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King Felix

Guy is straight dominating, still very young and it looks like losing that weight has helped.

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  • Thank god for JD Drew...never thought I'd be saying that!

    To one-hit the Sox...IN FENWAY...is quite a feat.
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  • He was dominate last night.
  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nasty stuff
  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,456 ✭✭✭
    what a performance that was

    he's only 21 and getting better!
    WOW
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  • kuhlmannkuhlmann Posts: 3,326 ✭✭
    looking like dwight gooden of 85
  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭
    I kinda wish he threw the no-no, I would be able to sell the stub on ebay
  • Kerry Wood had the same kinda of stuff 5 years ago....lets hope Felix turns out a little better
  • That was a great game to watch, some of the best pitching I've seen and from a 21 year old. Good stuff!


  • << <i>That was a great game to watch, some of the best pitching I've seen and from a 21 year old. Good stuff! >>



    Agreed, and a great story to boot!!! I mean the last pitch he used to strike out the Sox was representative of how good his stuff was all night long.

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  • TheVonTheVon Posts: 2,725
    Did any of you happen to watch the ESPN broadcast?

    Now I know that when a pitcher has a no-hit bid going well into the game, his teammates won't mention it, won't talk to him, and won't even sit by him on the bench. I always thought that the broadcasters were supposed to respect this superstition too and kinda shut the heck hup when it gets into the 6th and 7th innings? While I'm glad that the Sox weren't embarassed by getting no-hit, I was annoyed that the broadcasters kept blabbing about it . . . one of them was even talking about it as JD Drew was hitting the ball which unravelled the whole deal.

  • Not sure if it is an un-written law for broadcasters, but I agree, they would not shut up about the no-no


  • << <i>Did any of you happen to watch the ESPN broadcast?

    Now I know that when a pitcher has a no-hit bid going well into the game, his teammates won't mention it, won't talk to him, and won't even sit by him on the bench. I always thought that the broadcasters were supposed to respect this superstition too and kinda shut the heck hup when it gets into the 6th and 7th innings? While I'm glad that the Sox weren't embarassed by getting no-hit, I was annoyed that the broadcasters kept blabbing about it . . . one of them was even talking about it as JD Drew was hitting the ball which unravelled the whole deal. >>



    Watched the whole thing go down...and yeah, if you watch Jon Miller & Joe Morgan, Jon will say something like"And you can read the line, hitless after 6" or something like that, but the clowns last night where actually using the term "No hitter". To be fair, it is their job to try to get the casual fan flipping thru channels to stop & stay awhile, and letting the surfer know a no-no is in progress is a great way to do it, but I too thought last night was way over the top, there are better ways to do achieve that goal.

    And yes, I about choked when they were actually in the process of saying the word"No-Hitter" when Drew broke it up.
  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Broadcasters are the WORST to jinx anything in a game.
  • From what I've noticed over the years...

    National broadcasters normally will mention it for some reason (maybe because there may be a few boneheads watching the game that haven't realized it yet?). I agree it is VERY annoying last night, even for this Red Sox fan.

    Local broadcasters will usually mention it, too, but they try to dance around actually saying the word "no-hitter," even if they do so indirectly. For example, when they're going to a commercial break and the scoreboard comes up they'll say something like, "and if you're just joining us, the box score is not a typo..."

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