7 Responses to “ALDS Game One SP All Left”

1. Raphy Says:
   October 4th, 2010 at 12:54 pm

   The only LCS to feature 4 LH Game 1 starters was 1977.
   http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/aWVQf

   Rk	Player	Date	Series	Gm#	Tm	Opp	Rslt	App,Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	Pit	Str	GSc	IR	IS	BF	AB	2B	3B	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	PO	BK	WP	ERA	WPA	RE24	aLI
   1	Steve Carlton	1977-10-04	NLCS	1	PHI	LAD	W 7-5	GS-7	6.2	9	5	5	3	3	1	118	74	36			32	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.75	-0.238	-1.804	1.048
   2	Tommy John	1977-10-04	NLCS	1	LAD	PHI	L 5-7	GS-5	4.2	4	4	0	3	3	1	83	43	48			23	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	-0.183	-1.987	.920
   3	Don Gullett	1977-10-05	ALCS	1	NYY	KCR	L 2-7	GS-2 ,L	2.0	4	4	4	2	0	1	48	26	30			11	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	18.00	-0.274	-2.998	.745
   4	Paul Splittorff	1977-10-05	ALCS	1	KCR	NYY	W 7-2	GS-9 ,W	8.0	8	2	2	1	2	1	101	67	59			33	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	0.191	1.624	.659

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2. Jeff Wise Says:
   October 4th, 2010 at 1:08 pm

   Should make for some great baseball to watch!

   David Price has a 1.70 ERA versus left-handed hitters this season and Josh Hamilton hits .271 versus left-handed pitchers while hitting .401 versus right-handed pitchers. Very much looking forward to that match up.

3. Leatherman Says:
   October 4th, 2010 at 2:25 pm

   The Rick Ankiel 5 wild pitch game is in there. I could have sworn that the Braves won that game, but Maddux gave up 6 runs in the first inning before Ankiel imploded in the third. And yet somehow, that is only the 5th worst game on the list above (in terms of game score).

4. Thomas Says:
   October 4th, 2010 at 6:45 pm

   Speaking of that Ankiel game, why does every player change in the box score (pinch hitters/substitutions) show up three times each?

5. DoubleDiamond Says:
   October 4th, 2010 at 8:46 pm

   And now Ankiel is with the Braves as an outfielder!

   Along the same lines, all four teams that made it to the postseason in the last year of the old setup, 1993, had a catcher who wore #10. I thought I had remembered that on all four teams, the catcher who wore #10 was the first string catcher, but this was only true for the two teams that made it into the World Series.

   Chicago White Sox - Mike LaValliere (backup to Ron Karkovice)
   Atlanta Braves - Greg Olson (backup to Damon Berryhill)

   Both LaValliere and Olson made four plate appearances spread over two games in their respective League Championship Series. Both series went six games (out of a possible seven).

   Philadelphia Phillies - Darren Daulton
   Toronto Blue Jays - Pat Borders

   Also, Olson, Daulton, and Borders all have last names that are pronounced, but not necessarily spelled, the same as bookstore chains. Olsson's Books & Records was a small chain that operated in the Washington, DC, area from 1972-2008. B. Dalton and Borders are reasonably well-known national chains in the U.S., although I don't know the current status of B. Dalton. All of the stores I knew of in the Philadelphia area have closed. Is or was there ever a LaValliere's Bookstore anywhere? After that postseason, I decided that if I ever ran a bookstore, I'd call it LaValliere's. But that's too hard to spell and pronounce, so I'd probably really call it Spanky's (after LaValliere's nickname). And now bookstores are going the way of scheduled doubleheaders, so there won't be a LaVlliere's or Spanky's run by me.

6. Raker Says:
   October 5th, 2010 at 6:21 am

   I'm a big David Price fan but I'm rooting for Hamilton to show the Rays what they gave away for free. That would be poetic justice. Imagine that? The possible MVP and CYY are both 1st picks in the draft by the Rays.

7. Johnny Twisto Says:
   October 5th, 2010 at 11:21 am

   Hey, the Rays got $50,000 for Hamilton.

   It's hard to blame them for letting him go. The guy was a mess and they were loaded with young outfielders at the time. Respect due to Hamilton for becoming what everyone hoped he could, but there's no guarantee it would have happened if he stayed in Tampa.