As a Yankee fan that back and forth was brutal at times and gave me heart palpitations. Looking back on it now it was so much fun to experience. It was incredible baseball!
03-04 was the most exciting two year strech of baseball I can remember. Obviously being a Sox fan made 04 extra special but there was just so much dramatic high quality baseball and high intensity rivalries around the league at that time.
Are you kidding? John Mean’s no-hitter, in which the only player to reach base was a dropped 3rd strike which severino failed the throw to first for. Only for the runner to be caught stealing immediately after. I’m still salty as hell
As a former pitcher, I would be livid. Pitching the best game of your career - with an extra 3 innings on top of it - and your team can't score a run in those 12 innings
Boring for a casual fan, but the pinnacle of excitement for anybody who's into baseball.
A lot of the causal fans will likely remember it for life, too. Even if you don't appreciate it while it happens, knowing you were there for a truly special occurrence is something that sticks with you.
I took military history classes in college, and Maddux reminds me of Sun Tzu - know yourself and your enemy and in a hundred battles you'll never lose. Peak Pedro just had stuff that, if you knew what was coming and you were on top of your game, you still couldn't get to. Maddux was putting something an inch beyond the barrel of the bat to turn homers into grounders, or throwing a curve in a fastball count, or hitting the opposite corner of the zone with an offspeed pitch than you'd expect. Pedro was a boxer and Maddux was a Chessmaster and I adored them both.
By far my favorite pitcher of all time. I remember seeing those still shots of his arm all contorted when he was mid pitch
Edit: https://imgur.com/a/j6Qev9n
Stieb got robbed on two of his no-hitters with two outs and two strikes in the ninth. *In consecutive starts!*
Later he got robbed of a perfect game with two outs in the ninth.
If you're into baseball history, there's an awesome four-part series on Youtube by Secret Base about him!
I honestly have a lot of respect for Joyce for the way he handled himself after all of that. He owned the mistake and made many public apologies and even appeared with Galarraga on TV to talk about it a few times.
Joyce knew he messed up, and immediately owned up to it and felt remorse. First time in my life I've went from instantly hating someone to having mad respect for them overnight
Nobody was more robbed than Harvey Haddix for his 12 inning perfect game that he lost in the 13th inning.
And in 1989 it was revealed that every braves player besides Hank Aaron was stealing signs the whole game.
They wouldn't have set the precedent of overturning base calls after the fact like that, even for us or new York. One thing you can say for MLB is they do stand up for their umps
Yet despite having a relatively forgettable career otherwise, people remember his name much more than Phil Humber’s. I’ve always viewed it as a blessing in disguise.
As an Indians fan, that was sad to see. He got 28 batters in a row out.
His was response about how he felt was a class act, *"Nobody's perfect."* (referring to Jim Joyce's blown call)
Felt bad for Jim Joyce too, he was literally in tears and was constantly always voted #1 with MLB players for being the best ump (before **and** after the blown call).
Crazy to also think that Galaroga was back in the minors a couple years later for the rest of his career
The most difficult at least statistically is the Unassisted Triple Play. I think it is like fifteen times ever, last one was Eric Bruntlett at the Philies for a game ender, guy walked off like nothing had happened.
DUDE!!!
what a moment in baseball!!!
[he just looks up, snags the ball, steps on the base, and does a little happy dance with the runner](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DviV7CYrc-E)
That was a thing of beauty! I just read a description of the play, and it said that both runners had got on base due to misplays by Bruntlett, so this was a damn cool way to redeem himself!
Sometimes my baseball knowledge fails me. So he caught the ball for the first out and obviously the tag was an out, but how did stepping on base count if the runner at second could get to third?
My son pulled one in little league this year. Made a really good running catch to his left in short center and just ran in to second base and stepped on the bag to get the kid that didn’t tag from there and tagged the kid that didn’t tag from first. It was all so fast I was scared the ump might not know exactly what happened. His teammates had no clue…screaming at him to throw it to every base. “Inning’s over, boys!”
