Detroit Tigers, Volume 5: The Hank Greenberg edition

[Hammer]

Re: Detroit Tigers, Volume 5: The Hank Greenberg edition

That was Hawk Harrelson-esque.

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

Re: Detroit Tigers, Volume 5: The Hank Greenberg edition

And it's bs.

It's a joke. It has ZERO to do with what happens on the field. I didn't want my team to get no hit. It's no different than posting the word shutout in a series thread or bumping up the Wild thread. Sanchez pitched an outstanding game. A one hit, complete game, shutout is a great performance. Lighten up.

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

Re: Detroit Tigers, Volume 5: The Hank Greenberg edition

That was Hawk Harrelson-esque.

Now that's just uncalled for, right there.

[The Rube]

Re: Detroit Tigers, Volume 5: The Hank Greenberg edition

Now that's just uncalled for, right there.

That was, I agree.

And MNS, the rule is the rule. You don't talk about it. It's bush-league.

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

Re: Detroit Tigers, Volume 5: The Hank Greenberg edition

That was, I agree.

And MNS, the rule is the rule. You don't talk about it. It's bush-league.

There is no rule, never has been. Even bigmrg74 took it as a joke...

[The Rube]

Re: Detroit Tigers, Volume 5: The Hank Greenberg edition

There is no rule, never has been. Even bigmrg74 took it as a joke...

No rule? No rule?


Go have fun hanging with your fellow intellectual peers Mav and the monster.

[The Rube]

Re: Detroit Tigers, Volume 5: The Hank Greenberg edition

One of the most common baseball superstitions is that it is bad luck to mention a no-hitter in progress, especially to the pitcher and in particular by their teammates (who sometimes even go so far as to not even be near the pitcher).[24] Some sportscasters observe this taboo while others have no reservations about mentioning no-hitters before completion. When Sandy Koufax pitched his no-hitter against the Mets in 1962, one of their 120 losses that season, Mets' coach Solly Hemus, apparently trying to jinx Koufax, kept heckling him through the game about pitching a no-hitter, according to a post-game interview Koufax gave after pitching his third no-hitter in 1964. An early biography of Koufax quoted him as telling his catcher, during that 1964 no-hitter, "Let's just go to the fastball and get this no-hit thing over with." Mickey Mantle, in an interview for Ken Burns' Baseball documentary series, relates that Don Larsen, famed for his 1956 World Series perfect game, tried to talk about his no-hitter throughout the contest but much to his chagrin his Yankee teammates avoided his conversation and maintained the superstition.
When Los Angeles Angels rookie Bo Belinsky entered the final inning of his no-hitter in 1962, Baltimore Orioles outfielder Jackie Brandt passed him on the field as the teams changed sides. According to Belinsky biographer Maury Allen, Brandt told Belinsky, "Nice game, Bo, but it's over. I'm leading off with a bunt single." Belinsky got Brandt out to start the final inning of his no-hitter.
When Jim Bunning was pitching his perfect game in 1964, he deliberately violated this superstition, talking to his teammates about the perfect game's progress in order to dispel the tension in the dugout.[25]

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

Re: Detroit Tigers, Volume 5: The Hank Greenberg edition

One of the most common baseball superstitions is that it is bad luck to mention a no-hitter in progress, especially to the pitcher and in particular by their teammates (who sometimes even go so far as to not even be near the pitcher).[24] Some sportscasters observe this taboo while others have no reservations about mentioning no-hitters before completion. When Sandy Koufax pitched his no-hitter against the Mets in 1962, one of their 120 losses that season, Mets' coach Solly Hemus, apparently trying to jinx Koufax, kept heckling him through the game about pitching a no-hitter, according to a post-game interview Koufax gave after pitching his third no-hitter in 1964. An early biography of Koufax quoted him as telling his catcher, during that 1964 no-hitter, "Let's just go to the fastball and get this no-hit thing over with." Mickey Mantle, in an interview for Ken Burns' Baseball documentary series, relates that Don Larsen, famed for his 1956 World Series perfect game, tried to talk about his no-hitter throughout the contest but much to his chagrin his Yankee teammates avoided his conversation and maintained the superstition.
When Los Angeles Angels rookie Bo Belinsky entered the final inning of his no-hitter in 1962, Baltimore Orioles outfielder Jackie Brandt passed him on the field as the teams changed sides. According to Belinsky biographer Maury Allen, Brandt told Belinsky, "Nice game, Bo, but it's over. I'm leading off with a bunt single." Belinsky got Brandt out to start the final inning of his no-hitter.
When Jim Bunning was pitching his perfect game in 1964, he deliberately violated this superstition, talking to his teammates about the perfect game's progress in order to dispel the tension in the dugout.[25]

Right. And there's no "rule" that says the opponent can't mention it. Had it not been the Twins, I wouldn't have said anything, and probably wanted it to happen.

[The Rube]

Re: Detroit Tigers, Volume 5: The Hank Greenberg edition

Right. And there's no "rule" that says the opponent can't mention it. Had it not been the Twins, I wouldn't have said anything, and probably wanted it to happen.

So you admit to being dick-ish.

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

Re: Detroit Tigers, Volume 5: The Hank Greenberg edition

So you admit to being dick-ish.

It's not being a dick. It's having fun. If a Twin somehow has a no no going...feel free to do it in the Twins thread.

[The Rube]

Re: Detroit Tigers, Volume 5: The Hank Greenberg edition

It's not being a dick. It's having fun. If a Twin somehow has a no no going...feel free to do it in the Twins thread.

No, because it's against the unwritten rules. Get it?

[bigmrg74]

There is no rule, never has been. Even bigmrg74 took it as a joke...

No I didn't! I plan on stalking you down and giving you purple nurples. I'm going to lay my hands on your manboobs, get a firm grip, and do my best to turn them into twists offs.

It's a GD man rule. You do not talk about a No-No. Sooner or later your team is going to have a No-No going and do you really want that kind of jinx karma hanging around???

[Hammer]

Re: Detroit Tigers, Volume 5: The Hank Greenberg edition

Tigers move 1/2 game ahead of Cleveland, due to Boston beating the Tribe.

[Hammer]

Re: Detroit Tigers, Volume 5: The Hank Greenberg edition

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JHONNY!!!

3-2 Twins, bottom 6

[Hammer]

Re: Detroit Tigers, Volume 5: The Hank Greenberg edition

I think Willingham just killed Wilkin Ramirez. He got smoked.