Has anyone ever thrown a 9 inning or more no-no?

[Gwynn3k]

while  it might be difficult to get the crew to alter their ways, once they agree you all will see that the die is the means to reaching the pinnacle of fairness...  yes you might have to use a team you despise or get the raw end of the deal; in the end, it all evens out.

[Gantry]

I agree completely, but we really hate sitting out games and it would be doubly worse if you had to sit because you rolled Houston.  I think once we give curves a try, the die will become a good option.  In straight pitch, there too much of a disparity between the tier1 and tier3 teams.  Without the option of pitching a great game, picking up wins with the Houstons of the world is next to impossible....

[Gwynn3k]

for straight pitch,  maybe you should get an 8 sided die and keep houston and st louis off.  or a six sider and take the allstars off as well...  then you would have ca, bo, dt, mn, ny, sf.   and let the die decide between those teams so nobody gets stuck with houston.

in curve style, houston regulary keeps the games close with their pitching.

[Gantry]

Six-sided die might work, but I think learning curves and going 10 would probably be best.  We're too set in our ways in straight-pitch to change now.  Instead, we'll just have our endlesss Det vs Bos/Ca games...

[Gwynn3k]

stubborn bastards...   keep going on your merry way...  

as long as it is exciting, just keep going the way you are.

[Gantry]

At least we're going to give curves a shot.  For us, that' s a very big step.  Of course it won't replace the straight-pitch, but it's an impetus for change.....

[B]

another way that me and t do sometimes is the random picking where you just keep hitting over on the controller without looking at the screen and stop randomly on the team...and that is who you are stuck with....but usually we leave it up to a feeling...and the spirit of competiton wins us over

[Gantry]

We also do the "randomly move right" technique for picking a team.  The die would throw a little more excitement, but either one would work....

[Gwynn3k]

the random works unless the person is counting as they move to the right.  since you guys dont like using allstars, what happens if the team chosen at random is one of the allstar teams...   i suggest the die for spicing up the competition...  using 6 for straight(-sl, -ho, -al, -nl) and an 8 sider for curve style (-nl, -al).  

however, as you have seen,  getting an allstar team does not guarantee a win...

[Duane]

Hi, everyone.

Been a long-time reader of the board and never really had much to contribute, but I decided I would finally take the necessary two seconds and register a name for the board.

But I can honestly say that I have thrown a 9-inning no-hitter against a human.  And to top it off, it was against the National League!

A little background -- I'm a 22-year-old college student and have been playing R.B.I. since I was around ten.  My roomates and I have a wars at the game whenever we drink, which pretty much means it's every day.

But we actually sat down to play the game a few months ago WITHOUT alcohol and my I made it my goal to no-hit my roomate who -- admittedly -- sucks.  He can usually get a couple hits, but he always swings at pitches just outside the strike zone and he's a sucker if you bust him in with two strikes after getting him down with balls on the outside of the plate.

But anyway, he was National League and had it not been for me getting behind 3-1 to Mike Schmidt and walking him on a 3-2 count, I could have had the perfect game.

But the team I was using?

The Mets.

Ojeda threw four, Gooden threw four, and then one each from Orosco and McDowell.

We made what we call the "R.B.I. Logbook" and whenever we play the game, we record who did what, who hit home runs and of course we have a "quotes" section for great quotes that came out during the game.

But I just looked it up and yes, a no-hitter and the Mets won 9-0.  Two homeruns apiece for Carter and HoJo.  I'm pretty sure I bunted every time up once I got nine runs so I would have the chance at the no-no.

June 26, 2003 -- "FUCKING HISTORIC," the logbook reads.

Nonetheless, at Rafael Santana level, I remain.  

Duane
* Still in need of the arcade, though.

[skarz]

Last night, against another seasoned RBI vet, I threw the first perfect game that any of us had ever seen!

NY 6, HOU 0.  27 AB, 0 H, 0 BB, 6 SO.  Simply incredible.  Ojeda threw five, and Gooden pitched four.  The last batter gave me a scare with a hard liner to third, but Knight snagged it and history was made!

[fknmclane]

This must be a really old thread as we've gone through this once since I've been on here.  I came one batter away from throwing a perfect game with one pitcher against a human opponent.  My buddy was the Astros and I was Doc.  He pinch hit Davy Lopes for the ninth spot and hit a hard liner through short and third.  I of course got the next guy out and he of course unpuckered his ass.  He was so nervous.  If I had done it I would have told him about it until the day he died.

[rastein]

I'm sorry to say that I have been the victim of a perfect game. It was about 3 years ago and was between my roommate and I. The time was probably 3 am or so and I was blitzed. I don't think one pitch crossed the plate. He kept throwing curves and breaks and I kept swinging. He had only drank a couple so he did have a huge advantage, but still....to this day I hear it from him but I always deny that it happened.

[Duane]

Glassjoe,

I would actually be very interesting in purchasing an R.B.I. cabinet.  I currently live in Pullman, Washington, which is in the bottom right-hand corner of the state.

However, my hometown is Atlanta, where my family continues to live.

Any chance you live close to either one?  

Duane
* Holding out hope.

[RockRaines4life]

Wow it seems like there is a disproportionate number of no-hitters thrown by the Mets.  I have thrown one no-no in my life, vs. my equally skilled roommate.  I was the Mets, he was the Astros.  I used all four pitchers and had a perfect game until one out in the ninth when Orosco hit Garner with an 0-2 drop pitch.  Got the next two guys out to complete the embarassment.  The only way he could one-up me now is to hit a pitcher HR.