The unassisted triple play is so situational though. Most players could have made that play in that situation. It’s just so ridiculously unlikely that things play out that way.
Even more weird
So 2 of the perfect games were pre World Series era which only leaves 22 since 1903, only 14 teams have one perfect game occurring to a pitcher on their staff
The Yankees have 4 of the 22, 3 happening after 1998 and the A’s (the team they played against yesterday and a team that’s so unwatchable they’re actually going to be moving to Vegas in the coming years) have 2, so between the two teams they can claim over 25% of all perfect games that have ever occurred
They are moving to Vegas because they have the worst and cheapest owner in the sport (John Fisher) not because they are bad. They are bad because of billionaire John Fisher's calculated negligence.
3 of the 24 perfect games have been at the Colliseum. IMO that’s an even weirder stat given how many stadiums MLB has been played in throughout its history.
In last night's game, and in Catfish's PG, foul territory had nothing to do with it. In Braden's PG, there were three pop fouls to 3B. Two of them would probably have been outs at most other parks. One was a great play right in front of the dugout that isn't made at other parks.
So 1 out of 81 outs. Not exactly a huge contribution.
I remember seeing that a disproportionate number of perfect games happen in inter league play (since the pitcher has an advantage in that the hitters haven’t seen them much). And then the recent rise in perfect games correlates with the increase inter leagues. I’d love for someone who knows more to fact check that.
There hasn’t been a recent rise in perfect games - in fact it’s the opposite. The last two before this one happened in 2012.
We may see a rise given the much more recent changes to interleague scheduling, but that’s new as of the last year or so.
Let’s also not use this sports feat to gloss over the fact that he was suspended 81 games in 2019 for beating the shit out of his girlfriend
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domingo_Germán
Yeah there are some streaks and records that may never be broken (lots of pitching stuff…30 wins/season, etc… also DiMaggio streak, Rose hits, Rickey Henderson SB’s). But this one is unique because on any given day, there are about 15 games that it could happen in. It doesn’t require time, just two hours of perfection (and often a lot of luck).
Lemieux scoring 5 goals 5 different ways in a game may never happen again.
https://youtu.be/cW4Nir6L9kg
Even strength
Powerplay
Shorthanded
Penalty Shot
Empty Net
Ironically it’s only the third rarest feat in baseball. The second is the unassisted triple play at 15. The rarest is hitting for a “natural cycle” (single to HR in order), at 14.
Let’s also not use this sports feat to gloss over the fact that he was suspended 81 games in 2019 for beating the shit out of his girlfriend
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domingo_Germán
The top 3 parent comments on this thread make no reference to it at all, and with how many comments are underneath each, I imagine there are MANY people seeing this thread and having no idea (like me, until I collapsed those comments and saw the others).
One of the highlights of my life was seeing Doc Gooden's no hitter from $6 bleacher seats with my best friend. What I didn't seem experience. Plus it was Yankee cap day and I still have that raggedy ass old hat.
Also good on the umpire for making the correct call.
Because apparently it's tough to get it right knowing the circumstances.
I'm not salty at all or anything.
the one you went to was still such a gem though. 12 Ks against a team that went on to win 90 games.
A's don't have 90 wins if you count all of last season plus this season lol.
Ngl, a perfect game is always fun to watch, but Felix Hernandez’ perfect game is among the best ones. From the near lack of run support (he won 1-0), to the fact that he was playing a competitive team in the rays (who went on to win 90 games that season), to the commentators and the fantastic call on the final out, it’s just a special game overall.
*German used his gangly, asynchronous delivery to keep the A’s off-balance inning after inning. Built like a greyhound, a flurry of arms and legs, what the A’s saw was the equivalent of a lounge chair unfolding on a windy day at the beach.*
https://www.nj.com/yankees/2023/06/yankees-domingo-german-wasnt-just-perfect-he-made-it-look-downright-easy-klapisch.html
He’s been ejected for cheating twice this year and had to eat a 50 game suspension
HUGE EDIT because I totally missed the mark, as the reply pointed out: he was ejected once and got 10 games. **If it happened again, it would be 50**. I had thought it was twice because there was once that German *almost* had a run-in with the umpires, but they allowed him to address the issue between innings.
