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Felix Hernandez of the Seattle Wombats looked very good pitching a perfect game Wednesday against the Tampa Bay Rays (See Aaron’s post). His pitches were sharp, his command pinpoint. But the perfecto is somewhat discounted, coming as it did against one of the lamest lineups in memory.
Such success as the Rays, currently 63-54, have enjoyed is entirely due to lights-out pitching and good D. Lack of run production has been a long-running problem. So much so that the Rays have been the victims of three perfectos over the past four seasons.
In fact, the Rays’ offense has been so lame, and perfectos against them so common, my sources in Commissioner Selig’s office tell me MLB is considering fining pitchers for celebrating after they throw one against the Rays.
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squalis| 8.17.12 @ 10:02AM
Far more disturbing was the Rays' loss the night before.
Bob S| 8.17.12 @ 12:23PM
It won the Giants a World Series, and it got the Rays darn close to winning one.
It's a shame, though, that when the Giants finally started getting some offense, it turns out it was a result of PEDs.
Occam's Tool| 8.17.12 @ 4:24PM
Larry: the weakest batting World Series winners in history, the "Hitless Wonders" White Sox, had a team batting average of below .230 in 1906. Even so, I don't believe any one pitched a perfect game against them.
Pitching 27 consecutive outs against ANY major league club is a brutally difficult problem. As my dad once told me, "even the worst major league non-pitcher is in the top 70 players of his position in the world."
Congrats to Mr. Hernandez. The Rays are batting .234 for the year. The 1906 White Sox batted .230 with seven homers.
They beat an awesome Cubs machine that won 116 games that year but choked in the series, despite their ace of aces, Three Finger Brown, pitching with an ERA of 1.04. (The Sox had the incredible Ed Walsh---1.82 LIFETIME ERA---Brown's was ONLY 2.06 lifetime).
Pitching wins championships, not hitting.