Category Archives: game events

Intentionally Walking the Pitcher?

Posted on 12 May, 2013 by Diane

Last Monday night, HighHeatStats tweeted the following: High Heat Stats ‏@HighHeatStats  Boxscore Trivia (difficulty 4 out of 5): what happened most recently in this 1995 game? http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU199507250.shtml … In attempting to answer the question, I misread the boxscore and this conversation … Continue reading →

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The Last Baseball Game Ever Played by Your Team?

Posted on 20 December, 2012 by Diane

So tomorrow is apparently the last day on Earth for all of us, at least to some of us.  If that is indeed the case, here is how every team finished up their 2012 (and final) season. Here are the … Continue reading →

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Mariners were RISP-averse last night

Posted on 19 September, 2012 by Diane

The Seattle Mariners toiled for 18 innings last night/early this morning before succumbing to the Orioles 4-2.  As is the case with many extra-inning affairs, the M’s had a bit of trouble getting that one big hit with runners in … Continue reading →

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We have Walk-offs in all shapes and sizes

Posted on 16 September, 2012 by Diane

Over at the excellent and entertaining “The Captain’s Blog“, William Juliano wonders if the “walk-off” plate appearance (and inevitable celebration) has become cliched. Maybe it has … maybe it hasn’t.  But the phrase itself has only been around for about … Continue reading →

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Pirates create a new linescore for the record books

Posted on 8 September, 2012 by Diane

In baseball history, there have been approximately 2,650 different game linescores (R-H-E) achieved, with about 900 of them only occurring once.  Last year, the Indians gave us the first ever 1-0-5 linescore, scoring a single run and throwing the ball … Continue reading →

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Remember those Canonical Batting Lines?

Posted on 26 August, 2012 by Diane

A few months ago I embarked upon a rather ambitious bit of research, to catalog all the different batting lines (AB-R-H-RBI) in MLB history.  It was a lot of work, going through each combination in the Baseball Reference Play Index, … Continue reading →

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Homering and Cycling … the new Biathlon?

Posted on 24 August, 2012 by Diane

Coming into Friday night’s action there had at least 237 cycles in major league history, and there have been at least 510 instances of a batter hitting at least three homers in a game.  It takes a pretty unique skill … Continue reading →

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