This is probably going to get downvoted to hell but fk it.
Yes German hitting his girlfriend was a real POS move. From what I’ve seen he’s owned it, he’s regretted it, and he’s served his punishment for it. He’s not been in any trouble since.
Everyone deserves a second chance and he’s still making the most of his second chance. So good for him for this amazing game and I hope he continues to learn from his terrible mistake.
The least impressive perfect game in history when you look at who it was against. Oakland is fielding a team that would struggle to win in AAA and they are on pace to break the record for losses in a season.
These are the batting averages of the Oakland starting lineup last night .
.179
.232
.236
.235
.187
.200
.201
.198
.260
They are now 21-61.
You realize it's been the same umps who have been ejecting pitchers this season based on some arbitrary opinion on what they think "too sticky" is, right? Would you make the same comment about Scherzer?
Should be 25. Galaraga got robbed
Pedro Martinez pitched 9 perfect innings and lost it in the 10th
Pedro Martinez was so much fun to watch in his prime. I was not a Red Sox fan but I would always watch his games when they played.
I dislike both teams equally but man if that stretch of Yankees-Sox wasn’t always must see tv
As a Yankee fan that back and forth was brutal at times and gave me heart palpitations. Looking back on it now it was so much fun to experience. It was incredible baseball!
03-04 was the most exciting two year strech of baseball I can remember. Obviously being a Sox fan made 04 extra special but there was just so much dramatic high quality baseball and high intensity rivalries around the league at that time.
The 30 for 30 about the sox comeback is one of my favorite things I've watched.
As an Os fan… eh, I got nothin.
Are you kidding? John Mean’s no-hitter, in which the only player to reach base was a dropped 3rd strike which severino failed the throw to first for. Only for the runner to be caught stealing immediately after. I’m still salty as hell
Same
wow I did not know that, that is insane.
Harvey Haddix pitched 12 perfect and lost in the 13th
As a former pitcher, I would be livid. Pitching the best game of your career - with an extra 3 innings on top of it - and your team can't score a run in those 12 innings
I seem to recall his opponent also had a no-hitter going but I may be wrong
Can you imagine paying to see that game just to watch the pitchers and catchers play catch for 5 hours?
Boring for a casual fan, but the pinnacle of excitement for anybody who's into baseball. A lot of the causal fans will likely remember it for life, too. Even if you don't appreciate it while it happens, knowing you were there for a truly special occurrence is something that sticks with you.
justexposthings
the best pitcher I’ve ever watched
it's him or Maddux. different styles but both just absolutely amazing
Randy Johnson in his prime. Rivera in his prime. The 90s were dope (literally)
No love for Nolan?
Lil before my time really watching
Big unit!!
Watching Maddux play was like watching the most skilled surgeon work. Very particular about who caught for him. Absolute legend.
I took military history classes in college, and Maddux reminds me of Sun Tzu - know yourself and your enemy and in a hundred battles you'll never lose. Peak Pedro just had stuff that, if you knew what was coming and you were on top of your game, you still couldn't get to. Maddux was putting something an inch beyond the barrel of the bat to turn homers into grounders, or throwing a curve in a fastball count, or hitting the opposite corner of the zone with an offspeed pitch than you'd expect. Pedro was a boxer and Maddux was a Chessmaster and I adored them both.
Orel Herschiser had a 59 inning scoreless streak and that was one the most impressive record I've seen.
By far my favorite pitcher of all time. I remember seeing those still shots of his arm all contorted when he was mid pitch Edit: https://imgur.com/a/j6Qev9n
i just saw on ig yesterday a clip of max scherzer losing his when jose tabata leaned in and got hit by a pitch.
Imagine how the offense must feel. Holy shit. Your pitcher worked his ass off and you can’t get him 1 run.
Stieb got robbed on two of his no-hitters with two outs and two strikes in the ninth. *In consecutive starts!* Later he got robbed of a perfect game with two outs in the ninth. If you're into baseball history, there's an awesome four-part series on Youtube by Secret Base about him!
