Fister? Mister, you've got the wrong guy!

[Edgy MD]

Doug sets a new league record striking out nine straight big league batters.

Yeah, it's the Royals in September, but it counts for everybody else, so it counts for Doug F. Fister.

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/gametracker/recap/MLB_20120927_KC@DET/firstplace-tigers-walk-off-with-w-over-royals

Tom Seaver's record remains safe.

[Frayed Knot]

Fister?, I hardly even know her!

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: Fister?, I hardly even know her!

OK, You win.
We're not even gonna' try.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

The thing about Fister in that game, above and beyond the strike-outs, is that he carried a one-hit shut-out thru 7 but then started the 8th:
2B
RBI-2B
GO
RBI-GO
1B
WP
RBI-1B
and couldn't finish the inning

That the pen then gave up a game-tying HR to lead off the 9th meant he didn't even get the win when the Tigers won via the always-popular 'walk-off fielder's choice' in bottom 9

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

MFS62 wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Fister?, I hardly even know her! OK, You win. We're not even gonna' try. Later

As soon as I saw this thread I was wondering who would be the first person to make the "hardly even know 'er" quip.

[seawolf17]

[Frayed Knot]

Not to throw cold water on his accomplishment or anything, but I saw a sequence high-lights thing of all nine Ks and the reason many of them were looking as that article says is that a lot of the strike-threes were pretty borderline. Nothing outrageous on a Eric Gregg-ian scale or anything, but a bunch of Royals were muttering back over their shoulders as they left the plate.