Just discovered that that was Liriano's first complete game of his career!
Was Liriano's No-No the Worst Ever?
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Re: Was Liriano's No-No the Worst Ever?
His longest outing prior to that was 8 2/3 with the same number of pitches he had in the no-hitter (123), which is his career high. I wish I could apply myself to other things like I do sports stats because I just rattled that off the top of my head.Comment
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Re: Was Liriano's No-No the Worst Ever?
I watched Edwin Jackson's last year and that was painful. When I was a kid, Andy Hawkins was pitching for the Yankees and actually lost the game, while pitching a no-no. I'm not sure it was counted though, but it was still 0 hits allowed in a 9 inning game. Also I think he was beaten in a rain shortened no-hitter his very next start. So no, Liriano's wasn't the worst I've seen.Comment
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Re: Was Liriano's No-No the Worst Ever?
Are no-hitters really painful?
At the end of the day, the pitcher who did it put up goose eggs and lowered every player's average. Not one opposing player came away unscathed.
I understand that it wasn't pretty, but to call any kind of no hitter "worst" or "bad" is pretty comical.
Dude didn't allow a hit... Anyway you slice it, that's impressive.Comment
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Re: Was Liriano's No-No the Worst Ever?
Are no-hitters really painful?
At the end of the day, the pitcher who did it put up goose eggs and lowered every player's average. Not one opposing player came away unscathed.
I understand that it wasn't pretty, but to call any kind of no hitter "worst" or "bad" is pretty comical.
Dude didn't allow a hit... Anyway you slice it, that's impressive.
Sometimes getting a hit is lucky, sometimes it is skill. Sometimes you can skillfully hit into an out as well. That's why I never liked when pitchers were pulled out of games because they gave up too many runs but they were all on jam-jobs and seeing-eye singles, whereas another pitcher who is fortunate to have the opposing players' liners find gloves on the field get to stay in just because, statistically, they are performing better.
A no-hitter with a plentiful amount of walks (I'd say more than two or three) is impressive because they didn't allow a hit per twenty seven outs recorded. But there are more impressive outings in the season, ones which allowed one or multiple hits, than a no-hitter like that (especially if there weren't any walks given up, indicating they stayed around the batter's zone for the entire game while being just as impressive).Samsung PN60F8500 PDP / Anthem MRX 720 / Klipsch RC-62 II / Klipsch RF-82 II (x2) / Insignia NS-B2111 (x2) / SVS PC13-Ultra / SVS SB-2000 / Sony MDR-7506 Professional / Audio-Technica ATH-R70x / Sony PS3 & PS4 / DirecTV HR44-500 / DarbeeVision DVP-5000 / Panamax M5400-PM / Elgato HD60Comment
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