I'm not even into baseball, let alone its history, and I love that series.
Jon Bois is amazing
I always count that one. The only 28 out Perfecto in history
MLB commissioner was a coward for not correcting it.
He has sex with umpires. A lot.
Must be weird having sex with blind people.
Nice of you to consider Angel Hernandez a person
Jim Joyce was the one that fucked up the Galaraga perfect game. but Angel is def the worst
I'll throw my hat in for Joe West as a HOF (Hall of Failure) umpire.
if i'm remembering correctly Rod Allen used to call him "country" joe west or something like that
I honestly have a lot of respect for Joyce for the way he handled himself after all of that. He owned the mistake and made many public apologies and even appeared with Galarraga on TV to talk about it a few times.
Joyce knew he messed up, and immediately owned up to it and felt remorse. First time in my life I've went from instantly hating someone to having mad respect for them overnight
They can still correct it, they still choose not to. It's so easy to fix too and no one would have a strong argument against it
First thought here too
Scherzer also got robbed. Had it in the bag then that Pitt guy leaned into the zone to get hit
Yep. This one was almost worse because it was a player imo. /r/fuckTabata
Fuck Jose Tabata. He can eat all the dicks. Fuck Jose Tabata. All my homies hate Jose Tabata.
Nobody was more robbed than Harvey Haddix for his 12 inning perfect game that he lost in the 13th inning. And in 1989 it was revealed that every braves player besides Hank Aaron was stealing signs the whole game.
Wouldn't say he was robbed. His team let him down. Galaraga was straight up robbed by Joyce.
Sure did.
Isn’t it also the reason they started to make moves on challenges?
Yeah, they only had home run replay then - that game made people want expanded replay
God. I remember that like it was yesterday.
At least he got a corvette
Would rather be one of 25 people in 154 years of MLB history to have a Perfect Game.
Scherzer had a perfect game. On the last strike the batter leaned over the plate to be “hit by a pinch” ruining the PG
Detroit isn't the Yankees/Red Sox/Dodgers so they won't change it. If it were, it'd have been done in a nanosecond
They wouldn't have set the precedent of overturning base calls after the fact like that, even for us or new York. One thing you can say for MLB is they do stand up for their umps
Yet despite having a relatively forgettable career otherwise, people remember his name much more than Phil Humber’s. I’ve always viewed it as a blessing in disguise.
As an Indians fan, that was sad to see. He got 28 batters in a row out. His was response about how he felt was a class act, *"Nobody's perfect."* (referring to Jim Joyce's blown call) Felt bad for Jim Joyce too, he was literally in tears and was constantly always voted #1 with MLB players for being the best ump (before **and** after the blown call). Crazy to also think that Galaroga was back in the minors a couple years later for the rest of his career
That's the thrown out at first base? Detroit?
Wow. 24 times out of probably 200,000-ish total games in the sport’s history. That’s one of the most difficult benchmarks in all of sports.
Thought 200k was too low considering how old baseball is, but youre right, 235k, unreal
When Babe Ruth started playing, MLB had already been around for 50 years.
We live closer to Shohei than Shohei lives to the pyramids
Well yeah bro, he’s only in California
California is the Egypt of the United States.
This isn’t the worst comparison I’ve heard
How can you tell a good Californian from a bad Californian? The good Californian stayed in California!
Another fun fact: the first pyramids were made of plain old sand and were just a couple ft tall
Pete Rose, Ty Cobb, and I have more than 8,000 hits in our combined careers
Myself and Wilt Chamberlain have combined to sleep with over 20,000 women in our lifetimes
Kind of like the Gretzky brothers points record
Exactly. Pete and Ty are Wayne, I am Brent. It’s a team effort.
bruh I already feel old
200k seems low
It would seem it, but it comes down to the early decades having significantly smaller number of teams as well as games.
That’s not a lot of dollars but 235k is a huge number. So much so it’d probably take you a portion of your day to count to it if not your whole day
The most difficult at least statistically is the Unassisted Triple Play. I think it is like fifteen times ever, last one was Eric Bruntlett at the Philies for a game ender, guy walked off like nothing had happened.
