Best Pitching Performance Yet?
Let’s just put this to a vote. Of the three historically awesome pitching performances we’ve seen so far, which was the best?
Dave is the Managing Editor of FanGraphs.
Let’s just put this to a vote. Of the three historically awesome pitching performances we’ve seen so far, which was the best?
Dave is the Managing Editor of FanGraphs.
Wait, people are seriously going to vote anything but the no-hitter…?
Some see the the no hitter as a luck of the draw… It’s a matter of what you value: things under the influence of the pitcher, or balls in play, which is are a team effort
The no hitter is sort of a luck of the draw thing, but Halladay had less hard-hit balls than Lincecum and went more innings than Lee. In my opinion, going a full 9 counts for a considerable amount more than going 8. It means you didn’t have the roll the dice with how your bullpen might be feeling on a particular day, plus keeps them fresh for the next day.
Halladay had one hard hit ball the entire night and it was a liner to Jayson Werth by the opposing pitcher. That was it.
Halladay is the winner here…no question.
People are seriously going to vote for one of the NL pitchers?
Uhm, yah. The Yankees lineup, while still very solid, is no longer the end-all-and-be-all of baseball. I just plain don’t see the level of hitting dominance that would have made much of a difference in facing Halladay. To be frank, the way Halladay was pitching- I’m not sure if I’d trust anybody but Pujols to break up that performance.
Halladay left the AL East, joined a contender, pitched a no-hitter in the postseason, and he’s still in the shadow of Yankee stuff.
BobLoblaw – stick to your law blog and lobbing law bombs. Halladay had the best performance. He’s very good – just like me.