Vic Sage wrote: Elster88 wrote: One of the secretly exciting things about this forum is opening a movie forum post from Vic Sage. just for that, i'll start working on a Eastwood filmography. *waiting patiently*
I thought the only way Francoeur would draw a walk would have to include an illegal touching-of-the-mouth. I should change my Frenchy predictions. And to be fair to me, the 1-2 pitch was a strike.
1. First hit: Pagan 2. First double: Wright 3. First triple: Pagan 4. First home run: Bay 5. First stolen base: Castillo 6. First baserunner caught stealing/picked off: Pagan 7. First guy to hit into a double-play: Francoeur 8. First batter to strike out: Francoeur 9. First fielder to commit an error: Francoeur 10. First guy to score a run: Wright 11. First guy to drive in a run: Bay 12. First Met player to field a batted ball: Cora 13. First Met to draw a walk: Castillo 14. First Met relief pitcher to make an appearance: Frankie Rod 15. First Met to reach base on an error: Pagan 16. First winning Met pitcher: Santana 17. First losing Met pitcher: Perez 18. First Met to throw a wild pitch: Perez 19. First Met to be hit by a pitch: Blanco 20. First Met pitcher to plunk an opposing batter: Perez Tiebreaker bonus (if necessary): Date of Jerry Manuel's first ejection: June 17
I'm guessing at least 75% of this forum will not learn anything new from this article. But I like the Sports Guy. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/100402
Chamberlain was throwing 97-98 in the playoffs two years ago instead of 94. But then that was the same gun that had the dude from the Tigers hitting 103.