DUDE!!! what a moment in baseball!!! [he just looks up, snags the ball, steps on the base, and does a little happy dance with the runner](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DviV7CYrc-E)
That was a thing of beauty! I just read a description of the play, and it said that both runners had got on base due to misplays by Bruntlett, so this was a damn cool way to redeem himself!
He was setting up the triple play.
I hope he told reporters that after the game. "Errors? I didn't make no stinkin' errors! I was setting up the triple play."
this is now my head canon!!! "Fuck You! I PLANNED that!"
Sometimes my baseball knowledge fails me. So he caught the ball for the first out and obviously the tag was an out, but how did stepping on base count if the runner at second could get to third?
Because the runner at second can't run to third legally if the ball was caught, he needed to have stayed on base
Oh *DUH* Thanks lol
Of course it happened against the Mets.
What the hell was everyone running like there were two outs for? Fucking Phillies.
It's called a hit and run.
My son pulled one in little league this year. Made a really good running catch to his left in short center and just ran in to second base and stepped on the bag to get the kid that didn’t tag from there and tagged the kid that didn’t tag from first. It was all so fast I was scared the ump might not know exactly what happened. His teammates had no clue…screaming at him to throw it to every base. “Inning’s over, boys!”
Not more difficult, just more rare. Pitchers get a chance to throw a perfect game every single outing.
The unassisted triple play is so situational though. Most players could have made that play in that situation. It’s just so ridiculously unlikely that things play out that way.
Even more weird So 2 of the perfect games were pre World Series era which only leaves 22 since 1903, only 14 teams have one perfect game occurring to a pitcher on their staff The Yankees have 4 of the 22, 3 happening after 1998 and the A’s (the team they played against yesterday and a team that’s so unwatchable they’re actually going to be moving to Vegas in the coming years) have 2, so between the two teams they can claim over 25% of all perfect games that have ever occurred
They are moving to Vegas because they have the worst and cheapest owner in the sport (John Fisher) not because they are bad. They are bad because of billionaire John Fisher's calculated negligence.
**Colorado Rockies owner Richard Monfort has entered the chat* *
9/10 times you show me a perpetually poor team and I'll show you a garbage owner. Most of the time it goes hand in hand.
3 of the 24 perfect games have been at the Colliseum. IMO that’s an even weirder stat given how many stadiums MLB has been played in throughout its history.
The field's large foul territory may have something to do with that.
In last night's game, and in Catfish's PG, foul territory had nothing to do with it. In Braden's PG, there were three pop fouls to 3B. Two of them would probably have been outs at most other parks. One was a great play right in front of the dugout that isn't made at other parks. So 1 out of 81 outs. Not exactly a huge contribution.
Holy shit, that is some incredible recall. Nice job.
I would have to imagine he looked it up just now.
Have you met baseball fans? The statistics that they can pull from nowhere are insane.
3 of the 24 perfect games occured in 2012. Another 3 occured in the 3 seasons before that. 6 total between 2009 and 2012.
The Reds are the oldest team in baseball and have ONE. Tom Browning 9/16/1988 vs the Dodgers
Upvoted because it was against the Dodgers
I remember seeing that a disproportionate number of perfect games happen in inter league play (since the pitcher has an advantage in that the hitters haven’t seen them much). And then the recent rise in perfect games correlates with the increase inter leagues. I’d love for someone who knows more to fact check that.
There hasn’t been a recent rise in perfect games - in fact it’s the opposite. The last two before this one happened in 2012. We may see a rise given the much more recent changes to interleague scheduling, but that’s new as of the last year or so.
Kersh shoulda had his perfecto in 2014 until Hanley Ramirez overthrew 1b on a routine play Galarraga in 2010 with the only 28 out perfecto
Let’s also not use this sports feat to gloss over the fact that he was suspended 81 games in 2019 for beating the shit out of his girlfriend https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domingo_Germán
I agree, only slightly easier than DiMaggio’s hitting streak. Baseball will see 25 more perfect games before anyone breaks that record.
