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August 27, 2012
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
posted by yerfatma at 12:32 PM on August 27, 2012
The player United probably should have splashed £24,000,000 on.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 12:50 PM on August 27, 2012
Penn State will no longer play "Sweet Caroline" at football games.
posted by rcade at 01:05 PM on August 27, 2012
Desperate Angels Deactivate, Reactivate Vernon Wells
posted by tommybiden at 01:17 PM on August 27, 2012
If you can play, you can play at Duke
posted by tommybiden at 01:55 PM on August 27, 2012
The player United probably should have splashed 24,000,000 on.
Well, I think they need RvP, regardless of Rooney's availability, and he and Shinji Kagawa should pair well, but Fellaini has been terrific since moving up the field a bit (he wasn't bad before). He's a fantastic target and a great tackler.
All of which means he and Baines will be moving somewhere tomorrow just to keep the world spinning on its axis.
posted by yerfatma at 02:13 PM on August 27, 2012
Desperate Angels Deactivate, Reactivate Vernon Wells
The one from a couple weeks ago about Tebow made me almost do a spit-take. The title and the last paragraph are the gold standard of comedy.
posted by grum@work at 02:21 PM on August 27, 2012
posted by Etrigan at 08:40 PM on August 27, 2012
Kevin Garnett has made the most money of all time by an NBA player, according to RealGM.com, raking in over $328M in his 17 year career. Chris Webber (#9) and Shaq (#2) are the only retired players in the top 10.
posted by dfleming at 08:50 PM on August 27, 2012
Joe Johnson at #6 kinda surprised me, but the fact that Jordan didn't hit $100 million downright amazes me. Of course, that doesn't account for those missing two years that we won't talk about.
posted by Etrigan at 09:43 PM on August 27, 2012
Hard to imagine that Ilgauskas, whose sneakers have never squeaked on a gym floor, has earned more than Ewing.
posted by beaverboard at 12:01 AM on August 28, 2012
So... have you guys been watching what Felix Hernandez has been doing in the month of August? He is making it very, very, very hard not to imagine him as the 2012 Cy Young winner.
In 5 starts this month, here is his line:
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | GB | FB | Pit | BF | GSc | Dec. | ERA |
| Aug 27 | @ MIN | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 100 | 32 | 81 | W(13-5) | 2.43 | |
| Aug 21 | vs CLE | W 5-1 | 7.2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 105 | 29 | 65 | W(12-5) | 2.54 |
| Aug 15 | vs TB | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 113 | 27 | 99 | W(11-5) | 2.60 | |
| Aug 10 | @ LAA | L 6-5 | 7.0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 104 | 28 | 51 | - | 2.74 |
| Aug 4 | @ NYY | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 101 | 30 | 87 | W(10-5) | 2.63 |
As of tonight, he now has the lowest ERA in the AL, most IP, most shutouts (5), and is third in K's (11 behind the leader). In August he has gone 4-0 by throwing THREE complete game, 1-0 shutouts, including a perfect game and a two-hitter. His only no-decision was a mediocre start where he allowed 5 runs in 7 innings but left to a 5-5 tie, and the game was lost in the 9th, 6-5. And look at the pitch count: the most pitches was in his 12K perfect game, with a mere 113! He'd be going for the pitching Triple Crown if he didn't play for a team that offensively resembles the Bad News Bears.
The mere fact that he's gotten 3 wins via 1-0 shutout in just this month makes one wonder: if Felix got to face the Mariners every time out, would he be challenging Nolan Ryan's career no-hitter record in just this season?
posted by hincandenza at 03:58 AM on August 28, 2012
THREE complete game, 1-0 shutouts, including a perfect game and a two-hitter
That's just ridiculous. I meant to ask in the perfect game thread, when's the last time a bad team wasted the Golden Years of a pitcher (even close to) this good? I feel like I'm missing a couple of obvious ones in the '80s and '90s, but nothing's coming to me.
posted by yerfatma at 10:37 AM on August 28, 2012
when's the last time a bad team wasted the Golden Years of a pitcher (even close to) this good? I feel like I'm missing a couple of obvious ones in the '80s and '90s, but nothing's coming to me.
Dave Stieb.
posted by grum@work at 10:57 AM on August 28, 2012
THREE complete game, 1-0 shutouts, including a perfect game and a two-hitter
You're selling him a bit short by only using August.
Here is the list of all the 1-0 shutouts by pitchers in 2012:
Rk Player Date Tm Opp Rslt AppDec
1 Lucas Harrell 2012-06-27 HOU SDP W 1-0 SHO9 W
2 Felix Hernandez 2012-06-28 SEA BOS W 1-0 SHO9 W
3 Edinson Volquez 2012-07-19 SDP HOU W 1-0 SHO9 W
4 Felix Hernandez 2012-08-04 SEA NYY W 1-0 SHO9 W
5 Felix Hernandez 2012-08-15 SEA TBR W 1-0 SHO9 W
6 Felix Hernandez 2012-08-27 SEA MIN W 1-0 SHO9 W
There have been six of them for the entire season, and King Felix has thrown four of them himself.
posted by grum@work at 11:01 AM on August 28, 2012
Here is an old article on win shares as a % of team shares. Steve Carlton went 27-10 in 1972 on a team that combined to go 32-89 when he wasn't pitching.
posted by dfleming at 01:42 PM on August 28, 2012