tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418171424349595525.post8974391715654190689..comments2010-10-19T12:04:12.440-07:00Comments on Basebology (The Study of Baseball): Hall of Fame Postmortem: Bert BlylevenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418171424349595525.post-28876442716528944942009-06-26T06:17:40.881-07:002009-06-26T06:17:40.881-07:00By the way, I was also priviledged to watch Nolan ...By the way, I was also priviledged to watch Nolan Ryan from a couple of rows back dead-center behind the catcher on two occasions. My friend was playing high school baseball and had a keen interest in watching the 100+ mph fastball up close. Back in those days, you could find seats like those and pay face value. Matter of fact, I often used to go to the game after the third inning and get in free. The outside ticket booths would be shut down by then and they would direct me to go buy my ticket inside the stadium at the advance ticket purchase office. Well, since I was already inside I just couldn't justify making that turn down the hall to the ticket sales while missing even more of the game. So it always ended up I just kept walking to the best empty seat I could find. Funny thing is, the nearest empty seats were always field level inside the bases.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05864036367345721823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418171424349595525.post-40031874832042165012009-06-26T06:04:00.435-07:002009-06-26T06:04:00.435-07:00I was at the game when Blyleven no-hitted the Ange...I was at the game when Blyleven no-hitted the Angels. As a long-time Angels fan, I have many fond memories of games I attended and I rank this game as good as any of them. We Angel fans started rooting for Bert in the 7th inning. By the 8th inning everyone had joined in cheering him. We cheered Bert during the ninth inning on our feet. As I recall, he tipped his hat around in appreciation for our support. For us, his individual achievement was far more important than rooting for our home team on that night.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05864036367345721823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418171424349595525.post-39538352788194521082008-05-08T17:36:00.000-07:002008-05-08T17:36:00.000-07:00I'll be damned! Retrosheet confirms Blyleven did t...I'll be damned! Retrosheet confirms Blyleven did throw a no hitter as you assert. Now how did I miss that? I mean, I've read nearly 1,000,000,000 words about Blyleven in the last three or four years. You think that fact might've stuck with me.<BR/><BR/>I can see only two reasons why I would have overlooked this.<BR/>1. The common stand that Bert was never a "dominant" pitcher made me assume that he never threw a no hitter.<BR/>2. My prowling around baseball-reference.com failed to turn that information up, and I didn't bother to look any further.<BR/><BR/>Anyways, that's embarrassing. I shall have no edit the post.John Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09331641225948161347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418171424349595525.post-40114985951738431872008-05-08T15:31:00.000-07:002008-05-08T15:31:00.000-07:00Bert Blyleven pitched a no hitter while a member o...Bert Blyleven pitched a no hitter while a member of the Texas Rangers on September 22, 1977 against the California Angels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418171424349595525.post-39320918109114294422008-01-15T17:51:00.000-08:002008-01-15T17:51:00.000-08:00Dude, I hope someday you aren't implicated in some...Dude, I hope someday you aren't implicated in some violent crime, because if so, the investigators are going to have a lot of really weird quotes from you to use as evidence.John Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09331641225948161347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418171424349595525.post-2681519723260182102008-01-15T12:40:00.000-08:002008-01-15T12:40:00.000-08:00Every time I get up in the morning I look in the m...Every time I get up in the morning I look in the mirror and read tattooed across my chest:<BR/><BR/>"Carl E. raped and murdered your favorite pitcher."Robert Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10268815170382205995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2418171424349595525.post-35797900405361651862008-01-14T04:43:00.000-08:002008-01-14T04:43:00.000-08:00I saw Mussina's near-perfect game. I probably crie...I saw Mussina's near-perfect game. I probably cried when he didn't get it, but I don't remember.L. H. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01418868114503035805noreply@blogger.com