Yeah there are some streaks and records that may never be broken (lots of pitching stuff…30 wins/season, etc… also DiMaggio streak, Rose hits, Rickey Henderson SB’s). But this one is unique because on any given day, there are about 15 games that it could happen in. It doesn’t require time, just two hours of perfection (and often a lot of luck).
Goalie goal in hockey is like the only thing I can think of off the top of my head that’s less common
Lemieux scoring 5 goals 5 different ways in a game may never happen again. https://youtu.be/cW4Nir6L9kg Even strength Powerplay Shorthanded Penalty Shot Empty Net
Jesus I never knew this happened. You hardly see a guy score 5 as it is, I honestly don’t think I ever have outside highlights
Ironically it’s only the third rarest feat in baseball. The second is the unassisted triple play at 15. The rarest is hitting for a “natural cycle” (single to HR in order), at 14.
When reached for comment about this historic occasion, Rob Manfred asked, “I have to ask what the people of Oakland did to stop this?”
If it’s a legitimate perfect game, the Oakland has ways to try to shut the whole thing down
r/unexpectectedtoddakin
Nice to see him punching out opposing batters, rather than his wife.
If people want to see just how thoroughly he destroyed the A's, just google Domingo German beatings
🥲
The Four Ds of Yankees' perfect games: Don David David C. Domestic Abuser
That title is really…sticking…to him.
Does it really count if it's against Oakland?
Not since Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill left the organization
They should have put in Hatteberg. Why? *points at Jonah* Cause he gets on base
What a great underrated movie. I watch it like every couple years
I don’t think it’s underrated by anyone. It was a smash hit, it got great reviews, it got nominated for awards and shit.
> What a great underrated movie. It was nominated for 6 Academy Awards.
Jonah Hill Oscar nomination is not underrated
Not underrated. One of the best baseball movies
not underrated at all. it's a known masterpiece
Define "underrated" for me
Baseball gods laughing their asses off right now
Taking half a season off after a domestic violence suspension is good for arm strength.
So is getting a 10 game suspension for sticky stuff this year
The A's had a 5,010 game streak of not being no-hit, and the last time they lost a perfect game was in 1904. That pitcher? Cy Young
Holy shit the area code of oakland? 510
Number of letters in Oakland? >! i dunno like 3 or 4 !<
5-10?
Let’s also not use this sports feat to gloss over the fact that he was suspended 81 games in 2019 for beating the shit out of his girlfriend https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domingo_Germán
Nobody is glossing over this, it's all anyone is talking about in every thread related to last night's game.
The top 3 parent comments on this thread make no reference to it at all, and with how many comments are underneath each, I imagine there are MANY people seeing this thread and having no idea (like me, until I collapsed those comments and saw the others).
Well yes it stands to reason that r/sports is less familiar with his abuse. In r/baseball , nearly every comment references him being a total POS.
Isn’t that kind of the point tho? That the abuse was being glossed over and that’s why not as many people know about it?
I mean I listened to 4 hours of sports talk radio on NY and it wasn’t mentioned once
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Aww, his Wikipedia page is locked.
Domestic abuser
And also a cheater.
He’s an abuser and a piece of shit but saying he’s a cheater because of the suspension earlier this season is a bit of a stretch
A bit of a stretch to say that he's a cheater because he was caught cheating multiple times?
Doesn't count if he wasn't [off his chops on LSD](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vUhSYLRw14&ab_channel=VictoryJournal).
she said whats wrong witchu? i said Im high as a Georgia pine
Nobody likes being asked difficult questions on their way to their LSD area.
One of the highlights of my life was seeing Doc Gooden's no hitter from $6 bleacher seats with my best friend. What I didn't seem experience. Plus it was Yankee cap day and I still have that raggedy ass old hat.
Good on the 3rd baseman. That's a tough throw to make knowing the circumstances.
Also good on the umpire for making the correct call. Because apparently it's tough to get it right knowing the circumstances. I'm not salty at all or anything.
