011
Freese wins it for Cards in 11th:
Down by two in the ninth, David Freese ties it with a triple. Down by two in the 10th, Lance Berkman ties it again. And in the 11th, a lead-off homer by Freese wins it.
Game 7 is Friday at Busch at 7:05.
posted by kirkaracha to baseball at 01:22 AM - 26 comments
July 27, 2011
Roger Maris's Misunderstood Quest to Break the Home Run Record:
Fifty summers ago, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle were chasing Babe Ruth's record of 60 home runs in a single season, and the country was enthralled...And perhaps because of the intense interest in the season, numerous misconceptions have grown up around the race to 61.
posted by kirkaracha to baseball at 11:10 AM - 2 comments
February 02, 2011
I consider the following my outstanding experience at Yankee Stadium:
"I got a blow-job under the right field Bleachers, by the Yankee Bull pen." -- Mickey Mantle
posted by kirkaracha to baseball at 06:46 PM - 13 comments
January 24, 2010
New Orleans Saints Defeat the Minnesota Vikings to Advance to the Super Bowl: The Saints kick a 40-yard field goal in overtime to win 31-28.
posted by kirkaracha to football at 10:29 PM - 90 comments
January 19, 2010
America Bowl: U.S. Presidents vs. Super Bowls: "44 Presidents. 44 Super Bowls. Finally they battle head-to-head." For example, Abraham Lincoln vs. Super Bowl XVI: "Super Bowl XVI was pretty good. President 16 was pretty great. With malice toward none -- and in this we include the Bengals -- it's Abraham Lincoln in a walkover."
posted by kirkaracha to football at 02:07 PM - 6 comments
December 16, 2009
Shadow Boxing: ESPN's Outside the Lines feature on search for Sweet Jimmy Robinson, one of the first people to fight Muhammad Ali.
posted by kirkaracha to boxing at 02:50 PM - 4 comments
March 06, 2009
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29.: At Harvard Stadium on November 23, 1968, the Yale and Harvard football teams met in their annual The Game, with both teams going into the game undefeated for the first time since 1909. Heavily-favored Yale was ranked #16 and was on a 16-game winning streak. Yale was leading 29-13 with 3:34 to play and had the ball. What could possibly go wrong?
posted by kirkaracha to football at 07:51 PM - 4 comments
January 14, 2008
Bombed, boomed and doomed.: On November 27, 1966, the Washington Redskins beat the New York Giants 72-41, in the highest-scoring game in NFL history. The Redskins' 72 points is the highest winning score in a regular-season game; the combined 16 touchdowns is also a record. [more inside]
posted by kirkaracha to football at 05:42 PM - 6 comments
January 11, 2008
TVTV Goes to the Super Bowl.: Bill Murray and Christopher Guest cover a touch football game featuring Phyllis George, Johnny Unitas, and Pat Summerall in a TVTV behind-the-scenes documentary (full version) about Super Bowl X (1976).
posted by kirkaracha to football at 03:40 PM - 12 comments
December 29, 2007
Patriots are perfect 16-0: with a comeback win against the New York Giants, overcoming a 12 point third-quarter deficit. Tom Brady's 50 touchdown passes in a season breaks Peyton Manning's record; Randy Moss' 23 touchdown catches in a season breaks Jerry Rice's record.
posted by kirkaracha to football at 10:42 PM - 167 comments
November 15, 2007
Barry Bonds indicted on perjury, obstruction charges
posted by kirkaracha to baseball at 04:26 PM - 83 comments
September 12, 2007
Most Valuable Position: Slate's Robert Weintraub ranks the most important positions in the NFL.
posted by kirkaracha to football at 02:05 PM - 17 comments
September 06, 2007
"Your all-star game logo, for the final, wonderful year of Yankee Stadium, sucks."
posted by kirkaracha to baseball at 05:12 PM - 18 comments
August 07, 2007
posted by kirkaracha to baseball at 11:05 PM - 105 comments
Tuesday Morning Quarterback returns!: Our long national nightmare is nearly over.
posted by kirkaracha to football at 05:43 PM - 15 comments
August 06, 2007
Barry Bonds by the Numbers.: A SportsFilter column looking at how Barry Bonds' home runs compare to his National League contemporaries over the course of his career.
posted by kirkaracha to baseball at 07:12 PM - 17 comments
Barry Bonds by the Numbers: Looking at how Barry Bonds home runs compare to his National League contemporaries over the course of his career.
posted by kirkaracha to commentary at 07:09 PM - 0 comments
August 04, 2007
posted by kirkaracha to baseball at 11:49 PM - 56 comments
August 02, 2007
Crazy 8s: The White Sox and Yankees each score eight runs in the second inning, the second time in the history of baseball that both teams scored at least eight runs in an inning. Clemens gave up eight runs and nine hits in 1 2/3 innings. Garland gave up eight runs and nine hits in 1 1/3 innings. Jermaine Dye had a good day (2 homers, 2 doubles).
posted by kirkaracha to baseball at 05:42 PM - 9 comments
July 30, 2007
The Agony of Victory.: "For the country's most successful high school girls' lacrosse team, nothing was scarier than losing -- except maybe the relentless demand for perfection." The Mount Hebron High School Vikings hadn't lost a game in five years, had won 10 consecutive Maryland state titles, and had a 103-game winning streak. Then they lost. [more inside]
posted by kirkaracha to other at 12:51 PM - 5 comments
July 11, 2007
Ichiro takes round-trip to All-Star history.: MVP Ichiro Suzuki hits the first inside-the-park home run in All-Star Game history.
posted by kirkaracha to baseball at 06:03 PM - 51 comments
June 14, 2007
"We might be first to 10,000, but we're first in something.": The Philadelphia Phillies have lost more games than any other team in the Big Leagues, and they're coming up on 10,000 losses. Chart of the Top Five (Pittsburgh's #4). "In the 27 seasons from 1919 through 1945, Philadelphia finished last in the National League 16 times and second to last 7 times." Philadelphia's also the city with teams in one of the four major professional sports that's gone the longest without a championship. Some fans are choosing to Celebrate 10,000.
posted by kirkaracha to baseball at 12:21 PM - 6 comments
May 11, 2007
Baron Davis' beard 125, Utah Jazz 105
posted by kirkaracha to basketball at 10:58 PM - 16 comments