56 pitches in 8 innings -That's sick!!!

[rolemand]

Greg Maddux threw 56 pitches in 8 innings and they didn't let him come out for the 9th. That's unbelievable 2 pitches per out.

[EBone]

Man, no kidding!!!!!! What's even more sick is that Schmidt is really pitching a nice game and he'll have nothing to show for it because Maddux has been so good or maybe the Giant hitters are just that bad. One or the other......



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[Illusion]

The old man sure has found new life out west. That was one hell of a performance tonight. Too bad he can't get the win tonight.

[moses millsap]

Yahoo is showing Maddux threw 68 pitches in 8 innings (50 strikes, 18 balls).

[rolemand]

I was looking on CBS sportsline. Wouldn't surprise me if they had it screwed up. I even went to the play by play and counted on CBS sportsline to double check.

Sure enough CBS sportsline now has 68. CBS sucks.

[bigboydan]

it was an very good performance by maddux no question about that at all.

the thing as bettors is we have to remember though the giants have packed it in already for the year too, so i don't know how much faith i can really put into this outting when he faces a true contender his next time out on the hill.

[isetcap]

it was an very good performance by maddux no question about that at all.

the thing as bettors is we have to remember though the giants have packed it in already for the year too, so i don't know how much faith i can really put into this outting when he faces a true contender his next time out on the hill.

It's true, the Giants have no soul. I think Alou's days are numbered in terms of his continuing to manage this team. The Giants team that takes the field next year will look nothing like this year's team.

[RickySteve]

Take away Bonds and the Giants lineup wouldn't even be competitive in the PCL.

[Chi_archie]

wow, I was talking to a gf and a guy sitting near us at the sox/pirates game I went to the other day, when Zach Duke had like 69 pitches thru 7 innings the other day.... we were wondering what the complete game 9 inning record was..... alot of pitchers don't get out of inning 2 with 56 pitches

[pavyracer]

I believe the least amount of pitches thrown would be hypothetically zero.

Pitcher balks 27 times in a row and each time the runner gets picked off at first base.

[smitch124]

You can't balk with the bases empty

[pavyracer]

You can't balk with the bases empty

Are you sure? What if you balk 4 times in a row? Wouldn't that be 4 balls and a walk?

[Chi_archie]

I believe the least amount of pitches thrown would be hypothetically zero.

Pitcher balks 27 times in a row and each time the runner gets picked off at first base.

why couldn't you just say each time the batter popped out?????

but you could go lower theoretically.... if you threw a one pitch out no-hitter, and people batted out of order

[smitch124]

You can go to your mouth 108 times while on the mound and pick 27 runners off!

[smitch124]

Are you sure? What if you balk 4 times in a row? Wouldn't that be 4 balls and a walk?

A balk is called when the pitcher tries to deceive the base runner, so there cannot be one with no base runners.

[pavyracer]

Here is another one:

27 intentional walks and 9 triple plays.

[pavyracer]

A balk is called when the pitcher tries to deceive the base runner, so there cannot be one with no base runners.

I know smitch. But what if the pitcher is drunk and he thinks the first base coach (since he wears a helmet now) is a runner and he tries to pick him off and throws the ball in the dugout. Couldn't the batter advance from the batter's box?

[smitch124]

I know smitch. But what if the pitcher is drunk and he thinks the first base coach (since he wears a helmet now) is a runner and he tries to pick him off and throws the ball in the dugout. Couldn't the batter advance from the batter's box?

Yes, but when the 1st base coach scores, it only counts as half a run.

[pavyracer]

So are you saying if the pitcher throws a wild pitch at 1st base without a runner on 1st the batter wouldn't advance from batter's box?

[Chi_archie]

Here is another one:

27 intentional walks and 9 triple plays.

pavy you try to be so slick and smart, but you only get dumber...


27 intentional walks? those count as pitches 27x4= 108

but I admit that the 9 consecutive innings of loading the bases and getting a triple play pick off...is extremely common

[smitch124]

So are you saying if the pitcher throws a wild pitch at 1st base without a runner on 1st the batter wouldn't advance from batter's box?

lol no advance. would be a wild scene tho...

[Chi_archie]

lol advance from the batter's box.......

this thread reminds me of how Pavy thought that a team could get by a pitcher's 5 suspension... by starting him EVERY day during his suspension and taking him out after 1 pitch.....


darn engineer brains

[Chi_archie]

seriously though, someone find me what the record for 9 innning least amount of pitches for a complete game is....

[pavyracer]

pavy you try to be so slick and smart, but you only get dumber...


27 intentional walks? those count as pitches 27x4= 108

but I admit that the 9 consecutive innings of loading the bases and getting a triple play pick off...is extremely common

Archie you are too hard to please. How about beaning every single batter in the face till they are all taken to the hospital and they run out of the 25 man roster. Will this be less pitches thrown?

[Chi_archie]

good scenario pavy..... that would be very interesting..... they would be winning 22-0 but have no players... but there would be no outs in the top of the first or bottom of first...


so what would the umps do? I think that after the first 4 guys got hit in the face...that pitcher would be ejected.... then each subsequent hit in the face by a pitch would result in that pitcher being ejected... so soon your fielding team would run out of pitchers in the bullpen... so I think they would forfeit before they got to hit all 25 players... but still the question is about 9 innings.....


9 full innings

[pavyracer]

I think Maddux had some games in the 70's with the games running less than 90 min but this is just from memory. I am not a stat guru.

[smitch124]

good scenario pavy..... that would be very interesting..... they would be winning 22-0 but have no players... but there would be no outs in the top of the first or bottom of first...


so what would the umps do? I think that after the first 4 guys got hit in the face...that pitcher would be ejected.... then each subsequent hit in the face by a pitch would result in that pitcher being ejected... so soon your fielding team would run out of pitchers in the bullpen... so I think they would forfeit before they got to hit all 25 players... but still the question is about 9 innings.....


9 full innings

After 4 or 5 of the previous batters have been hit in the face, you might have trouble finding willing batters too

[Chi_archie]

After 4 or 5 of the previous batters have been hit in the face, you might have trouble finding willing batters too

yeah I guess I would wear my helmet backward and put the bat right in front of my face......


we'd call it the super duper suicide squeeze

[Willie Bee]

we were wondering what the complete game 9 inning record was....

58, Charley 'Red' Barrett, Aug 10, 1944, Boston Braves at Cincinnati Reds. Also the shortest 9-inning game on record, 1 hour, 15 mins.

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/08101944.shtml

[smitch124]

58, Charley 'Red' Barrett, Aug 10, 1944, Boston Braves at Cincinnati Reds. Also the shortest 9-inning game on record, 1 hour, 15 mins.

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/08101944.shtml

Nice Willie Bee. I don't think the owners would allow such a game these days, that would cut down the $8 beers they could sell by quite a bit.

[Willie Bee]

No lie, smitch. There are fans in LA that don't even show up at a Dodgers game until it's an hour and 15 minutes old today.