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HereSince1628

(36,063 posts) Thu Sep 20, 2012, 02:56 PM Sep 2012

Weird news...Cubs pitcher goes into the record books...4 strikeouts in an inning.

Seems to me the catcher that drops the ball and allows the batter to reach should get honorable mention in that award.

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Weird news...Cubs pitcher goes into the record books...4 strikeouts in an inning. (Original Post) HereSince1628 Sep 2012 OP

Been done lots of times. Scuba Sep 2012 #1

Yes, I know...I just think the CATCHER WHO DROPS THE FREAK'N BALL ought to get some credit HereSince1628 Sep 2012 #2

It's that damn Phil Neikro and the other knuckleballers fault. Yeah, that's it. Scuba Sep 2012 #3

Me? I think the catchers have paid off the score-keepers. HereSince1628 Sep 2012 #4

Get real. Ball's in the dirt, that's a wild pitch, not a passed ball. Scuba Sep 2012 #5

Hey, you are most definitely are messing with my tin-foil hat! HereSince1628 Sep 2012 #6

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

1. Been done lots of times.

Reply to HereSince1628 (Original post)

Thu Sep 20, 2012, 03:02 PM

Sep 2012

One of the Brewers' pitchers did it this summer, Yovani, IIRC.

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)

2. Yes, I know...I just think the CATCHER WHO DROPS THE FREAK'N BALL ought to get some credit

Reply to Scuba (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 20, 2012, 03:06 PM

Sep 2012

so to speak. If you know what I mean about too much Neat's Foot Oil in that catchers' mitts.

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

3. It's that damn Phil Neikro and the other knuckleballers fault. Yeah, that's it.

Reply to HereSince1628 (Reply #2)

Thu Sep 20, 2012, 03:20 PM

Sep 2012

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)

4. Me? I think the catchers have paid off the score-keepers.

Reply to Scuba (Reply #3)

Thu Sep 20, 2012, 03:23 PM

Sep 2012

It's a freak'n conspiracy to blame everything on the pitchers!

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

5. Get real. Ball's in the dirt, that's a wild pitch, not a passed ball.

Reply to HereSince1628 (Reply #4)

Thu Sep 20, 2012, 03:28 PM

Sep 2012

Just like when the shortstop one-hops one to first. If the first baseman misses it, it's E6.

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)

6. Hey, you are most definitely are messing with my tin-foil hat!

Reply to HereSince1628 (Reply #4)

Thu Sep 20, 2012, 03:33 PM

Sep 2012

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