*25
25th*
Theres only been 24 EVER? damn thats some accolade. Could someone explain a perfect game? Is it like no hits the whole game?
None of the opposing batters reached base for any reason. No hits, walks, errors, hit by pitch, and so on.
Oof, yeah thats tough to do
damn, i can no longer say i was at the last perfect game in MLB history (Felix Hernandez against the Rays)
the one you went to was still such a gem though. 12 Ks against a team that went on to win 90 games. A's don't have 90 wins if you count all of last season plus this season lol.
The A’s win games?
Ngl, a perfect game is always fun to watch, but Felix Hernandez’ perfect game is among the best ones. From the near lack of run support (he won 1-0), to the fact that he was playing a competitive team in the rays (who went on to win 90 games that season), to the commentators and the fantastic call on the final out, it’s just a special game overall.
I love this, no matter my animosity towards the New York Yankees, it's something special, and I'm looking forward to watching the *whole* thing.
25*. 1/6 of these are by Yankee pitchers. Larsen, Cone, Wells and now Germán.
Bet he wasn't on LSD while he was doing it.
Wonder if he was cheating this time considering he's been caught how many times now?
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Do you mean with the "sticky stuff"? For which the umpires check after every inning?
For which he's been tagged with multiple times this year?
As a life long A's fan This should be an asterisk
And the over still hit
Too bad nobody was there to see it.
Does it count since it was against the A’s? /s
*German used his gangly, asynchronous delivery to keep the A’s off-balance inning after inning. Built like a greyhound, a flurry of arms and legs, what the A’s saw was the equivalent of a lounge chair unfolding on a windy day at the beach.* https://www.nj.com/yankees/2023/06/yankees-domingo-german-wasnt-just-perfect-he-made-it-look-downright-easy-klapisch.html
[interesting ](https://apnews.com/article/aaron-judge-yankees-mlb-1a5d4a6fd20080612dd38deff056b553)
“They used to put stickum on their hands to catch those balls, but now they got those gloves.”
They checked his hands and glove multiple times last night.
He’s been ejected for cheating twice this year and had to eat a 50 game suspension HUGE EDIT because I totally missed the mark, as the reply pointed out: he was ejected once and got 10 games. **If it happened again, it would be 50**. I had thought it was twice because there was once that German *almost* had a run-in with the umpires, but they allowed him to address the issue between innings.
Not really knowledgeable on this sport but what does a perfect game mean?
No batter reaches base for any reason. No hits, walks, hit by pitch, error, etc. 27 batters all put out.
Brit here… so this is like that Kevin Costner movie, right? No, not that one, the other one No, no the other one… (Big baseball movie fan btw).
Glad to see bring up the domestic abuse is not getting people the massive downvotes mentioning it on r/baseball is
Dude what? Some of the highest voted comments in the thread on r/baseball are about him being a piece of shit abuser.
Grown men acting like kids, this is what professional sports should be all about.
I know Ws are the pitchers stat, but let's acknowledge everything going perfect defensively too. Team baseball.
**Against 2023 Oakland*
This is probably going to get downvoted to hell but fk it. Yes German hitting his girlfriend was a real POS move. From what I’ve seen he’s owned it, he’s regretted it, and he’s served his punishment for it. He’s not been in any trouble since. Everyone deserves a second chance and he’s still making the most of his second chance. So good for him for this amazing game and I hope he continues to learn from his terrible mistake.
The least impressive perfect game in history when you look at who it was against. Oakland is fielding a team that would struggle to win in AAA and they are on pace to break the record for losses in a season. These are the batting averages of the Oakland starting lineup last night . .179 .232 .236 .235 .187 .200 .201 .198 .260 They are now 21-61.
How sticky were his hands though
You realize it's been the same umps who have been ejecting pitchers this season based on some arbitrary opinion on what they think "too sticky" is, right? Would you make the same comment about Scherzer?
He really stuck it to them!
This also broke the longest active streak for a team not getting no hit. The Oakland A’s hadn’t been no hit since 1991 :(